Fluorescent lamps run fairly cool to the touch. They don’t really emit any real heat. Yet it’s an arc source lamp and has an arc of electricity running between electrodes. A normal arc source lamp runs at temperatures in excess of that of a halogen lamp. So what’s the story here?
Why is it that a fluorescent lamp can get away with for the most part plastic lamp bases, much less can go up to 96" long and have an arc, yet other types of arc source lamps have fairly small arc lengths. In arc length, how is it that you can have a say 11" arc length on a Xenon strobe lamp yet most have fairly small arc lengths?
Bonus points is at the end of the lifespan of a 12 or 20 year ballast to a fluorescent. How does it now emit heat in melting down stuff like tube guards or lamp bases?
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Why is it that a fluorescent lamp can get away with for the most part plastic lamp bases, much less can go up to 96" long and have an arc, yet other types of arc source lamps have fairly small arc lengths. In arc length, how is it that you can have a say 11" arc length on a Xenon strobe lamp yet most have fairly small arc lengths?
Bonus points is at the end of the lifespan of a 12 or 20 year ballast to a fluorescent. How does it now emit heat in melting down stuff like tube guards or lamp bases?
Back to Radium Brand AR-111 lamps for me...