Dimming of linear halogen lamp with phase cut dimmers

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This is an article that shows the dimming results of a linear halogen light bulb that is dimmed by forward phase-cut (LR) and backward phase-cut dimmers (tronic, RC). The halogen lamp is well dimmable in the sense of dimming the amount of light. The images created show what that means in terms of light output as a function of dim-position.

What is remarkable is the amount of power still being high when the light has been dimmed a lot.

The graphs can be used to compare other types of lamps that are dimmed, in order to be able to judge whether the dimming works well or not.

EU Energy label for lamps Update Sept 2013

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One of my customers informed me about an update of the EU Delegated Regulation (A regulation shall have general application. It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States) about the energy labelling of lamps. I read through the regulation and present here a summary.

The regulation states that these new labels need to be introduced a of Sept 2013 (for new products). OliNo will deliver the new labels (6 variants in total) derived from our measurements and completed with the supplier’s name or trade mark and the supplier’s model identifier.

LumitexT – Endurance test 20x Lumistring LED modules (3-5050-SW57)

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LumitexT has put a set of 20 ledmodules called lumoBOX-XT in endurance test.

This article presents the endurance test results. The test has run 10.000 hours and shows a behavior of first declining light output and then increasing again until initial level.

See here the results of the 0-hours test.