[Moony] thought that it was unconscionable that IR soldering stations sell for a few hundred Euros. After all, they’re nothing more than a glorified halogen lightbulb with a fancy IR-pass filter on ...

A halogen or tungsten-halogen lamp is a high-pressure incandescent lamp containing a halogen gas such as iodine or bromine which allows the filament to be operated at a higher temperature than an ...

The days are numbered for many halogen lamps in Finland, after a ban on the production and import of several varieties of the lights went into effect across the EU on Saturday. The types of halogen ...

Before going into exterior lighting solutions for all things automotive, it's necessary for us to remember that – in the olden days of black and white everything – horse-drawn carriage lamps used ...

HALOGEN bulbs are to be banned from sale from September this year. The ban is part of an environmental crackdown imposed by the government, and if you already have the light fixtures you won’t be able ...

Most dimmers use pulse width modulation (PWM) to control the amount of power that is delivered to the lamp. Those that come bundled with a switch faceplate control the firing angle of a Triac on the ...

This simple 12 volt halogen lamp soft starter circuit extends the life of the halogen lamps by eliminating the sharp rise in the temperature of the filament; when the filament in cold it has a very ...