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mixing halogen with incandescent on a 4 lamp light?

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  • 30-03-2016 10:31am
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    orthsquel
    Registered Users Posts: 563 ✭✭✭


    A bit of a simple question tbh but I have a light that has 4 lamps all on the same circuit... (one of those from lidl/aldi some years ago) but only recently fitted after being in storage.

    I've had issues with this particular light in that in the past it has tripped the mains and lights trip switches when a bulb has gone (when the light is turned on) but not every time a bulb has gone (personally I would never have fitted it but it was someone else's will to have it put in). Since the last time bulbs were changed all has been fine.

    2 bulbs are gone and am replacing them but I just want to ask would it be safe to replace the two with halogen while leaving the other two as the old incandescent ?


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    #2
    2011
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    Assuming that all of the lamps are mains voltage, I see no issue with this.


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    Bruthal
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    Yea its not a problem.


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    orthsquel
    Registered Users Posts: 563 ✭✭✭orthsquel


    Thanks guys, I just wanted to be sure to be sure to be sure!! :) have had plenty of shocks down the years with lights and just over-wary to ridiculousness :o

    Thanks again!


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    Halogen is incandescent, they're the same thing.
    Incandescent means emitting light due to being heated.

    Halogen is a gas that reacts with the tungsten filament in a recombinant process.


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