Re: Blinding the lint's lasers.

[Michael Spiers <mikes@specnet.com>]

> A major point of concern should be the amount of heat build-up in the
> lamp istelf.  I have seen IR lamps which have gotten hot enough to
> actually soften the glass of the lamp enough so that it deformed
> significantly.  This was with an element rated at 250 watts.  I think I'd
> be hesitant to operate the lint blinders unless they were actually
> necessary.  They will need cooling.

I'm planning on using 100W bulbs.  Knowing zero about this, I'm going off of
what others have told me.  I've heard that if you sit at idle for more than ten
minutes with these bulbs, you're risking bulb-burnout, but not lense melt-down.
 Any kind of movement and there is enough air moving over the lights to keep
'em cool.  I'm guessing that 100W bulbs are more a detriment to themselves than
the lense, which to me is no real bother, but again this is off of second-hand
information.  Hmm, maybe an old CPU fan (plenty of old computers in this place)
mounted right behind the housing would help the idle heat situation...
>
> BTW Lint?  They ain't important enuf t' be fuzz.  :-)  Especially after
> my strange encounter of the wrong kind with smokey over in MD yesterday.  :-(
>

Why Bob, how nice of you to contribute to the well-being of the roads and such
in this fine state!  We Marylanders sure appreciate you out-of-towners building
up our revenue for us!

-- 
-Mike
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