Halogen lighting, not halogen bulbs. Have you tried it?

[Aanayab1]

Has anyone ever tried to use them? I know they run way hotter and in turn give off more heat. I was thinking around the 80-100w fixtures with a dimmer attached may just work. It would be brighter and could be mounted higher. In theory it may cut back on the actual amount of light fixtures if the heat output is tameable via a dimmer. I want to try this but I'm asking if anyone else already has and it not worked for them and the conclusions they came up with and why. Just may save me some money and time if it has already been tried.

Antonio

[shaunyboy]

heres some info on the type of light they emmit.....
Spectrum

Like all incandescent light bulbs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb), a halogen lamp produces a continuous spectrum of light, from near ultraviolet to deep into the infrared.[14] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogen_lamp#cite_note-13) Since the lamp filament can operate at a higher temperature than a non-halogen lamp, the spectrum is shifted toward blue, producing light with a higher effective color temperature (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature).
Safety

Halogen lamps get hotter than regular incandescent lamps because the heat is concentrated on a smaller envelope surface, and because the surface is closer to the filament. This high temperature is essential to their operation. Because the halogen lamp operates at very high temperatures, it can pose fire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire) and burn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn) hazards. Some safety codes now require halogen bulbs to be protected by a grid or grille, especially for high power (1–2 kW) bulbs used in theatre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_lighting), or by the glass and metal housing of the fixture to prevent ignition of draperies or flammable objects in contact with the lamp.
To reduce unintentional ultraviolet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet) (UV) exposure, and to contain hot bulb fragments in the event of explosive bulb failure, general-purpose lamps usually have a UV-absorbing glass filter over or around the bulb. Alternatively, lamp bulbs may be doped or coated to filter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_%28optics%29) out the UV radiation. With adequate filtering, a halogen lamp exposes users to less UV than a standard incandescent lamp producing the same effective level of illumination without filtering.


cheers shaun