Magnifier Lamps,A Cautionary Tale.

[Alex Gordon]

G'day Chums.

One of my magnifier lamps flickered a little this afternoon so I decided to have a looksee.

 

 

The brown bit was very hot.

 

Hot enough to distort the plastic.

 

The tube was on its way out.I opened it up to change it

 

and found this.

 

I got away with it this time but from now on I'll have a look from time to time and hopefully avoid having a serious problem.

 

All the best all,have a productive New Year.

 

Edited February 23 by Alex Gordon
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[modeltech]

I have a magnifier lamp clamp to a table in front of a South facing window. One bright sunny day, after I had adjusted the lamp to look at something-I looked and went back about my business. About 15 minutes later I smelled something burning. Yes the sun had aligned perfectly with the lamp and was tracing a line across the open book that was below the magnifier...

[stringbag]

Just checked mine and found a similar issue so thanks for the heads-up Alex.

Probably wouldn't have spotted it without.

 

Chris.

[Duncan B]

I have switched to LED work lamps now but had previously noticed that the tube on my magnifier lamp was quite hot. I also had a near miss with the sun shining through it and burning a hole in the carpet once, it got covered when not in use after that.

 

Duncan B