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- Jan 1, 1970
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A lighting designer colleague is lighting a residential sculpture gallery
with suspended track and 20 watt MR16 lamps. MR16 lamps, of course,
typically utilize dichroic reflectors and there is some back light off of
the reflector --even from the GE "Constant Color". Because the ceiling in
the gallery area is decorative and the designer wants to focus attention on
the sculpture, she would like to eliminate all of the back light and is
thinking of painting the back of standard MR16s with heat resistant black
paint.
The fixtures being used are minimal -- no enclosures -- and the lamp is held
in place by the socket.
I know there are some MR16s around with standard opaque reflectors, but the
designer doesn't like the beam spreads available. Painting the reflector of
a dichroic reflector lamp will certainly increase the heat in the beam and
the temperature of the reflector surface, but I can't think of any other
reason not to go with painting the reflector (other than it spoils some
great lamp engineering). Any other thoughts?
Terry McGowan
with suspended track and 20 watt MR16 lamps. MR16 lamps, of course,
typically utilize dichroic reflectors and there is some back light off of
the reflector --even from the GE "Constant Color". Because the ceiling in
the gallery area is decorative and the designer wants to focus attention on
the sculpture, she would like to eliminate all of the back light and is
thinking of painting the back of standard MR16s with heat resistant black
paint.
The fixtures being used are minimal -- no enclosures -- and the lamp is held
in place by the socket.
I know there are some MR16s around with standard opaque reflectors, but the
designer doesn't like the beam spreads available. Painting the reflector of
a dichroic reflector lamp will certainly increase the heat in the beam and
the temperature of the reflector surface, but I can't think of any other
reason not to go with painting the reflector (other than it spoils some
great lamp engineering). Any other thoughts?
Terry McGowan