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The light in your oven is almost certainly incandescent, possibly your fridge too. You can't really use a non-incandescent bulb in high heat applications. Ther
by Aloha 3y ago
The light in your oven is almost certainly incandescent, possibly your fridge too. You can't really use a non-incandescent bulb in high heat applications.
There are other applications too, where the resistance of the bulb itself, and how it changes with the amount of current going thru the device is also important.
- jiggawatts 3y agoFair point about the oven. Older cars still have incandescent headlamps, so technically he has seen them. In a sense, the exception makes the rule: the fact that only niche applications remain reinforces the point that these are legacy technologies.
- Aloha 3y agoSpecialized != Legacy != Obsolete I know lots of legacy technologies that are far from even approaching obsolescence. I know many specialty technologies that used to be mainstream. Thats sorta my point - like my industry uses 2w analog control loops with inband signaling - while this has been obsolete for new designs in most other industries, in mine its still current technology and continues to be used for new designs and implementations - if for no other reason than its a well understood easy to implement interface.