"Stormin Mormon" writes:
Halogen bulb not being as hot? As I understand, the halogen vapor in the
lamp allows them to run a lot hotter, so you get more light out of the
filament. Please use fluorescents under there.

Generally, 120 V halogens seem to have two lamp envelopes (bulbs). The
inner one is small so it runs very hot - that's necessary for the
chemical reaction that removes vaporised tungsten from the bulb. It's
made of quartz to handle the heat.

But then there is a second outer bulb, made of ordinary glass. It's a
lot further from the filament, so it has more area to dissipate heat.
It should be about the same temperature as an ordinary incandescent bulb
of the same wattage (since both of them ultimately dissipate almost all
of the input power as heat).

On the other hand, a fluorescent is a good idea because the amount of
power to be dissipated is about 1/4 as much for the same amount of
light.

Dave