DIYbanter - View Single Post - Preventing halogen lights overheating under Rockwool

wrote:

I can't say that I have noted the effect in low voltage lamps -
they are largely disposed to early failure anyway - though gls and
reflector lamps exhibit the same tendency...

I have mine enclosed in upturned pots and can't say that mine fail any
earlier than anybody else's

.... but why have you got them in upturned pots? If it doesn't make
them run cooler what's it doing for the lamps or anything else?

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Chris Green