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Light
Heat
Light
Heat
Light Heat
Light
Heat
Alutech
Dichroic
* Additional cost avoidance through less frequent relamping.
** Annual Consumption is based on typical domestic usage
of 1,000 hours per year. Additional yearly savings would be
achieved in commercial environments where typical annual
usage would be 5,000 hours per year.
Standard
MR16
Light transmitted
from the rear is
wasted.
GE ConstantColor™
MR16
No wasted
‘backlight’.
ConstantColor™
See the difference - light where you need it
A second coating of ‘Titania and Silica’ on the rear of
ConstantColor
TM
reflectors reduces distracting transmitted
light (“backlight”).
Infra-red light - heat - is still efficiently transmitted from the rear
however, giving the coolbeam effect.
See the savings
Compare the running cost of standard
halogens with energy savers.
Watts
Annual consumption**
Savings
(kWh, 1000
hours/year)
Cost (€)*
kWh costs: €0.20
Standard MR16 35 35 €7
€3 43%
MR16 IR 20 20 €4
Standard MR16 50 50 €10
€3 30%
MR16 IR 35 35 €7
Standard
MR16
50 50 €10
€4 40%
Precise™
ConstantColor™
MR16 IR
30 30 €6
Alutech or Dichroic?
Heat control is the key to the difference between Alutech
and Dichroic.
To light heat sensitive objects, dichroic is the choice as much of
the heat emitted by the filament is transmitted out through the
back of the reflector.
Alutech is the opposite - heat is mostly reflected forwards, away
from sensitive material or components behind the lamp.