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Sun 10 Feb, 2013 05:52 am
how hot is a 100 watt incandescent bulb
Well, the conversion rate from W to °C is around 0.56.
The luminous efficiency of a 100 W bulb is around 2.6% which means that 97.4% is dissipated heat.
The result is that the temperature at the filament is around 175 °C.
Now you have to report that temperature all over the bulb's surface, which you have to calculate..
@rpvanpeltphd,
When the power is off, it's generally room temperature.
@rpvanpeltphd,
Do you mean at its surface Rvf and forgive me but why do you need to know this