Advice on Affects of Halogen lighting on Figures & Statues?

Uncanny Web-Slinger · 09-15-2011, 08:42 PM

So i set up my new cabinet and it looks amazing. i plan to have the lights on at night mostly, not all the time.

the bulbs are halogen and can get pretty damn hot, so i wanted advice of if these lights could potentially damage or lighten the paint on my statues & figure

Also as you can see from these pics i put my new Hot Toys Spider-Man inside, it's pretty close to the bulb so this is by no means a permanent placement.

Now Spider-man has rubber webbing, if i was to have him centered in the cabinet, away from the lights, would that damage him? same for all of my other HT with rubber parts like Iron Man MK IV, The Batman Begins coming soon and rubber bodied figs like the T2 T-800.

And what kind of affect would the lights also have on standard figs like Commander Cody and DX Joker?

Providing these are not right next to the bulb and not left on all the time.

Thanks Guys!

Y4NK33 PL4N3T · 09-15-2011, 09:11 PM

Great display. As for the halogen lights, whats watt are the bulbs? Halogen bulbs are notorious for getting very hot.

Corrose · 09-15-2011, 10:27 PM

Yeah you saw my custom cabinet, 18 bulbs in total, I originally had halogens in there but they were generating a TON of heat, I ended up dropping $400 for LED replacements, but it's worth the peace of mind to me.

Viper2005 · 09-15-2011, 10:51 PM

Some halogen bulbs also emit UV, which can cause fading of color.
I'd personally stick with LED lighting.

Uncanny Web-Slinger · 09-16-2011, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Y4NK33 PL4N3T

Great display. As for the halogen lights, whats watt are the bulbs? Halogen bulbs are notorious for getting very hot.

Eight 20 watt bulbs

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper2005

Some halogen bulbs also emit UV, which can cause fading of color.
I'd personally stick with LED lighting.

Which bulbs?

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I'm using this cabinet for statues only at the moment, so will the lights damage the statues?

In future i'm getting two cabinets for figures, so i'll likely change them to LED's.

I spoke with the company and they said i'd have to swap the transformer for an LED driver with enough wattage for all the bulbs wattage combine.

Anyone know what the equivilent light for LEDs woupd be in watts?

BB&WSF · 09-16-2011, 09:03 AM

dedguy can help, he knows a thing or two about lights et al

Kuzeh · 09-16-2011, 09:14 AM

Yeah, I would switch to LED lights, halogens are very bright but consume a lot of 0f energy and get VERY hot...

Viper2005 · 09-16-2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Nova-Force

Which bulbs?

Ones that don't have a UV filter on them.
You should check your bulb's specifications and see if they mention any sort of UV filter.

Y4NK33 PL4N3T · 09-16-2011, 10:10 AM

I agree with the sentiment here, switch out the halogen bulbs for the LED's. If you do a quick Google search on halogen light bulbs you'll see they can cause a variety of problems. You spend a lot of money on your collection, spending a few more dollars for peace of mind on bulbs should be a no brainer

Uncanny Web-Slinger · 09-16-2011, 02:30 PM

From everything i've investigated LED are the way to go.

I've read by some that i don't need to get an LED Driver if the voltage of the bulbs is the same, others say the bulbs wont last.

Anyone know about this?

The equivelent wattage seems varied, but it looks like i should go for 4 or less watts on an LED bulb and keep the voltage the same if possible.

Anyone know about this.

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I'm entering a whole new world of confusion over the watts/lumens/voltage and other confusing terms.