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Hope everyone is doing well!
Was thinking the other day about my Benz lights and a slight condensation issue. They are new, but I must have put them together with sufficient humidity in the air.
Then I was thinking about using a vacuum to evacuate the air and this excess moisture. Such as one does for AC systems.
Which lead me to think about the Mark VIII housings. They should be air tight when a lamp is installed. Or if not, easy to make air-tight (I think mine might have had an air port thing). The thought is to installer a proper check valve on a housing that is also air tight. Then vacuum the air out (along with moisture). Without air in the housings there should, in theory, be less potential damage to the reflective material since there will not be air to aid in the transfer of heat. I also realize IR will still generate heat and a perfect vacuum would be impossible to make. Also I suspect moisture can play a role in damaging the material.
Just a thought. What ya think?
Was thinking the other day about my Benz lights and a slight condensation issue. They are new, but I must have put them together with sufficient humidity in the air.
Then I was thinking about using a vacuum to evacuate the air and this excess moisture. Such as one does for AC systems.
Which lead me to think about the Mark VIII housings. They should be air tight when a lamp is installed. Or if not, easy to make air-tight (I think mine might have had an air port thing). The thought is to installer a proper check valve on a housing that is also air tight. Then vacuum the air out (along with moisture). Without air in the housings there should, in theory, be less potential damage to the reflective material since there will not be air to aid in the transfer of heat. I also realize IR will still generate heat and a perfect vacuum would be impossible to make. Also I suspect moisture can play a role in damaging the material.
Just a thought. What ya think?