"Infrared" Incandescent, Same As Normal Incandescent?

Gadsie

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I'm hoping somebody smart can help me out. I have the philips 250W infrared bulb. It's incandescent, but I'm not too happy with the "infrared" label, since it's the red and near-infrared that's actually beneficial.
The reason I didn't buy a regular incandescent bulb is because I can only get non-branded bulbs from eastern europe, and one of them exploded once, so i don't want that to happen in my face.

The philips lamp gives off very warm light (which I know is the infrared), but the light is visually white, would it be safe to assume that I'm getting plenty of beneficial wavelengths as well?

I can't find any data on the bulb, except that it peaks at 1000nm, which would be same as a regular incandescent. However I still don't know why my philips lamp is so warm compared to regular bulbs.
 
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Yes, but it should be more orange than white. The phillips high watt bulbs are called infrared bulbs, I think possibly to get around regulation banning incandescent for home use.
 

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I'm hoping somebody smart can help me out. I have the philips 250W infrared bulb. It's incandescent, but I'm not too happy with the "infrared" label, since it's the red and near-infrared that's actually beneficial.
The reason I didn't buy a regular incandescent bulb is because I can only get non-branded bulbs from eastern europe, and one of them exploded once, so i don't want that to happen in my face.

The philips lamp gives off very warm light (which I know is the infrared), but the light is visually white, would it be safe to assume that I'm getting plenty of beneficial wavelengths as well?

I can't find any data on the bulb, except that it peaks at 1000nm, which would be same as a regular incandescent. However I still don't know why my philips lamp is so warm compared to regular bulbs.
Have you been using and enjoying this lamp? I've been looking for information about it but I don't find much
 

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