Quick Answer: The Rectangular Lamp House is a ray light source for geometric optics with a ventilated metal housing, heat-dissipating fins and a longitudinal filament bulb. It accepts multi-slit plates for single, triple or wide-beam ray tracing.
Last updated: October 2026
Key Features
Ventilated metal housing with heat-dissipating fins
Longitudinal filament bulb
Takes multi-slit plates for single, triple or wide-beam rays
4mm sockets for connection to a laboratory power supply
Technical Specifications
Specification
Value
Housing
Ventilated metal with heat-dissipating fins
Lamp
Longitudinal filament bulb
Apertures
Multi-slit plates: single, triple or wide beam
Power connection
4mm sockets
About This Product
The lamp house gives a clear, steady beam for tracing light paths through lenses, prisms and blocks. Students use it with an optical bench for refraction and diffraction experiments. Schools, colleges and institutes in Burundi, Afghanistan, Portugal, Georgia, Mexico and Saint Lucia can order the Rectangular Lamp House from Educational Instrument.
Frequently Asked Questions
What ray patterns can the Rectangular Lamp House produce?
With multi-slit plates it gives single, triple or wide-beam rays for ray tracing.