Designed specifically for use in catering, this high-quality heat lamp is perfect for keeping food warm on hot plates, heated counters, gantries, and serveries.The lamp is available in both bare and jacketed" forms, but we highly recommend this jacketed version for all catering facilities. The additional quartz glass sleeve protects the tube inside from any outside contact, splashes or debris that could normally cause hot-spotting on the light bulb and early failure.But, more importantly, in the event of a light bulb shattering, glass shards will be prevented from falling into the food.These infrared linear light bulbs have many other applications where a compact heat source is required. It can also be used as a heat source for space heaters, drying processes, thermoforming, shrink packaging, vulcanizing and curing rubber, laminating, sealing, and electrostatic copy equipment.The Prolite 118mm 300W Infrared Jacketed Heat Lamp emits short wave infrared radiation, with 92% of its electri