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Advantages of LED Microscopes

Light emitting diodes are a nearly ideal microscopic light source for several reasons. A school should seriously consider purchasing these. Long life span: LEDs have a life span of approximately 50 000-100 000 hours. A microscope which is in operation an unrealistic 12 hours per day would have a life span of 20 years+. Unlike [...]

Changing the Lamp

This article explains how the lamp of a microscope is exchanged. It may not apply to all microscope types.