Lebone la incandescent ke mofuta oa mohloli oa leseli la motlakase o etsang hore conductor e chese le ho khanya ka mor'a hore motlakase o phalle ka har'a lona. Lebone la incandescent ke mohloli oa leseli la motlakase o entsoeng ho latela molao-motheo oa mahlaseli a mocheso. Mofuta o bonolo ka ho fetisisa oa lebone la incandescent ke ho fetisa motlakase o lekaneng ka har'a filament ho etsa hore e be incandescent, empa lebone la incandescent le tla ba le nako e khuts'oane.
Phapang e kgolo pakeng tsa mabone a halogen le mabone a incandescent ke hore khetla ya khalase ya lebone la halogen e tletse khase e itseng ya halogen elemental (hangata iodine kapa bromine), e sebetsang ka tsela e latelang: Ha filament e ntse e chesa, diathomo tsa tungsten di a fetoha mouoane mme di ya leboteng la tube ya khalase. Ha di atamela leboteng la tube ya khalase, mouoane wa tungsten o phodiswa ho fihlela ho 800℃ mme o kopana le diathomo tsa halogen ho etsa tungsten halide (tungsten iodide kapa tungsten bromide). Halide ya tungsten e tswela pele ho ya bohareng ba tube ya khalase, e kgutlela ho filament e nang le oxidized. Hobane tungsten halide ke motsoako o sa tsitsang haholo, o futhumatswa mme o kopanngwa hape hore e be mouoane wa halogen le tungsten, ebe o bewa hodima filament ho etsa mouoane. Ka mokhoa ona oa ho sebelisa hape, bophelo ba tšebeletso ea filament ha bo atolosoe haholo feela (hoo e ka bang makhetlo a 4 ho feta lebone la incandescent), empa hape hobane filament e ka sebetsa mochesong o phahameng, ka hona e fumana khanya e phahameng, mocheso o phahameng oa 'mala le bokhoni bo phahameng ba khanya.
Boleng le tshebetso ya mabone le mabone a dikoloi di na le bohlokwa ba bohlokwa bakeng sa polokeho ya dikoloi, naha ya rona e thehile maemo a naha ho ya ka maemo a European ECE ka 1984, mme ho lemoha tshebetso ya kabo ya mabone ke e nngwe ya tsa bohlokwa hara tsona.