Isibane se-Incandescent luhlobo lomthombo wokukhanya wombane owenza i-conductor ishushu kwaye ikhanyise emva kokuhamba kwangoku kuyo. Isibane se-incandescent ngumthombo wokukhanya wombane owenziwe ngokomgaqo wemitha ye-thermal. Uhlobo olulula kakhulu lwesibane se-incandescent kukudlula okwaneleyo okwangoku kwi-filament ukuze yenze i-incandescent, kodwa isibane se-incandescent siya kuba nobomi obufutshane.
Owona mahluko mkhulu phakathi kweebhalbhu ze-halogen kunye neebhalbhu ze-incandescent kukuba iqokobhe leglasi yesibane se-halogen lizaliswe yigesi ye-halogen elemental (ngokuqhelekileyo i-iodine okanye i-bromine), esebenza ngolu hlobo lulandelayo: Njengoko i-filament itshisa, ii-athom ze-tungsten zenziwe ngumphunga kwaye zihamba ukuya eludongeni lombhobho weglasi. Njengoko besondela eludongeni lwetyhubhu yeglasi, umphunga wetungsten upholiswa ukuya kutsho malunga ne-800℃ kwaye udibanisa neeathom zehalogen ukwenza i-tungsten halide (i-tungsten iodide okanye i-tungsten bromide). I-tungsten halide iyaqhubeka isiya kumbindi wetyhubhu yeglasi, ibuyela kwifilament ene-oxidized. Ngenxa yokuba i-tungsten halide iyikhompawundi engazinzanga kakhulu, iyafudunyezwa ize iphinde yakhiwe ibe ngumphunga we-halogen kunye ne-tungsten, ethi emva koko ifakwe kwi-filament ukwenza umphunga. Ngale nkqubo yokuphinda isetyenziswe, ubomi benkonzo ye-filament abunandiswe kakhulu kuphela (phantse amaxesha angama-4 kwisibane se-incandescent), kodwa nangenxa yokuba i-filament ingasebenza kwiqondo lokushisa eliphezulu, ngaloo ndlela ifumana ukukhanya okuphezulu, ukushisa kombala ophezulu kunye nokusebenza okuphezulu kokukhanya.
Umgangatho kunye nokusebenza kwezibane zeemoto kunye nezibane zibaluleke kakhulu kukhuseleko lwezithuthi, ilizwe lethu liqulunqe imigangatho yelizwe ngokwemigangatho ye-ECE yaseYurophu ngo-1984, kunye nokufunyanwa kokusebenza kokukhanya kwezibane yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo phakathi kwazo.
