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volt amp watt cp      General Electric lamp bulletin incandescent mercury fluorescent January 1956 Original for sale: $200 front cover front cover inside- lamp design progress page 1- title page - table of contents page 2- General Electric's "tree of light" page 3- production of light page 4- smallest lamp / largest lamp page 5- the incandescent lamp page 6- biology of a lamp page 7- lamp making / lamp quality page 8- the filament lamp - gas - lead-in wires - stem press - exhaust tube - support wires - button - heat deflecting disc - fuse - base - bulb page 9- cont... page 10- lamp design considerations - tungsten filament - lamp efficiency - effect of frequency - power factor - gas-filled lamps page 11- lamp design considerations (cont...) - Inrush current of tungsten filament lamps page 12- tables; - operating data on standard lamps - luminous and thermal charcteristics page 13- graphs: - cooling effects of lead wires and supports - gas loss and wattage - lamp efficiency vs. design voltage page 14- graphs (cont...) - resistance vs. temperature - filament dimensions vs. lamp wattage page 15- graphs (cont...) - lamp efficiency vs. lamp wattage - lamp efficiency vs. filament temperature page 16- lamp economics - cost of producing light - useful life - group replacement page 17- life characteristics and renewal rate - depreciation throughout life - mortality curve - smashing point - renewal rate (theoretical) - renewal rate (probable variation from theoretical) page 18- lamp life design and operating voltage - service tests by users - central station voltages - lamp life and cost of light page 19- voltage characteristic curves and exponenets page 20- lamp temperatures - bulb blistering - thermal cracks page 21- maximum bulb temperature - bulb and socket temperatures (at different bulb angles) - lamp temperature vs voltage - temperature gradient in air page 22- base and socket tepmeratures - hazardous locations - lamps for refrigeration rooms page 23- bipost bases - mechanical bases - bulb blackening page 24- lamp types and design features - lamp availability and listing - lamp identification and ordering abbreviations - bulb shape and finishes - bulb finishes and colors - white bowl lamps - daylight lamps - colored lamps - natural colored glass lamps - page 25- lamps for specialized applications - bake oven lamps - rough-service lamps - viration-service lamps - lumiline and showcase lamps - three-lite lamps - sign lamps - spotlight and floodlight lamps - yellow lamps for insect control page 26- voltage classes - high-voltage lamps, 220 to 260 volt circuits - low-voltage lamps, 6 to 64 volts circuits - street-railway lamps, 525 to 625 volt circuits - christmans tree series buring lamps page 27- performance curves of series lamps - characteristic curves - depreciation during life - lamp failure characteristics - multiple burning street lighting lamps page 28- reflector type lamps - silvered bowl lamp - outside silvering process page 29- reflector and projector types - application considerations page 30- sealed beam types - automotive and low voltage application - accurate reflector contour - precise filament positioning - effeciency and maintenance - lamp wattage page 31- miniature lamps - design life and efficiency page 32- lamps for picture projection - lamp types - lamp filament forms - coil - coiled-coil - monoplane - biplane - recommended line of projection lamps page 33- lamp wattage and screen illumination - sound reproducer lamps page 34- lamps for photography - color temperature rating - photoflood lamps - photo enlarger service - other photographic light sources - fluorescent lamps - flashtubes page 35- photoflash lamps - light control and utilization - lumen-time characteristics page 36- infrared heating and drying lamps - tubular quartz infrared lamps page 37- lamps and the spectrum - spectral energy measurements - the visible spectrum - ultraviolet radiation - ultraviolet energy measurements - infrared radiation page 38/39- lamps and the spectrum color chart - electromagnetic spectrum - radiation domain of electric lamps - spectral energy distribution of lamps - effects of radiation from lamps - cosmic rays - gamma rays - x rays - ultr-violet - infrared - radio waves - electric waves page 40- spectral energy distribution of typcial lamps - radiant energy transmission of various types of lamp bulbs and filters page 41- mercury lamps and related types - gaseous conduction lamps - ozone-producing - germicidal lamps - sunlamps - black light lamps - photochemical lamps - glow lamps - flashtubes - sodium lamps page 42- photos - mercury lamps principal types - black light and special service lamps - 400 watt general service lamps - 1000 watt general service lamps - RS sunlamp page 43- mercury lamp design and operating characteristics - efficiency and spectral control - transformer and ballasting requirements page 44- spectral distribution, watts radiated - chart: - mercury lamp physical and electrical characteristics and radiant energy - radiant energy, total watts in indicated wavelength bands - summary page 45- chart: (cont...) - mercury lamp physical and electrical characteristics and radiant energy - radiant energy, total watts in indicated wavelength bands - summary page 46- transformers and reactors - transformers for mercury lamps - 60 cycles page 47- voltages and starting characteristics - voltage requirements - lamp starting page 48- mercury lamps -general characteristics - construction features and operating principles - starting and restarting - life and light output page 49- general service types and applications - H-100 - H-250 - H-400 - H-1000 - H-3000 - H-1000 (H-6) page 50- photochemical lamps - electrical and radiant energy characteristics page 51- ozone producing lamps - ozone lamps - lamp operation page 52- germicidal lamps page 53- mercury-vapor sunlight lamps - sunlamp types - type RS sunlamp - sunlamp ratings and application data page 54- black light lamps - lamp output ratings - light absorbing filters - lamp characteristics - black light uses - approximate milliwats or fluoren output of black light lamps page 55- neon and argon glow lamps - life - performance characteristics - volt-ampere characteristics - the nature of the radiation from glow lamps - glow lamps, 105-125 volts page 56- xenon flashtubes - power source requirements - flash frequency - flashtube light output rating - flash characteristics page 57- sodium-vapor lamps - sodium lab-arc page 58- color temperature page 59- fluorescent lamps - 2537-a radiation - phosphors - fluorescent chemicals page 60- fluorescent lamp summary - types, and sizes available - general line - slimline - rapid start - circline page 61- fluorescent lamps page 62- lamp design considerations - efficiency losses in standard warm white lamps page 63- design relationships - phosphor response - lamp length vs efficiency - efficiency relations - lamp current vs bulb size - effect of bulb-wall temperature page 64- type of lamps - emission of electrons - types of cathodes - cold cathode characteristics - hot cathode characteristics - lamps for preheat starting with separate switch starts - rapid start lamps - instant start lamps page 65- fluorescent lamp life and depreciation - lamp life - light-output depreciation page 66- ballast circuits requiring replaceable starts - typical tulamp circuit - lampholders for general line fluorescent lamps page 67- preheat cathode starting switches - starter types, principals of operation - glow-switch starters - GE watch-dog manual reset starters - thermal-switch starters - replaceable starters page 68- lamp operation without separate starters - trigger-start and rapid-start lamp circuits - rapid-start grounding precautions - dimming and flashing adaptability page 69- instant-start balasts circuits - lamp holders for slimline fluorescent lamps page 70- ballast design principles - lamp design voltage - ballast operating temperatures page 71- ballast and lamp operating characteristics - noise ratings of ballasts - supply voltage page 72- types of ballasts - high power factor single-lamp ballasts - uncorrected power factor single-lamp ballasts - tulamp ballasts - forlamp ballasts - triger-start and rapid start ballasts - instant-start ballasts - series-type ballasts - representative list of 60-cycle, 110-120 volt ballasts - single lamp ballasts using starters - multiple lamp ballasts using starters - trigger-start ballast, no starters required - rapid-start ballasts, no starters required - slimline lamp ballasts, no starters required page 73- resistance ballast operation - direct current operation - high frequency operation page 74- high frequency operation (cont...) - fluorescent lamp dimming page 75- fluorescent lamp dimming (cont...) - lamp performance in service - performance and service problems - radiant heating effects - frequency and stroboscopic effects - flicker of fluorescent lamps page 76- swirling and spiraling - under and over voltage - outline of problems encountered in service - damaged lamps - lamp appearance in service - end-blackening page 77- lamps and circuits using separate starters - preheat start circuits page 78- lamp temperature and efficiency - low-temperature starting of fluorescent lamps page 79- radio interference from fluorescent lamps page 80: blank back cover inside: other publications on lamps and applications back cover  Website and contents © Copyright 2008 - all rights reserved - www.donsbulbs.com