Electronic Halarc Lamp
- Description (Brief)
- The Halarc lamp was an attempt by General Electric to produce an energy-efficient replacement for the common, incandescent A-lamp. While other makers focused on developing reliable compact fluorescent lamps, GE decided to miniaturize its metal halide technology. Already successful for street lighting, large metal halide lamps provided good color and excellent energy efficiency. Unfortunately the miniaturized lamps had undesirable performance characteristics such as taking several minutes to come to full-power and changing color emissions. These issues combined with high cost made the lamp a commercial failure.
- Object Name
- discharge lamp
- date made
- ca 1981
- Physical Description
- glass (part material)
- tungsten (part material)
- brass (part material)
- quartz (part material)
- plastic (part material)
- Measurements
- lamp: 5 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 13.97 cm x 6.6675 cm
- package: 7 in x 5 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 1992.0428.01
- catalog number
- 1992.0428.01
- accession number
- 1992.0428
- subject
- Lighting
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- American Enterprise
- Energy & Power
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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