Tungsten Filament Lamp

Description (Brief):

"Longer Life - Less Light” incandescent lamp. The life rating, light output and efficiency of an lamp are all linked.

Description (Brief)

GE "Longer Life / Less Light Lamp". According to a GE engineer, this was an attempt at truth in advertising to show that the public would not buy a long-life lamp if they knew that lumen output was reduced. The unappealing color and type-face of package may indicate a half-hearted effort to sell this product. The lamp was produced in response to the Brooks Committee Congressional hearings into lamp life (1964-66) - the details on the package mirror the argument GE made to the Committee. Characteristics: medium-screw base with glass insulator. CC-6 tungsten filament with center support, crimp connectors, dumet leads. Tipless A-shape envelope with internal frost [IF] coating.

Date Made: ca 1978ca 1968

Maker: General Electric Company

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity, Energy & Power, Electric Lamps

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Credit Line: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2003.0030.08Accession Number: 2003.0030Catalog Number: 2003.0030.08

Object Name: incandescent lamp

Measurements: lamp: 4 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 6.0325 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-debe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1301530

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