Fluorescent lamp demonstration fixture
Fluorescent lamp demonstration fixture
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- Description (Brief)
- This fixture was part of a sales demonstration kit for early fluorescent lamps. The unit has a metal case that’s open on two sides and includes a ballast, two fluorescent lamp-holders, two Lumiline lamp-holders, a toggle switch and a ten-foot power cord. The power cord is not original and has been spliced onto the unit. Linear incandescent lamps called Lumiline were popular in the 1930s. Their end-caps consisted of a flat disc that snapped into the holder. GE engineers designed two types of fluorescent lamps with that style connector so as to save money by using existing production equipment.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- demonstration kit
- lamp ballast
- date made
- ca 1938
- maker
- General Electric
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 3 1/4 in x 20 in; 10.16 cm x 8.255 cm x 50.8 cm
- ID Number
- 1998.0231.19
- accession number
- 1998.0231
- catalog number
- 1998.0231.19
- Credit Line
- from General Electric Lighting Co.
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Energy & Power
- Electric Lamps
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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