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Victor Roberts
In the late 1970's and early 1980's GE was working on a
miniature metal halide lamp with an integral ballast that
was designed to replace incandescent lamps. Since the
product included an electronic "ballast" and a quartz arc
tube, and the time period in question was about 10 years
after the introduction of the first digital electronic
watch, GE marketing was talking about advertising the lamp
as using "electronic quartz" technology. Most of us thought
that was rather lame. The lamp was never sold so we never
had to deal with this claim.
Now I see a lamp claim that's even better
The new product section of the February 2007 issue of Energy
& Power Management has a small piece on the Sylvania
CAPSYLITE e-PRO lamp. According to the article, the e-PRO
is "the first-ever halogen PAR38 lamp to incorporate 'rocket
science.'"
Now, what is the basis of this "rocket science" claim? Well,
it seems to be that the circuit board for the electronic
converter sort of looks like a rocket. The circuit board is
clearly designed to fit into a base with an Edison socket.
One end if pointed to fit the socket, while the other end
has a notch, apparently to allow room for the filament rube,
leaving two tabs that look like rocket fins.
See:
http://www.energyandpowermanagement...ucts/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000044480
or
http://tinyurl.com/3dpea7
I can't find this at www.sylvania.com, so the "rocket
science" claim may have been invented by Energy & Power
Management instead of Sylvania. I hope so.
--
Vic Roberts
http://www.RobertsResearchInc.com
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miniature metal halide lamp with an integral ballast that
was designed to replace incandescent lamps. Since the
product included an electronic "ballast" and a quartz arc
tube, and the time period in question was about 10 years
after the introduction of the first digital electronic
watch, GE marketing was talking about advertising the lamp
as using "electronic quartz" technology. Most of us thought
that was rather lame. The lamp was never sold so we never
had to deal with this claim.
Now I see a lamp claim that's even better
The new product section of the February 2007 issue of Energy
& Power Management has a small piece on the Sylvania
CAPSYLITE e-PRO lamp. According to the article, the e-PRO
is "the first-ever halogen PAR38 lamp to incorporate 'rocket
science.'"
Now, what is the basis of this "rocket science" claim? Well,
it seems to be that the circuit board for the electronic
converter sort of looks like a rocket. The circuit board is
clearly designed to fit into a base with an Edison socket.
One end if pointed to fit the socket, while the other end
has a notch, apparently to allow room for the filament rube,
leaving two tabs that look like rocket fins.
See:
http://www.energyandpowermanagement...ucts/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000044480
or
http://tinyurl.com/3dpea7
I can't find this at www.sylvania.com, so the "rocket
science" claim may have been invented by Energy & Power
Management instead of Sylvania. I hope so.
--
Vic Roberts
http://www.RobertsResearchInc.com
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