Electronic Halarc Lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1981
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Lighting
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from General Electric Lighting Co., thru Terry McGowan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0428.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0428.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: discharge lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: tungsten (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: quartz (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: lamp: 5 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 13.97 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: package: 7 in x 5 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm