Modular compact fluorescent lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1996
label: Date made
content: ca 1996
name: label: manufacturer
content: DURO-TEST Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: A major hurdle that makers of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) have faced stems from the unusual shapes of the lamps, as compared to traditional incandescent lamps. Consumers have grown used to what light bulbs "are supposed" to look like. Many have rejected CFLs for that reason despite the potential cost savings.
label: Description
content: As lamp makers refined their understanding of the new product, designs were introduced to meet consumers' preferences for less-intrusive styles. Duro-Test developed a series of five modular CFLs around 1996, including this "Duro-Brite" unit that has a removable glass globe covering the twin-tube lamp. Another unit in the collection sports a removable glass reflector. The base-units contain the lamp's ballast and starter, and the tube assemblies themselves are interchangeable.
label: Description
content: This unit is a modular CFL with three components: a tube assembly, an adapter, and a glass cover.
label: Description
content: Lamp characteristics: Tube assembly is a twin-tube unit mounted on a plastic base. The adapter has a medium-screw base-shell with an insulator that is part of the plastic skirt housing the ballast. A G23 socket is on top for the tube assembly, and key-slots are molded around the edge to attach the cover. Cover is a G-shaped, clear-glass envelope with aluminum collar at bottom. There are stamped protrusions on the inside of the collar to mount the cover onto the adapter. Electrical rating is 13 watts.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Bergen
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Lighting A Revolution exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/lighting/
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Duro-Test Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0062.11
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0062.11
label: accession number
content: 1997.0062
objectType: label: Object Name
content: discharge lamp
label: Object Name
content: fluorescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mercury (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 in; 21.59 cm x 12.7 cm