LIGHT SOURCES 6-19

Miniature lamps. See Section 15.

Lumiline and showcase lamps. The Lumiline type has two disk bases,
one at each end of the lamp, with the filament connected between them.
The filament, in the form of a loose coil, is supported at intervals along the
tube from a small metal channel next to the inside wall of the tube and
insulated from the two contact ends. Thirty and 60-watt sizes are avail-
able in the 18-inch length, and the 40-watt is made in a 12-inch length.
All sizes are available in either clear or inside-frosted tubes, or in various
color coatings.
Showcase lamps have a conventional screw base. The longer lamps
have elongated filaments with filament supports similar to Lumiline lamps.
The common sizes are 25 and 40 watts, but sizes up to 150 watts are
available.
Three-light lamps. These employ two filaments, operated separately
or in multiple to provide three levels of illumination. The common fila-
ment lead-in wire is connected to the shell of the base; the other end of
one filament is connected to a ring contact and the end of the other fila-
ment to a center contact.
Sign lamps. While large numbers of gas-filled lamps are used in en-
closed and other types of electric signs, those designated particularly as
"sign" lamps are mostly of the vacuum type. Lamps of this type are
best adapted for exposed sign and festoon service because the lower bulb
temperature of vacuum lamps minimizes thermal cracks resulting from
rain and snow. Some low-wattage lamps, however, are gas-filled for use
in flashing signs. Bulb temperatures of these low-wattage, gas-filled lamps
are sufficiently low to permit exposed outdoor use. See Fig. 6-8.
Incandescent Lamp Bases
Types and dimensions of bases used on common incandescent lamps
have been standardized rather completely. Figure 6-13 shows the com-
mon types of incandescent lamp bases.
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FIG. 6-13. Common incandescent lamp bases.