Lamp Specification Catalog
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SATCO lamp specification catalog New York, Florida, Texas, California, Washington & Puerto Rico SATCO Corporate Headquarters, Brentwood, NY Product Reference Guide – We are pleased to present this new resource tool. Within each of the product categories presented in this guide, we have compiled one of the industries most comprehensive lamp offerings from one source! As you explore each section you will notice numerous footnotes, application suggestions and other valuable information to help you select the correct lamp or ballast. Additionally, we have provided some brief educational materials in the beginning of each product category. Here you will be given a fundamental technical overview on each product group and how they function. Satco has established a vast distribution network that affords us the unique ability to have the products you want and need – in stock 1 and ready to ship from one of our state of the art distribution facilities, totaling nearly one million square feet! 2 5 Locations – 3 Brentwood, New York 6 1 (Corporate Headquaters) 2 Seattle, Washington 4 3 San Francisco, California 4 Dallas, Texas 5 Miami, Florida 6 Puerto Rico The Complete Satco Product Line the The Light Bulb Source Book An easy to use catalog advantage sorted by lamp type. Six fully inventoried distribution centers Each Satco facility features the latest warehouse management systems The Lamp ensuring that each order is addressed Specification Catalog in a timely and efficient manner. A technical guide to our lamp selection. Comprehensive product selection, we have what you need. Our unique product offering positions us as a “One Stop Shop” vendor. Satco has compiled a variety of General Lighting Products products through various industry Featuring: relationships which makes us the • OEM & Consumer primary choice for selection and • Hardware service. • Electrical Accessories Products produced to the • Glassware • Track & Lighting Fixtures highest industry standards • Portable Lamps. Quality products – An adage we’ve built our company by. Every item we Nuvo Lighting sell has been designed, produced Satco’s Decorative and tested to meet or exceed industry Lighting Brand benchmarks for quality and testing. Quality assurance is controlled on all levels from production to shipping. Innovative technology Satco owns numerous patents on lamp and lighting technology. As a leader we have introduced many new concepts that have been embraced by the lighting community. Retail packaging and merchandising programs Satco’s product assortment includes many retail point of purchase items packaged for the consumer market. 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Each of our 800-437-2826 800-437-2826 Bo Martin Gonzalez, distribution centers are staffed with (305) 624-2044 (510) 487-4822 Carolina, PR 00984 highly experienced knowledgeable FAX (305) 623-0286 FAX (510) 487-8955 (787) 757-3510 personnel ready to assist. If you can’t FAX (787) 757-3540 locate an item you are looking for, just ask – chances are we have it! www.satco.com Lampsat a glance Glossary of terms Incandescent Lamps Ampere Advantages A unit of measurement which • Low initial cost • Low fixture cost expresses the rate of flow of electricity. • Simple installation • Inexpensive to dim • All-weather operation Average Rated Life • High CRI An average rating, in hours indicating when Disadvantages half of a large group of lamps have failed, • Voltage sensitive • Lowest efficacy when operated at rated lamp voltage and • Short life current. • Heat Tungsten Halogen Ballast Advantages • Whiter light than incandescent A device used with a discharge lamp to • Excellent lumen maintenance obtain the necessary voltage for starting and • Longer life than incandescent operating. • More efficient than incandescent Disadvantages • More costly than incandescent Center Beam Fluorescent Lamps Candlepower (CBCP) Advantages The intensity of light produced at the • High efficacy center of a reflector lamp, expressed in • Very good color • Wide range of colors candelas. • Wide range of wattages • Good lumen maintenance • Long life Color Rendering Index (CRI) Disadvantages The measure of a light source to render color • Temperature effects correctly. • Requires a ballast • Light control Mercury Vapor Lamp Advantages A manufactured light source., the three main • Good for landscape lighting • Long life categories are: incandescent, Fluorescent • All-weather operation and HID (high intensity discharge). Disadvantages • Lowest HID efficacy • Poor lumen maintenance Light • Poor color Radiant energy that is capable of • Requires a ballast • Restrike time producing a visual light. High Pressure Sodium Advantages Maximum Overall • Highest efficacy • Long life Length (MOL) • Universal burning position The total length of a lamp from the top of • Range of wattages bulb to the bottom of the base. • Good lumen maintenance • All-temperature operation Disadvantages Power Factor • Color • Requires a ballast A measure of the effectiveness with • Cycling (standard lamp) which a device converts volt-amperes Metal Halide to watts. Advantages • High efficacy • Good color Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) • Good lumen maintenance The rating which expresses the ability of a • Wide range of wattages • Medium-long life ballast not to affect the frequency. • All-temperature operation Disadvantages Voltage • Color shift • Hot restrike time The measurement of electrical potential • Requires a ballast expressed in volts (V). Incandescent Incandescent Basics Bulb The basic design of the incandescent shapes lamp has not changed much since the The size and shape of a lamp’s late 1800s, when Thomas Alva Edison bulb are designated by a letter(s) and a number. The letter specifies successfully produced the first THE GLASS BULB the shape of the bulb and the The filament inside an number indicates the maximum operational electric light bulb. incandescent lamp diameter in 1/8-inch increments. These are the must-know must be protected so that Example: A G40 is a globe shape oxygen does not reach it and which is 5 inches in diameter. fundamental facts about cause it to evaporate on con- tact. Most incandescent lamps incandescent lamps and are either vacuum-sealed or the alternative gas-filled. It was discovered in the early 1900s that the choices that are introduction of gas inside the A F available today. bulb, or envelope, created a pressure against the filament. This pressure allowed the filament to burn hotter and last G PAR longer. Most gas-filled incandescent lamps today THE FILAMENT use a mixture of argon Incandescent lamp filaments are made and nitrogen gases. of tungsten. Tungsten is a metal that can operate at very high temperatures PS R without evaporating too quickly and resulting in early lamp failure. Incandescent filaments only convert about 10 percent of the energy used into visible light, so it is necessary to use a material S T that can withstand extremely high temperatures. Most lamps use a coiled filament design, which has been found to be B CA stronger and deliver better performance. BR HX HOW IT WORKS Just as a piece of metal being blacksmithed or the molten glass at the end of a blower’s rod heats to a brilliant glow, so does the THE BASE filament of an incandescent lamp. Screw-type bases used on incandescent The difference is that electricity is lamps consist of three components: the used to heat the filament instead threaded screw section, the glass insulation of fire. This phenomenon is known ring and the contact disc. The lead wires as incandescence. which exit the glass bulb of the lamp are attached to the base at two points. One wire is soldered to the bottom of the contact disc and the other to the top edge of the screw section. The glass ring Base Types acts as an insulation barrier between the two points. This assembly completes the circuit and the lamp is electrified once the base is screwed into a socket and the contact disc touches the center point of the socket. Medium Medium Mogul Int. Cand. S.C. Bay. D.C. Bay. E26 Skirted E40 E17 E12 The base itself has nothing to do with the seal of the bulb; it is a separate part of the lamp that is attached with cement. Typically, bases are made from aluminum or brass. Brass bases tend to perform best Mog. End Screw Terminal S14S Med. Side Prong due to their compatibility with most socket Prong materials. Key Characteristics Light Output vs. Life Rated Voltage: The lamp’s filament is designed to The life of an incandescent lamp making long life more important than operate within a specific volt- and its lumen output are both light output? Or will it be a workhorse, age range in order for it to determined by the filament design. illuminating important tasks and deliver its intended light output. These characteristics represent a needing maximum lumens? Lamps that are burned at volt- give-and-take relationship—one must ages higher than their rating will be sacrificed to improve the other. The Federal Trade Commission result in higher wattage, efficacy There are many choices available to instituted new packaging labeling (lumens per watt) and lumens.