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Fluorescent lamp series system

US4513225A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 13, 1982
Grant dateApr 23, 1985
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B41/18
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A pair of 48-inch long preheat fluorescent lamps, each one and a half inches diameter and consuming less than 10 watts power per foot of length, are connected in series with each other and with a ballast, for operation from 50 or 60 hertz a-c line voltage in the range of 200 to 300 volts. A starter switch is connected in parallel across each lamp. The lamp designs are specified such that they will start and operate in the circuit from the a-c line voltage.

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