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Narva NF125-21 Reflector Mercury Discharge |
Traditionally it is not realistic to employ mercury reflector lamps in streetlighting on account of the large dimensions of the reflector shape outer bulbs. However the reflector lamps do offer certain technical advantages, in particular that the optical control is integrated within the lamp where it cannot deteriorate, it does not require periodic cleaning, and is renewed every time the lamp is replaced.
This lamp was created in the same dimensions as a standard 125W mercury vapour product, employing the standard 75mm ellipsoidal E75 bulb type. The neck area is coated with a thick layer of titanium dioxide powder, a powerful white dye and efficient reflector of visible light. It is a diffuse reflector, scattering the light impinging on it to a certain degree, and thus preventing images of the arc tube being projected in the beam, instead the light from different parts of the arc tube is thoroughly homogenised.
Over the top of this reflector is applied a thin layer of fluorescent phosphor. The layer is thinner than in standard lamps to prevent the reflected light being diffused too much, hence the degree of colour correction is not quite so good. The first lamp of this type was known as Narva's HQKRG 125W, employing the Goldweiß phosphor, magnesium fluoro-germanate. Around 1970 the nomenclature of Narva's lamps was changed and it became the Naviflux NF 125-22. The version here is the last type made, the NF 125-21, employing yttrium vanadate as the fluorescent coating.
| Manufacturer: | VEB Berliner Glühlampenwerk | |
| Lamp Power: | 125 Watts | |
| Lamp Current: | 1.15 Amps | |
| Lamp Voltage: | 125 Volts | |
| Cap: | E27s/30 Ni plated brass with vitrite insulator | |
| Bulb Finish: | Magnesium Fluoro-Germanate | |
| Bulb Type: | ED-75 borosilicate | |
| Overall Length: | 125 mm | |
| Light Centre Length: | N/A mm | |
| Electrodes: | Backwound tungsten with emissive pellet | |
| Inner / Outer Atmosphere: | Inner: Ar | Hg | Outer: Nitrogen |
| Luminous Flux: | 5,400 lm | |
| Luminous Efficacy: | 43.2 lm/W | |
| Colour Temperature & CRI: | CCT: 3800K | CRI: Ra35 |
| Chromaticity Co-ordinates: | CCx: 0.395 | CCy: 0.400 |
| Burning Position: | Universal | |
| Rated Life: | 8,000 hours to 70% survival | |
| Warm Up / Re-strike Time: | 4 minutes | 5 minutes |
| Factory: | East Berlin, Former East Germany | |
| Date of Manufacture: | 1979 | |
| Original / Present Value: | Unknown | |
