Quartzray SON-TD 1000W-400V

Although the concept of linear HPS lamps existed since the late 1960s, it was not until 1974 Thorn Lighting launched the first product. The development makes perfect technical sense - the oversized outer bulbs inherited from mercury lamps were replaced by slender outer envelopes designed specifically around the HPS arc tube. By adopting the more refractory quartz glass, lamp diameter was reduced to just 21mm. This allowed the light source to be brought closer to the focus of compact and high efficiency optical systems, and better aligned, so as to achieve outstanding beam control and high efficiency in floodlighting applications.

Thorn's first lamp was the 400W SON-TD, developed with the same length and similar cap as the popular 1500W linear halogen. It was soon joined by a 250W variant to replace 1000W halogen, and around 1982 by this 1000W model developed specifically for the North American market. As such it is Thorn's only 1000W HPS lamp employing a high voltage arc tube for use on American S52 ballasts.

Linear HPS lamps are unsuual in that their outer jackets are filled with a coolant gas instead of being evacuated. The reason is because the close-fitting outer reflects infrared radiation back to the arc tube, which would otherwise reduce life due to overheating of the seals, and accelerate sublimation of the ceramic arc tube. The conductive gas filling makes linear HPS lamps very sensitive to ambient temperature changes, and they can only be used in dedicated luminaires. Despite the technical advantages of this concept, the higher cost of double ended lamps and luminaires has meant that these lamps have been phased out for all but the most optically demanding applications.

Manufacturer:	GE-Thorn Lamps Ltd.
Lamp Power:	1000 Watts
Lamp Current:	4.7 Amps
Lamp Voltage:	250 Volts	3.0-5.0kV + 2x4μs/cycle ignition
Cap Type:	RX7s-24	Steatite + copper contact
Bulb Type:	T-21	T-7 in eighths/inch
Bulb Finish:	Clear	Quartz
Electrodes:	Backwound Tungsten	BCT Emitter
Arc Length:	202 mm	7.95 inches
Atmosphere:	Na20:Hg80 \| Xe 20 torr	Outer: Argon 700 torr
Luminous Flux:	137,500 lm (@ 100h)	132,500 lm (@ 2000h)
Luminous Efficacy:	137.5 lm/W (@ 100h)
Colour Temperature & CRI:	CCT: 2000K	CRI: Ra 25
Chromaticity Co-ordinates:	CCx: 0.530	CCy: 0.415
Lifetime:	Not rated
Warm-up & Re-strike Time:	8 minutes	<1 minute
Burning Position:	Horizontal ± 20°	Only in sealed luminaire
Overall Length:	330.4 mm	13 inches
Light Centre Length:	N/A
Factory:	Leicester	England
Date of Manufacture:	c.1990
Original Value:	GB £117.5 (1992)


References:	1) Thorn Outdoor Lighting Handbook, W.K.Lumsden, R.C.Aldworth, R.L.C.Tate, publ. Gower Press 1974, ISBN 0 7161 0297 8, Section 2.1.3.
	2) A Decade of SON, D. Peach, Thorn Lighting Journal No 22, pp.3-5.
	3) Thorn Lighting Product Data Sheet 400W SON-TD 96-4021C, 3-1-1989.
	4) Thorn Lighting SON Manufacturing Specifications.
	5) GE-Thorn Price List, UK, March 1992.