Philips HPI-Plus 250W Daylight
The Philips HPI lamps have traditionally been characterised by their neutral white colour light, having a colour temperature of around 4000-4500K and mediocre colour rendering index of about 60-65. That is typical of the tri-band sodium-indium-thallium arc tube chemistry that is preferred by Philips. Meanwhile competitor lamps using rare-earth dysprosium chemistry achieve a daylight colour light of about 6000K with an exceptionally high colour rendering index of about 90.

Neither is suitable for all applications, but Philips recognised an opportunity to expand its market by offering both colours. To avoid the need for developing an entirely different lamp based on rare earth chemistry, a novel compromise was achieved via this most unusual fluorescent lamp.

The arc tube is similar to that in the company's standard HPI lamps, but spectral analysis suggests reduced sodium and thallium concentrations. The fluorescent coating on the outer bulb has been changed from the usual red-enhancing yttrium vanadate to blue-green emitting europium activated barium magnesium aluminate. The result is a daylight colour light of 6700K, although still with a poor colour rendering index of about 70 (which was later revised downwards to 60+, perhaps following difficulties of consistently attaining the higher value in production). The light absorption of the phosphor coating is entirely compensated for by its emission, luminous flux being the same as the neutral white lamp.

This lamp is one of very few HID examples where a phosphor is employed to increase the colour temperature - normally the opposite is true, with phosphors being applied to improve colour rendering by radiating red light.
Manufacturer: Royal Philips Electronics
Lamp Power: 250 Watts
Lamp Current: 2.2 Amps
Lamp Voltage: 128 Volts 700V Ignition
Cap Type: E40s/45 Ni plated brass + porcelain
Bulb Type: ED-90 ED-28 in eighths/inch
Bulb Finish: BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ Borosilicate glass
Electrodes: Double Coil Tungsten Radioactive ThO2 emitter
Arc Length:
Atmosphere: (Na,In,Tl)Ix, Hg | Ne-0.5%Ar Outer: Ne-40%N2
Luminous Flux: 18,000 lm (@ 100hrs)
Luminous Efficacy: 72.0 lm/W (@ 100hrs)
Colour Temperature & CRI: CCT: 6700K CRI: Ra 65
Chromaticity Co-ordinates: CCx: 0.308 CCy: 0.318
Rated Lifetime: 20,000 hours 50% survival & flux
Warm-up & Re-strike time: 2 min (80% flux) 5 minutes
Burning Position: Vertical Cap Up ± 15°
Overall Length: 225 mm 87/8 inches
Light Centre Length: N/A
Factory: Turnhout Belgium
Date of Manufacture: July 2012 Date Code: 2G
Original / Present Value: €90.80 (2012) GB £78 (2015)
 
References: 1) Philips Catalogue 2012, Holland.
2) Philips Brochure, HPI Plus Lamps, 2016.
3) Spectral measurement of lamp