Recent Updates

To facilitate navigation of the site and quickly find the latest updates and additions, a chronological list of new material can be found below.  New files can be accessed directly from this page by clicking on the appropriate title in the following list:

17-II-2008 GE Tungsten Halogen of first design for Theatre & Stage Applications
17-II-2008 GE Tungsten Halogen Double Ended of first design for Overhead Projectors
10-II-2008 Sylvania Ellipsoidal Reflector Incandescent for European Market
03-II-2008 Second Generation Planar Filament Halogen Lamp - GE Q2000T11/4CL
03-II-2008 First Generation Planar Filament Halogen Lamp - GE Q750T20/4CL
30-I-2008 Duro-Test First Inrared-Recycling Incandescent Lamp
18-I-2008 Osram-GEC Early Drawn Tungsten Wire Filament
13-I-2008 Sylvania DNF - Dichroic Miniature Sealed Beam for 8mm Projector
4-I-2008 GE Tantalum Filament 25W 120V of American design
3-I-2008 Philips HalfWatt Gas Filled Tungsten 100W 110V
3-I-2008 Edison Carbonised Bamboo Filament Lamp of 1884 pattern
3-I-2008 Addition of Incandescent and Tungsten Halogen product categories
6-X-2007 Philips Philora Direct Current Sodium Discharge
3-I-2008 Addition of Incandescent and Tungsten Halogen product categories
29-IX-2007 GE ConstantColor Ceramic Metal Halide 20W in MR16 Reflector
29-IX-2007 Welch Allyn 3W Experimental Miniature Metal Halide Arc Tube
29-IX-2007 Wotan Powerstar Daylight Metal Halide HQI-T 400W / DV
30-VI-2007 Philips HPK 125/L Laboratory Mercury Lamp
09-VI-2007 Norelco / Philips SON-T 250W made for American market
15-IV-2007 Philips HP/AB 400W Early design UV Metal Halide lamp
15-IV-2007 Westinghouse Safety Lifeguard H33GL-T400/DX with improved cut-out design
27-I-2007 Philips HO2000 450W Dutch style medium pressure mercury
30-XI-2006 XHTML compatible site format introduced
22-VII-2006 Osram HgH1000 265W German style medium pressure mercury lamp
22-VII-2006 Musco Metal Halide Z-Lamp 1500W
22-VII-2006 Philips UHP 120W First Generation lamp
21-VII-2006 Duro-Test Fluomeric Self-Ballasted Mercury 450W half coated
09-VII-2006 Tesla SHC 70W Sodium with Monolithic 2-part PCA
09-VII-2006 Narva NC400-04 Gallium-Indium Halide Lamp
09-VII-2006 Philips SL1000 First Compact Fluorescent Prototype
25-VI-2006 DuroTest Safe-T-Vapor 175W Mercury lamp with Oxygen Fuse
25-VI-2006 Osram-GEC MB/D 80W First Quartz lamp with Molybdenum Ribbon Seals
25-VI-2006 WelchAllyn 10-watt Metal Halide
25-VI-2006 GE A-H5 High Pressure Mercury
25-VI-2006 GE A-H1 Medium Pressure Mercury
16-VI-2006 Philips SL*18R CFL Reflector lamp for Horticulture
18-IV-2006 Osram-GEC Solarstream SON-L 250W Gas-Filled Linear Sodium
18-IV-2006 Osram Vialox NAV-TS 400W Vacuum Linear Sodium
21-III-2006 GE Bonus Line Mercury 175W
21-III-2006 Tungsram HgMIF 400/DH Rare Earth Metal Halide
21-III-2006 Philips CFL-i Tornado Spiral shaped
21-III-2006 GE Light Engine Xenon Metal Halide
19-III-2006 YaMing Red Metal Halide JLC250
19-III-2006 Sylvania Super Metalarc Vertical 1000W
19-II-2006 GEC MEI 2500W Coolseal with Supercool Leads
19-II-2006 Sylvania BriteArc Double Ended 12,000 Watt
18-II-2006 Mazda MCFA/U Nickel Stripe Instant Start Fluorescent
18-II-2006 Wotan Circolux Electronica Compact Fluorescent
17-II-2006 Wotan HQI-R 250W / NDL Reflector Metal Halide
15-II-2006 Philips CDMR-i 25W Mastercolour Integrated Ballast PAR38
28-XII-2005 GE CMH-TT 250W/830 High Wattage CMH with single piece arc tube
23-X-2005 Westinghouse H400/Y "Caution Yellow" Mercury Fluorescent
23-X-2005 Westinghouse H400/R "Beauty Lite" Mercury Fluorescent
19-IX-2005 Osram MAF/V 400W Mercury with Zinc Cadmium Sulphide phosphor
19-IX-2005 Sylvania H45AZ 40W Mercury Discharge
24-VII-2005 Osira ME/H 500W Compact Source Mercury
24-VII-2005 Osram ME/D 250W Compact Source Mercury
23-VII-2005 Osram HQI-R 150W/FO Fibre Optic Metal Halide
23-VII-2005 Philips Nightlight CFL with Integrated LED feature
23-VII-2005 Philips "Genie" Asian Low-Cost Compact Fluorescent
23-VII-2005 GE-Thorn Electrodeless Induction Self-Ballasted
25-VI-2005 Thorn MBIF/H/S Lithium doped lamp for Marks & Spencer
30-IV-2005 GE S-1 Sunlight Mercury
17-IV-2005 GE NE-42 Negative Glow Neon Discharge
17-IV-2005 Thorn CMH 70W Ceramic Metal Halide of experimental design
17-IV-2005 Narva NC400-00 Mercury Halide of sodium-lithium-indium-thallium style
20-II-2005 Narva NF125-00 Mercury with cermet emitter pellet electrodes
19-II-2005 Update of links including new addition to Novalamp
23-I-2005 Philips SN 220W Tin Halide 
23-I-2005 Japan Storage Battery Co. - 230W Ceramic Metal Halide
23-I-2005 Polam LRF 125W Mercury with Vanadate-Orthophosphate phosphor blend
23-I-2005 Sylvania H175/DX Deluxe White Mercury
23-I-2005 Sylvania H100/C Colour Improved Mercury
09-I-2005 Thorn Ceramic Metal Halide with Sapphire arc tube
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-TD Ceramic Metal Halide 150W / 830
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-R Ceramic Metal Halide 35W / 830
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-E Ceramic Metal Halide 70W / 830
09-I-2005 Philips CDM-T Ceramic Metal Halide 35W / 830
09-I-2005 Narva NF125-21 Ellipsoidal Reflector Mercury Discharge
05-I-2005 Narva HQLG 400-01 Goldweiß Fluorogermanate Mercury Discharge
31-XII-2004 Narva HQLS 250-01 Silberweiß Orthophosphate Mercury Discharge
31-XII-2004 Thorn Half Coated Demonstration Mercury lamp
21-XI-2004 Philips SO/H Bamboo Style low pressure sodium
21-XI-2004 TOTO Ceramic Metal Halide with Transparent YAG arc tube
20-XI-2004 GE 'First Light' Halarc Electronic Self Ballasted Metal Halide
10-X-2004 Philips Philora MA/V 250W Medium Pressure Mercury
10-X-2004 Sylvania H33-1CD Mercury lamp with flat girder frame construction
06-X-2004 Westinghouse Corstar high pressure sodium with Sapphire arc tube
06-IX-2004 Osram Planon Dielectric Barrier Excimer discharge
06-IX-2004 Sylvania H44GS-100 Sealed Beam Mercury Reflector
06-IX-2004 Philips ML 500 early version mercury blended
31-VIII-2004 Philips MHN-T 70W Open Fixture Metal Halide
22-VIII-2004 Philips Cleo HPA400/S Iron-Cobalt Halide Sun Tanning
22-VIII-2004 Philips ML 160W Clear, of new design for automated production
22-VIII-2004 Westinghouse Canadian C150S56 High Pressure Sodium
22-VIII-2004 Thorn MBI-T 250W Tri-band Metal Halide
21-VIII-2004 Link to new website of Victory Lighting
21-VIII-2004 Link to new website of SLI Lighting USA
19-V-2004 Iwasaki Miniature Reflector Mercury HR50W/S
19-V-2004 Sylvania BriteBeam 200W/PAR36 Metal Halide Reflector
18-V-2004 Sylvania Warmtone Mercury H38JA-100/N
29-XII-2003 Sylvania Strobotron Neon discharge
29-XII-2003 Sylvania Zirconium Oxide Concentrated Arc Lamp B25
29-XII-2003 GE 'Photo-micrographic' Tungsten Arc Source
29-XII-2003 Shanghai Hongyuan Saturn No.2 Electrodeless Fluorescent
29-XII-2003 Philips VeDiLiS H4 Automotive Metal Halide Prototype
21-XII-2003 Link to new collectors website - Stanislav Slabyhoudek
14-XII-2003 Philips TL Mini Aperture Fluorescent
14-XII-2003 XingJi Mercury with Halogen Ballast Filament
14-XII-2003 Osram HQV 80W Blacklight Mercury
14-XII-2003 Sylvania Lumalux LU200 High Pressure Sodium
13-XII-2003 Tesla Green Mercury Halide RVIZ 400W
11-XII-2003 Link to new collectors website - Frank Andrews
31-X-2003 Link to new collectors websites - Stefan Lichtparade and Lampenmuseum.de
10-X-2003 Matsushita 12W Electrodeless Pa-Look Ball YOU
9-X-2003 Osram-GEC Blue Mercury Halide MBI 400W
5-X-2003 Thorn First Generation 70W SON, Wide Bore PCA
5-X-2003 Westinghouse High Lumen 400W Mercury with strontium zinc orthophosphate H33-1-GL/W
5-X-2003 Selection of German Osram Spectral lamps
22-IX-2003 Philips 250W HPL Mercury with Magnesium Arsenate phosphor and carbon dioxide filling
21-IX-2003 Philips 150W SON-T Deco, high colour rendering lamp
21-IX-2003 GE 160W Self-Ballasted Mercury, low voltage style
21-IX-2003 Iwasaki ColorArc PAR36
21-IX-2003 Osram HNS10/U Ozone Free Germicidal
21-IX-2003 Philips Master SOX PSG 35W Low Pressure Sodium
21-IX-2003 Technical page on failure of sodium lamps
07-IX-2003 British 1950's Television advertising added to videos section
31-VIII-2003 Thorn MBIL 1500W Linear Metal Halide
31-VIII-2003 Wujin Lijia KK - First Chinese Ceramic Metal Halide
31-VIII-2003 Osram HQI-BT 400W Daylight Metal Halide
31-VIII-2003 Mazda MAIH 2000 B High Wattage Metal Halide
25-VIII-2003 New technical section on mercury lamp technology
22-VIII-2003 Philips D2S Ultinon 6000K Automotive Headlight
22-VIII-2003 Philips CDM-R111 Ceramic Metal Halide
07-VIII-2003 TV Advertisement for new Matsushita Electrodeless Pa-Look Ball YOU lamp
07-VIII-2003 Iwasaki 150W Sunlux Ultra Ace Sodium to replace 175W Mercury
07-VIII-2003 Iwasaki 400W Blacklight Mercury
24-VII-2003 New link to Landesmuseum-Mannheim - outstanding incandescent lamp collection
20-VII-2003 Osram Endura Induction lamp
16-VII-2003 Sulphur Electrodeless Microwave-frequency lamp
09-VII-2003 Updated link to Maxime Gendre new website - check it out!
09-VII-2003 GE Purple-X Blacklight lamp
06-VII-2003 Toshiba 200W Mercury with strontium orthophosphate coating
06-VII-2003 Philips HPL-Comfort 80W with YAG Phosphor blend
06-VII-2003 Atlas 250W Mercury-Blended (old style)
16-VI-2003 Iwasaki 2,000W Mercury Discharge
08-VI-2003 Iwasaki High-CRI ColorArc Metal Halide
07-VI-2003 Crompton MB/U 80W Uncoated Mercury Discharge
07-VI-2003 Iwasaki 5-Band 'FEC Multi Super Ace' Metal Halide
07-VI-2003 Sylvania BriteSpot MR16 Metal Halide
07-VI-2003 GE PXA-80 Pulsed Xenon Arc
31-V-2003 Videos showing the failure of good and poorly fused 240-Volt Halogen capsules
31-V-2003 Philips Thulium Lamp MHN 70W
17-V-2003 Philips UK Lamp Catalogue 1965
13-V-2003 Videos showing the various internal ignitors for HID lamps in action
11-V-2003 Mazda 1958 data sheets for SO & MA products
25-IV-2003 GE H2 250W Medium Pressure Mercury
25-IV-2003 Osram HBO 3500W Short Arc Mercury
18-IV-2003 Osram "Caution Yellow" HQL/5 250W Mercury
18-IV-2003 GEC MBFR 125W Mercury Reflector
13-IV-2003 Sylvania Metalarc 100W Compact Metal Halide
13-IV-2003 GE Halarc 32W Compact DC Metal Halide
13-IV-2003 GE Multi-Vapor II 175W with internal electronic ignitor
13-IV-2003 GE-Thorn 5000W MB Linear UV
13-IV-2003 GE 85W Ultra-Violet Lab Arc
13-IV-2003 GE 70W SON with internal electronic ignitor
13-IV-2003 Osram 70W SON-Plus experimental design
13-IV-2003 Thorn MBFR 400W Mercury Reflector
13-IV-2003 GEC MBF 1000W Mercury
13-IV-2003 Philips MLR 160W Mercury Blended
11-IV-2003 Philips TW6 Low Pressure Blacklight
11-IV-2003 Philips PL*9 First Compact Fluorescent
23-III-2003 BTH-Mazda British Lamp Catalogue, 1954
23-III-2003 Reflux Side Mirror 400W SON
23-III-2003 Sylvania MicroLynx F
23-III-2003 Bumix Jupiter 860W Mercury-Tungsten
16-III-2003 Philips Electrodeless QL 85W
15-III-2003 Osram Mercury HQA 125W
15-III-2003 GE Mercury H25DE
23-II-2003 Osram-GEC British Lamp Catalogue, 1951
21-II-2003 Home page redesign
11-II-2003 Links to related sites
01-II-2003 Links to lamp manufacturers
28-I-2003 Video of the tungsten halogen cycle in action
16-I-2003 New format site introduced