SECTION 15

MINIATURE LAMP APPLICATIONS

Miniature lamps are used most frequently when circumstances require
that a light source be of small size or consume very little power. The
various types, including miniature incandescent, glow, and fluorescent
lamps, usually are listed in manufacturers' catalogs as miniature lamps.
About half of all miniature lamps manufactured are for use in automo-
biles. This application, which is standardized through the activities of
the Society of Automotive Engineers, is described in Section 13.
Flashlights
There are several different types of flashlight lamps: the round-bulb,
miniature-screw-base lamp; the prefocused lamp with flange-base; and the
lamp with a lens in the end of the bulb. (See Table 15-1.) In addition
to the standard types designed for use with dry cells, some flashlight lamps
have been designed to be operated from small rechargeable storage-type
cells which fit in the conventional flashlight, and others are designed with
special filament ratings to match the characteristics of flashlights having
built-in magneto-type generators. The capacity of such generators is
lower than that of a battery, hence the light output of lamps designed for
use with them is less than that of standard flashlight lamps designed for
use with batteries.
Table 15-1. Sixteen Tungsten Incandescent Filament Lamp Designs in
Common Use with Primary Batteries
LAMP
NUM-
BER
RATED
VOLTS
DE-
SIGN
VOLTS
DESIGN
AM-
PERES
BULB
SHAPE
AND DI-
AMETER*
BASEt
BEAD
COLOR
RATED
AVE.
LAB.
LIFE
(hours)
USED WITH
FOLLOWING
NUMBER
AND TYPES
OF
BATTERIES*
112 1.1 1.20 0.22 TL-3 min. sc. pink 5 1AA
131 1.3 1.30 .10 G-3 min. sc. white 50 1
D
222 2.2 2.25 .25 TL-3 min. sc. white 5 2AA
223 2.2 2.25 .25 FE-3f min. sc. white 5 2AA
233 2.3 2.33 .27 G-3^ min. sc. purple 10 2
C
PR-4 2.3 2.33 .27 B-3* s. c. min. fl. It. green 10 2
C
PR-2 2.4 2.38 .50
B-3f
s. c. min. fl. blue 15 2
D
248 2.4 2.4 .8 G-5| min. sc. black 75 2No. 6
35C 2.4 2.5 .8 G-5* min. sc. black 150 2No. 6
PR-6 2.5 2.47 .30 B-3 s. c. min. fl. brown 15 2
D
14 2.5 2.47 .30 G-3 min. sc. blue 15 2
D
PR-3 3.6 3.57 .50 B-3| s. c. min. fl. green 15 3-D
PR-7 3.8 3.70 .30 B-3| s. c. min. fl. pink 15 3-D
13 3.8 3.70 .30
G-3f
min. sc. green 15 3-D
502 5.0 5.10 .15 G-4| min. sc. blue 100 4
F
605 6.0 6.15 .50 G-4| min. sc. brown 15 5
D
*
Letters indicate shape. Figures indicate diameter in eighths of an inch,
fmin. sc. = miniature screw, s.c. min. fl.
=
single contact miniature flanged
t
See Table 15-2 for cell dimensions.
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NOTE: References are listed at the end of each section.
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