Lamps for 220-volt circuits were developed as this voltage was
desirable for power purposes, electric motors being used, and a few
lamps were needed on such circuits. They are less efficient and more
expensive than 110-volt lamps, their use being justified however
only when it is uneconomical to have a separate 110-volt circuit for
lighting. The lamps were made in sizes from 16 to 50 candlepower.
[Illustration:
Edison. Thomson-Houston. Westinghouse. Brush-Swan.
Edi-Swan Edi-Swan United States. Hawkeye.
(single contact). (double contact).
Ft. Wayne Jenny. Mather or Perkins. Loomis.
Schaeffer or National. Indianapolis Jenny. Siemens & Halske.
VARIOUS STANDARD BASES IN USE, 1892.]
[Illustration: THOMSON-HOUSTON SOCKET.]
[Illustration: WESTINGHOUSE SOCKET.]
Electric street railway systems used a voltage in the neighborhood of
550, and lamps were designed to burn five in series on this voltage.
These lamps were different from the standard 110-volt lamps although
they were made for about this voltage. As they were burned in series,
the lamps were selected to operate at a definite current instead of
at a definite voltage, so that the lamps when burned in series would
operate at the proper temperature to give proper life results. Such
lamps would therefore vary considerably in individual volts, and
hence would not give good service if burned on 110-volt circuits. The
candelabra screw base and socket and the miniature screw base and
socket were later developed. Ornamental candelabra base lamps were made
for use direct on 110 volts, smaller sizes being operated in series
on this voltage. The former gave about 10 cp, the latter in various
sizes from 4 to 8 cp. The miniature screw base lamps were for low volt
lighting.
[Illustration:
Thomson-Houston. Westinghouse.
ADAPTERS FOR EDISON SCREW SOCKETS, 1892.
Next to the Edison base, the Thomson-Houston and Westinghouse bases
were the most popular. By use of these adapters, Edison base lamps
could be used in T-H and Westinghouse sockets.]
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