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Sylvania F40D, illegally made??
This is one BAFFLING tube! A full wattage, halophosphate lamp being made in November 1995! Unless I missed something, those tubes could NOT be made after October 1st, 1995, unless it was allowed until December 31st.
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Sylvania F40D, illegally made??

This is one BAFFLING tube! A full wattage, halophosphate lamp being made in November 1995! Unless I missed something, those tubes could NOT be made after October 1st, 1995, unless it was allowed until December 31st.

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Filename:100_0965.jpg
Album name:Vince / Collection of fluorescent lamps (CFLs and linear)
Keywords:Lamps
Company and Date Manufactured:Sylvania Canada | November 1995
Model Number:F40D
Wattage:40W
Lamp Type:Fluorescent
Filesize:257 KiB
Date added:May 21, 2011
Dimensions:2592 x 1944 pixels
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Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2011:05:20 20:56:09
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Exposure Time:1/250 sec
FNumber:f/2.8
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:5.85 mm
ISO:71
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Make:Eastman Kodak Company
Max Aperture:f/2.8
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rlshieldjr   [May 21, 2011 at 03:52 AM]
I won't tell if you won't.
TiCoune66   [May 21, 2011 at 04:01 AM]
What do you mean?
joe_347V   [May 21, 2011 at 04:22 AM]
I'm guessing he won't tell the bulb police to confiscate your lamp Laughing
dor123   [May 21, 2011 at 06:19 AM]
Why that this lamp will be illegal already after October 1st, 1995?
There is no reason for the halophosphors to be banned in favor of the deluxe white phosphors which are way dimmer and less efficient than the halophosphors, and for the full wattage lamps to be banned in favor of the reduced wattages lamp which are also dimmer and have less life.
The future ban of the halophosphors in Europe will be in favor of the triphosphors, and this isn't only because of better quality then the halophosphors, but particularly because they are brighter and so more efficient.
Silverliner14B   [May 21, 2011 at 08:02 AM]
Come to think of it, I saw a bunch of GE F96T12/Ds in use at a large Fry's electronic store a couple of years ago. They are full wattage 75w halophosphate, yet they have the Hg symbol. That is only from October 2003 on. The etches say EX which means they were made for export to countries where they are still allowed, such as Mexico.
dor123   [May 21, 2011 at 12:33 PM]
Dave: so Vince thinks that this lamp illegally made, because of the absence of the HG symbol relative to its manufacturing date?
I didn't noted this.
Vince didn't mentioned this and mentioned that this is a full wattage halophosphate lamp that made in November 1995, which is the reason why i thought that the halophosphors, the full wattage and the manufacturing date are related to the reason why Vince think that this lamp illegally made.
Sorry Dave.
Silverliner14B   [May 21, 2011 at 01:23 PM]
@dor123, I meant I was sharing what I saw. This Sylvania lamp may either have an error on the date code, or it may have been made for export, or maybe the Canadian regulations were slightly different.
dor123   [May 21, 2011 at 03:01 PM]
Dave, OK.
TiCoune66   [May 21, 2011 at 04:01 PM]
According to the Office of Energy Efficiency website, the EPAct of 1992 has been applied in Canada without any modifications.

They could have forgotten to add the /EX suffix on the etch priting machine as well.

Joe: Laughing
streetlight98   [May 22, 2011 at 03:42 PM]
Full wattage lamps banned? I still find 40w F40T12. The 34w F40T12 are more common, but i still find the 40w.
joe_347V   [May 22, 2011 at 10:24 PM]
Only the lamps with lower CRI, like the regular daylights and cool whites, the ones with higher CRI are still made. Well for now...

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