Here's a Westinghouse Extra Life Beauty Tone in a 3 Way version.
Voltage: 115-125V
Current: 0.41A @ 50W 0.81A @ 100W 1.26A @ 150W
Date: Mid/late 70's ?
Filament: 2C-6
Lamp shape: T21
Base: Medium 3 contact E26
The reason is that they were said to put out more light and more even distribution due to flat sides. They started the shape in late 50s I beileve, and onto the Westinghouse bought over to Philips, they continued it until 1998.
Mike, you were born in 1998 right? Then I blame you for elminating the shape nah just totally kidding!!!!! it is the year the Game Boy Color came out!
Athough the shapes kinda came back in Philips when they introduced the Energy Saving Halogens....
is it beuty tone? You should try to get it! Westy made great bulbs. I have a westy bug-a-way 60w from the 70s or eighties, i am guessing thayt I found at a thrift store and carried from california to alaska. In service, too! Some of the old sylvania stuff is cool too, but I dislike their new packaging. At least it s made in the USA!
@streetlight98: I like the odd shape of T19 bulbs, it is something cool and unusual, adds some pizazz to an otherwise boring light fixture. I would love to have a 100w one and run it at about quarter brightness/voltage on a variac. Would look cool!
@GEsoftwhite100watts, no the ones from the 80s (that shape was made from 1958 until 1997) were not halogen, they were the standard incandescents. The brand for this shape was "Eye Saving" when Westinghouse made these bulbs, after the Philips takeover they didnt have a special name.
@ Ian, The 3-way lamps have two filaments. For instance, a 50-100-150 lamp will have a 50 watt filament and a 100 watt filament. The third setting is both filaments lit together.
@Ian they use a modified three contact medium base instead, there's a extra ring on the base which is the hot for one filament, the centre contact for the other, and the shell is the neutral.
Even though Westinghouse marketed the square T19 shape as "eye saving" or less likely to glare, it really was just a marketing ploy to make their bulbs stand out from the others. Remember, the late '50s and early '60s were all about modern things, and the consuming public ate this up.
GESoftWhite100watts, the halogen bulbs you are thinking of were the early IR-coated reduced wattage bulbs that Philips sold. They were some of the first halogen A lamps that were not heavy and made from hard glass (like the Sylvanias and GEs) and they were crazy expensive - about $10 for a package of 2. They were made in Mexico and came in 40 and 70 watt size (I believe) to replace 60 and 100 watts, respectively. They had a nice soft white finish and a long 3,000 hour life, but they sold poorly, probably because of the price. The bulb envelope was slightly different from the earlier Westinghouse shape - these had a fatter neck that tapered down to the base. Dave explained this once - I think it's because it was based on a European mold.
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Mike, you were born in 1998 right? Then I blame you for elminating the shape
Athough the shapes kinda came back in Philips when they introduced the Energy Saving Halogens....
GESoftWhite100watts, the halogen bulbs you are thinking of were the early IR-coated reduced wattage bulbs that Philips sold. They were some of the first halogen A lamps that were not heavy and made from hard glass (like the Sylvanias and GEs) and they were crazy expensive - about $10 for a package of 2. They were made in Mexico and came in 40 and 70 watt size (I believe) to replace 60 and 100 watts, respectively. They had a nice soft white finish and a long 3,000 hour life, but they sold poorly, probably because of the price. The bulb envelope was slightly different from the earlier Westinghouse shape - these had a fatter neck that tapered down to the base. Dave explained this once - I think it's because it was based on a European mold.