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Filament Construction

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rjluna2:
I remember reading somewhere there are filament construction designated name format.  Is there such a web page for that or a list?  I would like to use it when I post incandescent light bulb.

joe_347V:
Here's couple of pages from a GE lamp bulletin that I've found online that might be of some help:





Click on the pictures to view original.

Here's a link to the lamp bulletin index.

Here's a link to some more catalogs from the same site where I found the first two pics.

Hope that helps.  

rjluna2:
Excellent! 8)

Vince:
Nice picture Joseph! I'd like to add: Double-coiled filament are designated by CC and single coil filament by C. So the C-8 and CC-8 are two different filaments. The C-8 can be found in tubular lamps, such as this one:



The CC-8 is found in most higher wattages GLS lamps:

joe_347V:
No problem, and thanks to Vince for adding some more details about filaments construction and some pics.

I also found some more information on Lamptech on lamps too. 

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