This section is from the book "Cyclopedia Of Architecture, Carpentry, And Building", by James C. et al. Also available from Amazon: Cyclopedia Of Architecture, Carpentry And Building.
Interchangeable arcs are manufactured which may be readily adjusted so as to operate on either direct or alternating current, and on voltages from 110 to 220. Two lamps may be run in series on 220-volt circuits.
The distribution of light, and the resulting illumination for the different lamps just considered, will be taken up later. Aside from the distribution and quality of light, the enclosed arc has the advantage that the carbons are not consumed so rapidly as in the open lamp because the oxygen is soon exhausted from the inner globe and the combustion of the carbon is greatly decreased. They will burn from 80 to 100 hours without retrimming.
Watts Consumed | Mean Intensity in H. U. | Mean Watts | ||||||||||||
D. C Lamp | Current | In Lamp | In Arc | Mechanism | Spherical | Lower Hemispherical | Spherical H. U. | Lower Hemi-spherical | ||||||
OPAL Outer | Clear Outer | Opal Outer | Clear Outer | |||||||||||
Clear Outer | Clear Outer | |||||||||||||
235 | 332 | 2.37 | 1.66 | |||||||||||
1 | 5.01 | 551 | 401 | 150 | 172 | 256* | 362* | 3.10 | 2.18* | 1 .52* | ||||
3 | 5.08 | 559 | 406 | 252 | 195 | 216 | 282 | 2.85 | 2.60 | 1 .99 | ||||
4 | 4.76 | 524 | 381 | 143 | 127 | 139 | 208 | 4.12 | 3.76 | 2 52 | ||||
5 | 4.16+ | 458 | 333 | 125 | 154 | 174 | 221 | 2.96 | 2.63 | 2 07 | ||||
7 | 4.76 | 524 | 381 | 143 | 203 | 333 | 317 | 2.63 | 2.20 | 1 .65 | ||||
9 | 4.84 | 532 | 387 | 145 | 182 | 226 | 281 | 2 83 | 2 38 | 1 .89 | ||||
10 | 4.99 | 549 | 399 | 150 | 20 2 | 242 | 309 | 2.74 | 2.24 | 1 77 | ||||
12 | 4.87 | 536 | 390 | 146 | 178 | 19.5 | 230 | 3.05 | 2 66 | 2.33 | ||||
Mean | 4 9 | 529 | 384 | 144 | 176 | 207 | 272 | 3.03 | 2.60 | 1 .98 | ||||
A. C. Lamp | Current | In Lamp | Power Factor Lamp | In Arc | Power Factor Arc | Mechanism | ||||||||
101 | 6.40 | 448 | .63 | 340 | .82 | 108 | 127 | 141 | 206 | 3.52 | 3.17 | 2.17 | ||
203 | 236 | 2.26 | 1 .94 | |||||||||||
102 | 6 79 | 459 | .61 | 375 | .73 | 84 | 146 | 176+ | 226+ | 3.31 | 2.60+ | 1.72+ | ||
103 | 5.89 | 424 | .65 | 344 | .75 | 80 | 116 | 130 | 147 | 3.66 | 3.15 | 2.88 | ||
105 | 6.20 | 414 | .61 | 382 | .80 | 32 | 128 | 187 | 219 | 3.24 | 2.20 | 1 .89 | ||
153 | 169 | 2.56 | 2 .23 | |||||||||||
106 | 6.12 | 378 | .56 | 298 | .70 | 8O | 132 | 182+ | 284 | 2.82 | 2.19+ | 1.48+ | ||
108 | 6.48 | 457 | .64 | 383 | .80 | 74.5 | 133 | 175 | 211 | 3.20 | 2.61 | 2.16 | ||
110 | 6.18 | 339 | .49 | 276 | .72 | 63 | 140* | 126 | 143 | 2.41* | 2 68 | 2.37 | ||
Mean | 6 29 | 417 | .60 | 342 | .76 | 74.5 | 130 | 159 | 190 | 3.31 | 2.66 | 2.23 |
*Condition of no outer globe. +Condition with shade on lamp. H.U. Hefner Units.
 
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