| Manufacturer: | Mazda |
| Model: | 40W Pearl Twisted - Tipped Pink |
| Application: | General Lighting - Decorative |
| Wattage: | 40W |
| Diameter (max): | 46mm (CF46 envelope) |
| Length: | 125mm |
| Tube Length: | N/A |
| Bulb/Tube material: | Glass, frosted inner finish. Pink coloured powder coating applied to bulb at tip. |
| Colour Temperature: | 2300K approx |
| Peak output wavelength: | Broadband |
| Total light output: | Unknown |
| Rated lifetime: | Unknown |
| Cap: | B22 - Brass |
| Operating voltage: | 240-250V |
| Operating current: | 160mA (at 240V) |
| Warmup/restrike time: | None |
| Cost (original): | Unknown |
| Value (now): | Unknown |
| Place of manufacture: | England |
| Date of manufacture: | Unknown. Date code 2M shown on lamp. |
| Lamp Status: | Working |
Here's one that must have sat on a shelf for a good number of years!
I very, very dimly remember seeing a couple of these in use in a hotel
when I was very young, however certainly don't recall ever seeing one
since.
Candle lamps with the twisted bulb shape (CF prefix) have always been a
bit of a rarity, though they've never actually been hard to find.
I've not however seen recently any with such a large envelope, this
being a good 10mm or so wider than most candle lamps I've come
across. I don't know whether the larger size was more common in
the past, or whether these were just intended as decorative lamps which
were deliberately somewhat larger.
Another reason I tend to think that they may have had cosmetic
appearance high on the agenda is the pink/light red external powder
coating which has been applied to the tip of the lamp. This is a
sufficiently thin coating and being quite some distance from the
filament, does not have all that much effect on the actual light given
off by the lamp aside from if you're looking directly at it from that
end. The overall colour temperature of the light and the amount
of light given off is pretty much exactly as you would expect from a
40W incandescent lamp.
Another clue to its age I think is the styling of the packaging, I'm
tending to think 1970s at the moment. If anyone can confirm that
I'd be really glad to hear from you.
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - General overview of lamp
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Showing cap and rear of lamp
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp illuminating my workstation and side of my room from a distance of approximately two metres
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Lamp shown while alight
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Lamp shown while alight, underexposed to better show detail
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Lamp packaging
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Detail of printed text on packaging
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Lamp shown held in hand to show relative scale
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Showing size of lamp
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Output Spectra
Mazda 40W Pearl Twisted Pink-Tipped Candle Lamp - Detail of text printed on lamp cap
This lamp added to the Virtual Display Shelf on the 6th August 2010 at 18:30.
References: None.
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to the website reader who donated this lamp (amongst many, many others) for display.
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