Manufacturer: Philips
Model: SOX-E 18W
Application: Security Lighting
Wattage: 18W
Diameter (max): 50mm
Length: 200mm
Tube Length: 180mm
Bulb/Tube material: Inner: Soda-Lime glass.  Outer: Glass, indium tin oxide IR Reflective coating applied to inner surface.
Colour Temperature: 1700K
Peak output wavelength: 589nM
Total light output: Unknown
Rated lifetime: Unknown
Cap: B22
Operating voltage: Unknown (to be measured)
Operating current: Unknown (to be measured)
Warmup/restrike time: 15 minutes/instantaneous
Cost (original): Unknown
Value (now): Unknown
Place of manufacture: United Kingdom
Date of manufacture: August 2005 (H5?)
Current Status: Working
Notes: The smallest of the widely used SOX lamps is this 18W rating (there was a 10W one, but they only really saw use in photographic dark room lamps and are very rare).  This is a typical early 2000s example.
Availability:

Compatible lamps available from BLT Direct, cost £12.28 (at time of writing)

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This lamp added to the Virtual Display Shelf on the 18th November 2005 at 01:23.

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