Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Surge generator or inductance in the supply circuit
Patent
1987-05-05
1988-02-02
Dixon, Harold
Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
Surge generator or inductance in the supply circuit
315290, H05G 3700
Patent
active
047230975
ABSTRACT:
A rapid restrike metal halide lamp and method of operating such a lamp are disclosed which are particularly suitable for sports stadium lighting applications. The rapid restrike metal halide lamp has an arc tube containing constituents which require a waveform having a relatively high voltage and at a relatively high current in order to rapidly restrike the arc tube after the lamp has experienced a power interruption so as to initiate a sustaining arc condition of the arc tube. The relatively high waveform in the form of a series of pulse trains is routed to the arc tube by means of a two path arrangement comprising a conductive base at the bottom of the lamp and a insulative cap at the top of the lamp. This two-way path substantially reduces and even eliminates any arcing condition within the confines of the lamp. The rapid restrike metal halide lamp may have a keep-alive heater arranged around at least a portion of the arc tube so as to assist in the rapid restriking of the lamp after the lamp has experienced an extended shut-down or cool-down condition. The disclosed method specifies particular ranges for an ignition voltage which obtain the rapid restrike of the arc tube.
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Heindl Raymond A.
Reiling Gilbert H.
Suster Albert L.
Dixon Harold
General Electric Company
Jacob Fred
McMahon John P.
Schlamp Philip L.
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