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Rating: 105-125v, 2w Came from: U.S.A. Manufactured: 1950's? Purchased: December 2002 Price paid: $20 plus sh. Estimated value: -About $15 in good condition Bulb rarity: common Best feature: Good blacklight source |
| AR-1 & W1A Argon Glow Bulbs |
This is the AR-1 Argon lightbulb, one of the Glow Lamps produced by General Electric. They were used in Argon printers and in some science experiment kits, and were also sold to be used as night lights and safety lights for exits and alarms, etc. They are no longer in production, so they are of interest for us collectors. There are plenty of these bulbs on eBay. The W1A bulb is simply a renamed AR-1 bulb. This bulb seems to produce a lot more "blacklight" than the more modern fluorescent and incandescent blacklight bulbs that I posess, probably because of its clear envelope. This bulb is hard to find with the electrodes in perfect shape (most of the time they are bent up, forming a semi-flat "V"). There is a similar version of this bulb that is filled with neon gas instead. It is called the NE-34.
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