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OCTRON® XPS® T8 FLUORESCENT LAMP FAMILY EXPANDED

Now Available in 5000K and 6500K 32W Types

High Lumen Output And Lumen Maintenance

36,000 Hours Life On Programmed Start Ballasts

In response to marketplace demands for high performance T8 lamps in 5000K and 6500K correlated color temperatures, OSRAM SYLVANIA announces the introduction of 32W OCTRON XPS lamps in these respective colors. OCTRON XPS lamps deliver the highest lumens of all OCTRON T8 fluorescent lamps. The initial lumen output FO32/XPS/850/ECO lamps is 5% higher than FO32/XP/850/ECO lamps. The initial lumen output of FO32/XPS/865/ECO lamps is 3.5% higher than FO32/XP/865/ECO lamps. Both new lamp types have 95% lumen maintenance and an average rated life of 36,000 hours when operated on program rapid start electronic ballasts.

These lamps are ECOLOGIC® and meet the Federal TCLP limits (Please check your local and state regulations.). The 5000K OCTRON XPS lamp meets the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) high performance T8 specifications. When combined with QUICKTRONIC® electronic ballasts, the system is covered by the SYLVANIA QUICK 60+® System Warranty of up to 3 years on the lamps and 5 years on the ballast. Frontier Lighting is an Authorized Sylvania distributor and can help you with any Osram Sylvania Product.

Sylvania Newsletter September 2007

The National Anthem at Ball Games....
An American Tradition

The Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key, was not officially made the American national anthem until 1931. However, many including the U.S. Army had adopted its use as a patriotic symbol during World War I.

The first evidence of the Star Spangled Banner being played before a ball game was in April, 1917. This was just after the United States had declared war on Germany. The practice continued during the 1920s and the 1930s when bands were present for special occasions such as opening day, the 4th of July, etc. The lack of public address systems ruled out individual singers performing as is the custom today.

However, by the early 1940s most stadiums had installed public address systems so continued the custom of singing the national anthem before every game. High schools and colleges picked up the tradition when marching bands became popular.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that it be played at military occasions.
In 1931, the Star-Spangled Banner became our national anthem.

While there are hundreds of terms used in lighting, the ones listed below are some basic ones used in conjunction with most lighting requirements.

Watts - Bulb wattage is a measure of electrical power, not necessarily the amount of light produced. Wattage describes the amount of power going in, not coming out.

Lumens - A unit of luminous flux; overall light output; quantity of light, expressed in lumens. For example, a dinner candle provides about 12 lumens and a 60-watt soft white incandescent lamp provides about 840 lumens.

Initial Lumens - The measure of the amount of light a lamp produces after it has been operating 100 hours.

Lumens-Per-Watt-ratio - The LPW value is similar in some ways to miles-per-gallon rating for a car, since it expresses what you can get out of a lamp in terms of what is put into it.

Foot-Candle (fc) - The foot candle is a measure of the quantity of light which falls onto a surface. Thus, the lighting level of a room is usually described as a certain foot candle level.

Candelas or Candlepower - The unit of measure indicating the luminous intensity (candlepower) of a light source in a specific direction; any given light source will have many different intensities, depending upon the direction considered. It is a measure of the light source itself.

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