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Feit 50 watt ER-30 Elliptical Reflector Lamp

Manfacturer: Feit Electric Co.
Lamp: Reflector Incandescent
Wattage: 50 watt
Voltage: 120 volt
Bulb: ER-30
Finish: Reflector Flood
Base: E-26s Brass Medium Base
Class: C
Filament: C-9 w/ 3 supports
Lamp Life: 2000 hours
Manf. Date: -
Country of Orgin: Made in Korea for export to USA

The unique reflector lamp shown here is called an "elliptical reflector" lamp. The design was first introduced in the mid 1970s and the purpose of the reflector is to allow a beam that starts around 2 1/2 inches from the face of the bulb, in other words pushing the beam farther out of the bulb. Because of this design, this lamp is ideal for deeply recessed fixtures, and can be used as an energy saving substitute for conventional R and PAR lamps.

This lamp shown here is an older (1980s) imported version of the ER-30, and are rather not very common due to the inefficent thick frosting. The USA made ones, with longer necks and lightly frosted glass, are much more efficent...and 99% of the time I see an ER-30 or ER-40 lamp, it is of US or Mexican manfacture from the major manfacturers.

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