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Filament designation – GE Lamps User Manual

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Planar (MP) C13

Monoplane

Filament designation

The configuration of the filaments in all tungsten filament lamps is identified by a prefix letter or
letters, followed by a number. The letter indicates whether the wire is a single coil (C) or coiled coil
(CC); the number indicates the form or arrangement of the coil on its support structure. Note that the
illustrations are not to scale.

2C8 2CC8

C6 Oval

CC6 (Reflector)

Biplanar (BP) C13d

Biplane

CC8 (Reflector)

C6 CC6

C8 CC8

C2V

C7A

C9

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