● Energy saving — Replaces higher wattage lamps
 ● Long lamp life — 25,000 hours
 ● Dimmable — For a wide variety of applications
 ● Minimizes the amount of maintenance required to support hard to reach lighting installations such as signs and marquees
 ● Dramatically reduces lamp costs — Eliminates up to 24 lamp replacements over the life of the cold cathode lamp
 ● Specially designed cathodes allow the lamps to cycle, flash and dim with no impact on life
 ● UL listed
 ● 24-month limited warranty
 

OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS

DIMMING:
USHIO’s dimmable C3™ Cold Cathode Fluorescent lamps should only be used on modern analog dimmers. They will not work on digital dimming systems, which although uncommon, may still be found in certain new installations.

CCFL’s will not dim to 0%. A Cold Cathode lamp functions similarly to a linear fluorescent lamp, which requires that an arc be maintained between the cathodes / electrodes. A certain amount of power is required to maintain this arc. There is also power that is consumed in the operation of the ballast. Due to the power consumed by these two items, a dimmable CCFL lamp has a much more restricted dimming range than other lamps. C3™ Cold Cathode lamps have a dimming range of 100% - 30%. Depending on the brand and type of dimmer used, you may experience flickering or shutdown with C3™ Cold Cathode lamps when dimmed below 30% of the lamp’s power.

ENVIRONMENT:
The ideal ambient operating temperature for the C3 Cold Cathode lamps is 25C (77F). These lamps will operate in ambient temperatures between -15C (5F) and 50C (122F).

The 3W, 5W and 8W C3 lamps are suitable for use indoors or outdoors. The 13W and 18W C3 lamps are for indoor use only.
 

 ● Signs
 ● Marquees
 ● Sign backlighting
 ● Special applications