What is the proper name for the bulb?
them lamps or tubes. The general public most commonly refers to them as bulbs. The concept of calling the bulb by the name lamp confuses people because the general public also refers to the whole lamp fixture as a lamp. As far as I am concerned, the UV source can be called a bulb, a lamp, or a tube as far as the general public is concerned it really does not matter. If you need a replacement bulb/lamp/tube for one of my lamp fixtures, I do not care what you call it, all I need to know is the wattage, the wavelength (SW/UV C, MW/UV B, or LW/UV A), and if it is powered from AC or DC. I use compact fluorescent “H” tubes or U tubes because the side by side shape allows the bulbs/tubes to emit about twice as much UV per foot compared to straight tubes. For the small units, I standardized on 9 watt bulbs/tubes with a two pin G23 base because Philips makes those bulbs/tubes in all three wavelengths UV A, UV B, and UV C. In fact, Philips is the only major supplier I have found with standard co
