Philips MASTER SDW-T:

Product characteristics

• Energy efficiency: satisfactory (EEC = B)
• Luminous efficiency: satisfactory (37 up to 50 lumens/watt)
• Average life: 15,000 hours, corresponding to around 
  15 years at about 8.1 hours per day
• Lumen maintenance: (90 % of the initial luminous flux after 5,000 hours)
• Colour rendering: good (R_a = 83)
• Mercury content: high (3.8 to 11 mg per lamp)
• Recycling: very good (> 95 %)
• Manufacturing plants are certified according to the
  ISO 14,001 international standard for environmental management
• Production in Europe and Asia

Advantages

• Good Philips quality

Application notes

• Dimming is not possible

Waste disposal and security

• All compact fluorescent lamps contain some amount of toxic mercury. Don't throw away with normal household waste!
• Normal precautions should be taken for the collection of glass particles in the event a lamp is broken.
• Breakage of the lamp results in some exposure to the phosphor powder and to elemental mercury. No adverse effects are expected from occasional exposure to broken lamps, but as a matter of good practice, prolonged exposure should be avoided through the use of adequate ventilation during the disposal of large quantities of lamps.