Product Overview
Sylvania 382 Midget Flanged Indicator Lamp, 14V 0.08A, Unused Old Stock
Condition
Unused, New Old Stock; clean and in excellent condition. The glass envelope is clear and unclouded, with no darkening inside the bulb and the coiled filament visibly intact in the close-up and ruler photos. The bright plated base shell carries the number 382 printed in black along its side, legible in the scale photo, and the flanged end shows the center solder contact and the side solder blob typical of an SX6S midget flanged base. At macro magnification the shell shows dark mottled streaking and fine speckling across the plating along with a few motes of dust; we read that as reflection and storage patina on a mirror finish rather than damage, but the close-ups are there for you to judge. Against the PartsMine millimeter rule the lamp measures approximately 15 mm overall.
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Product Overview
The Sylvania 382 is a miniature incandescent indicator lamp rated 14V at 0.08A (80 mA), built on a T-1 3/4 glass envelope roughly 5 mm across with an SX6S midget flanged base, and catalogued by Sylvania as 353110. This listing's long-standing specifications give an average life of 15,000 hours for the type, which is why 382 lamps ended up behind annunciator windows, machine-tool panels and instrument bezels where changing a bulb meant opening a cabinet. It is a push-in flanged lamp, not a screw or bayonet type: the flange seats against the socket, the center contact carries one side of the circuit and the shell the other. The piece photographed here still wears its 382 marking on the shell, which is the fastest way to confirm identity once a handful of unmarked miniature bulbs have been mixed together in a drawer.
Key Features
- Voltage: 14V
- Current: 0.08A (80 mA)
- Base type: SX6S midget flanged
- Bulb shape: T-1 3/4, approximately 5 mm diameter
- Average life: 15,000 hours
- Overall length: approximately 15 mm against the ruler
- Shell marked 382; Sylvania catalog reference 353110
- Condition: unused New Old Stock, filament intact in the photos
Applications
- Maintenance electrician relamping an annunciator window on a legacy control panel
- Instrument restorer bringing a 1970s bench meter's pilot indicator back to life
- Machine-shop technician replacing a burned indicator inside a machine-tool pendant
- Collector or hobbyist matching an original filament lamp rather than dropping in an LED
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the filament intact?
It looks intact in the photographs: the coil and its support posts are clearly visible through the clear glass, and there is no blackening inside the envelope that would suggest the lamp was ever run. We have not powered it up, so treat the photos as the spec and meter it for continuity before you button up a panel.
How do I confirm the base fits my socket?
The base is the SX6S midget flanged type: a plain cylindrical shell with a flange at the bottom, a single center contact, and no bayonet pins or threads. Compare the flanged end in the base-view photo against your socket. If your fixture uses a screw base, a bayonet base or a wedge base, this is not the lamp for it.
Can I run it below 14V?
Rated figures are 14V and 0.08A. Running an incandescent lamp under its rated voltage dims it and extends life; running it over shortens life quickly. If you are driving it from a 12V rail or through a dropping resistor, work the numbers against your own supply before you commit.
What does the 15,000 hour figure mean?
That is the average rated life quoted for this type in our long-standing listing specifications, carried with no source attached, and it is not a warranty or a measurement we made. It is the reason this family of lamps was specified for panels that stayed lit for years at a time.
Why buy this one photographed lamp instead of chasing a surplus lot of miniature bulbs?
Because you can see exactly what arrives. There is one of these on the shelf, photographed from four angles, with the 382 marking legible on the shell and the filament visible through the glass. A bag of assorted surplus bulbs turns up unsorted and often unmarked, and sorting 14V midget flanged lamps from 6V wedge-base ones by eye is its own afternoon. Shipping is $8 flat rate and free once your order passes $28, and orders leave our Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
Fifteen millimeters of tungsten and glass from the years when a panel proved it was alive by glowing at you, not by blinking a pixel. If your annunciator still wants a filament behind its window, this one has been waiting on a shelf for its turn.
