CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2004--Want to avoid attracting pests to your patio party or dinner on the deck? Illuminate the night with a GE Bug Lite. These bulbs contain a special coating that makes light invisible to flying bugs, so they aren't drawn to it.
Insect vision is different from human vision, spectrally. Insects are attracted to light in the UV part of the spectrum. Conventional incandescent lights have transmission in the UV range, and bugs can see it. The yellow pigment used to coat the GE Bug Lite, filters out any light below 490 nanometers making the light it transmits non-existent to insects.
Choose a GE Bug Lite to avoid those pesky insects at outdoor gatherings. GE Bug Lites are available in both incandescent and post light bulbs. Designed with a unique all-weather construction, they withstand harsh weather conditions better than conventional bulbs.
-- GE Bug Lites are available as a standard incandescent bulb. You can find them in 40 watt, 60 watt and 100 watt packs. These bulbs have a life of 1,000 hours.
-- GE Bug Lites are also available in a CFL Post Light, guaranteed for four years or 6,000 hours.
GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies to deliver comfort, convenience andelectrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram(R), Profile(TM), GE(R), Hotpoint(R), SmartWater(TM), and Reveal(R) consumer brands, and Entellisys(TM) industrial brand. For more information about GE Consumer & Industrial, consumers can visit the company's web site at www.geconsumerandindustrial.com.
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