for me it is less of a "country" and more of certain items from countries / regions
like eastern European lanterns and LOW wattage mercury from Japan

I would assume heat as well. Incandescent lamps never had a problem in enclosed fixtures since they are the ones that create heat lol. CFLs and LEDs usually have those warnings on the packages because they have electronics in them that will fail faster due to more more heat build up depending on the orientation of the lamp and what type of light it's used in.

I’ve noticed lots of LED light bulbs, both snow cone plastic type and glass filament type have notice on box “not for use in totally enclosed fixtures.”

I assume it due to overheating, but I’m surprised how many light bulbs have this note on them.

I would assume people pay no attention to or ignore the note, and install these bulbs in enclosed fixtures.

My dad probably does too, since he uses the Sylvania snow cone bulbs in our fixtures, which are mostly enclosed, with the exception of a few table lamps. I notice those light bulbs last a year or so in regular usage.

Very common for me. The sad thing is half of it is possible. I get dreams of finding lamps that are new to me but are very common elsewhere around the world (for instance, any 5000k, 4000k or 3500k lamp).


Also, MVs are rare (even more rarer are fixturs); I got a dream about getting lots of low wattage ones, small eggs!

Has anyone else had dreams where they were finding cases of rare bulbs and such from places like restore?

The dreams that seem so real only for the disappointment of waking up and realizing it's not real and you did not infact score huge on a case of westie F15 BLBs or dozens of colored fluorescent tubes or a case of 6 assorted 100w MV coated with colored phosphor that looks like a box of easter eggs.

Does this happen to anyone else? The examples I listed were of my dream lastnight lol

Of course for me its Greece since I live there, and its easier for me to find Greek made bulbs, ballasts and fixtures that can't be found easily outside of Greece. (Except for the widespread Greek-made brass bulkheads that can be found anywhere).

I've noticed than many lighting related companies end with "ram",
For example: Osram, Tungsram, Volfram, Luxram.
Is it only because of the 2nd name of the tungsten element (wolfram) or is there another reason?

Finding Sylvania Lumalux BT lamps is always a plus!

@RRK, this is true about most GoPro's, (ultra view) but the newer GoPro's have much more options to remedy this. Much, much more options. It was honestly
a bit... frustrating... watching the video tutorials about the GoPro Hero 10... because with each video, the amount of information was far too complex.
Regarding shooting video of people, even if the GoPro Hero 10 can do it well, it's not my go-to camera for that purpose. The next camera that I purchase
will be more suited for that purpose, with much higher quality than the Hero 10 can provide. I may have to spend a good amount of cash for the camera, but
it will be worth it.
I disagree that no one else seriously cares, but I would agree that no one on Lighting Gallery cares. This is the reason why I typically refrain from
mentioning anything regarding my other passions outside of vintage lighting, on this site. Typically... but even if no one on this site cares, I don't care.
(I say this respectfully, by the way. Not to sound harsh!) I want to try and pursue my passions outside of lighting, and share some of those passions with
people outside of Lighting Gallery, AND with members on Lighting Gallery as well. Whether fellow members are interested or not, that's on them... not me.

Thank you for your input. I was not actually thinking about doing it, it was just a theory. I threw together a quick demo of what I was talking about and made the post.
Again just a theory, You're saying it would be easier to run two matching lamps (say both 35W), but again you need a specialist limited power supply?

your best bet for running 2 SOX lamp in series would be using a classic SO/H/ SOI/H 45-60-85W leak transformer ballast if ya have such a device, leak transformer ballasts are more or less constant current drivers, and 2 26W SOX-E/35W SOX's in series are approximately equivalent to an 60W-85W SOI/H, the only problem is starting, the OCV might not be enough to start 2 in series at the same time, so you might have to link one out at first let the other strike then remove the jumper to strike the other lamp


SOX lamps come in current ranges so with the right constant current source you could drive non equal lamps together as long as they are within the same range, for example you could drive a an 18W SOX-E 26W SOX-E and 36W SOX-E all in a string together (all are ~0.35A~ lamps), or 90W 135W 180W (all are 0.9A lamps) or if you really wanted to take the biscuit you could in theory do 35W SOX 55W SOX 66W SOX-E 91W SOX-E 131W SOX-E all in a string since they are all 0.6A lamps, but you would need a seriously beefy constant current 0.6A supply for that!