1   Lanterns/Fixtures / Videos / Glowbottle starter caught in the act of getting stuck  on: Today at 06:07:07 AM 
Started by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA - Last post by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
In this video, you will see a glowbottle starter caught in the act of getting stuck in a Japanese preheat circline fluorescent fixture with an EOL lamp inside:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHJnp84wOyE
 2   General / Off-Topic / Re: Any vegetarian or vegan collectors here?  on: Today at 04:22:46 AM 
Started by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA - Last post by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Definitely an Indian trend to see so many vegetarians out there.
 3   General / Off-Topic / Re: Any vegetarian or vegan collectors here?  on: Today at 04:21:53 AM 
Started by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA - Last post by LightsAreBright27
Vegetarian due to religious reasons. Still eat eggs and drink milk.
 4   General / General Discussion / Re: What did you do today lighting wise?  on: Today at 04:20:53 AM 
Started by RyanF40T12 - Last post by LightsAreBright27
Today I just finished making a spreadsheet for my lamps. For halogen and incandescents, I don't know wattage, shape or base specifications so it will be horribly wrong.
 5   General / Off-Topic / Re: Any vegetarian or vegan collectors here?  on: Today at 03:11:34 AM 
Started by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA - Last post by Laurens
I've been a vegetarian for about 10 years now. Have been a vegan during that time for a couple of years when i lived alone, but currently not in a position to do that.
 6   General / General Videos / Re: Philips Smart Starter  on: Today at 12:06:00 AM 
Started by TheDischargeGuy16 - Last post by Medved
It may work for T8, where the 230V is not enough to ignite the discharge even with hot electrodes, so it may quench the arc, as well as restrike it on demand.
I think it was doomed to failure from the getgo: Because at the time when the technology allows to integrate the wireless protocol into a starter body the magnetic ballasts fell out of use, so the only use was with upgrading existing installations. Not that much of market to justify the rather costly development.
This video seems to me just as a teaser, sensing whether it does make any commercial sense to actually develop such thing. And the result clearly was it does not, as we have not seen any such product...
 7   General / General Discussion / Re: Mysterious warning label on F8T5 box.  on: May 06, 2024, 11:52:14 PM 
Started by LightsAreBright27 - Last post by Medved
I think they are too cheap to have separate printing heads for every warning, so they use one common for all. It shows they care only about covering their a$$es, but don't care about customer safety at all...
 8   General / General Discussion / Re: Automotive Reverse Lights  on: May 06, 2024, 11:47:06 PM 
Started by wide-lite 1000 - Last post by Medved
My experience with "sensors" is they are completely useless, at least in the environment where I was driving so far. Going nuts for every straw of grass and not "seeing" real obstacles like e.g. rocks, annoying beeping all the time. The system has just too little information to make any sense of it. You just have no idea what the thing is responding to.
The camera is completely different animal: You can see what actually is there and most important you can very clearly see where you do not see anything anymore, where its limitation is.

And for reversing, there is one golden rule: Always reverse into any tighter space (like small yard, parking space) unless you make sure there is enough room to turn around, never drive there straight. Because even when you find it beyond your reversing ability, you still can drive out. And usually in a tight space you do not have to worry about any traffic comming from a direction where you do not see anything...
 9   Lamps / Modern / Re: Sylvania Metalarc M47 Floodlight bulbs  on: May 06, 2024, 11:13:26 PM 
Started by KarenatWarsash - Last post by Maxim
Are your floodlight bulbs self-ballasted? I have a few PAR floods which have integral ballasts...
 10   General / General Discussion / Re: What did you do today lighting wise?  on: May 06, 2024, 11:02:33 PM 
Started by RyanF40T12 - Last post by Caroline
Something caught my eye in a pile of rubble, turned out to be an old bulkhead fitting, the glass was shattered but I was able to salvage the outer piece, a ceramic E27 holder and a 120 watt bulb. It looks like it was exposed to water for a long time as everything is quite rusty, and the bulb won't move, I've poured some lubricant around the holder and screws, with luck it'll do its magic during the night. The cage screws are worn out so I might have to do some extra work there in order to remove them, but overall it looks like it's fine (except for the glass) and ready for new paint and pieces.
Bulb's filament looks intact so there's a chance it still works.
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