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I agree, but it's still silly
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joking aside, I don’t think I have anything really rare?, I do have some 200 watt GLS lamps with ‘British Railways’ printed on the etch, I believe they were specifically made by Mazda for station platform lighting in the 50s? They came out of Crewe Works along with some beautiful copper clad lamp holders about 26 years ago.
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Current: UK 230V, 50Hz Power provider: e.on energy Street lighting in our town: Philips UniStreet LED (gen 1) Longest serving LED in service at home, (hour count): Energetic mini clear globe: 54,050 hrs @ 10/2/24
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Cool! Nether do I think I have anything super rare. I've got some made in Greece bulbs, and some T12s but nothing really special. Just one 120w LINESTRA that I recently found for 24 EUR, that is going to be my next post.
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HID, LPS, and preheat fluorescents forever!!!!!!
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I think my rarest lamps are my 60W SLI/H low pressure sodium lamps that luckily came with fixtures designed for them.
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Desire to collect various light bulbs (especially HID), control gear, and fixtures from around the world.
DISCLAIMER: THE EXPERIMENTS THAT I CONDUCT INVOLVING UNUSUAL LAMP/BALLAST COMBINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.
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I guess I have a few rare birds... My polygonal GE HX10 lamps fall into that category, plus a bunch of 70s Philips Halogen (projector) lamps which I got at auction. Tons of unobtainium there but it's not like everyone wants a pack... definitely others that I'm blanking on (as my collection has grown significantly in the last couple of months.) Oh yeah, I almost forgot. My Kyp-Go Balafire lamp, which was given to me by Patrick about a year ago. You should see what the prices are on eBay for them now...
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Collector of all kinds of lamps, gear, and fixtures. My favorite lighting technologies at the moment are incandescent and mercury vapor, and my favorite Big 3 lighting brand of the late 20th century is GTE Sylvania.
About that Westinghouse Lifeguard disease, I think I've caught it. Thanks Eric!
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Yea these Kyp-Go Balafire lamps are so rare and interesting! I've also seen a video of this lamp that (Parrot175) made a couple of years ago. Very cool to have one of these! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scp2bpruM-8
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WOW !!! These lamps are so cool and unique!
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For me it's THESE...two of five known world wide examples.
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First known case of Westinghouse Lifeguard Disease! If you can say yes to any of the following, you may have it too: Can't resist buying more even if you already have an example in your collection? Bank account/CC statement shows unnecessary spending?
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Stop replacing fixtures that can be retrofitted.
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Collector of all kinds of lamps, gear, and fixtures. My favorite lighting technologies at the moment are incandescent and mercury vapor, and my favorite Big 3 lighting brand of the late 20th century is GTE Sylvania.
About that Westinghouse Lifeguard disease, I think I've caught it. Thanks Eric!
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@ Maxim: Nope, they're not self ballasted...they require an S62 ballast to operate.
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First known case of Westinghouse Lifeguard Disease! If you can say yes to any of the following, you may have it too: Can't resist buying more even if you already have an example in your collection? Bank account/CC statement shows unnecessary spending?
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Collector of all kinds of lamps, gear, and fixtures. My favorite lighting technologies at the moment are incandescent and mercury vapor, and my favorite Big 3 lighting brand of the late 20th century is GTE Sylvania.
About that Westinghouse Lifeguard disease, I think I've caught it. Thanks Eric!
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And we have one, thanks so much, Eric, must get it out and run it up again soon. The reason for the side prong base Maxim is the fact that they were designed for use in mines, and that design of base allowed the lamp to sit deeper in its fixture and also made for a more reliable connection. There were also incandescent lamps made with these bases.
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