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Has anybody taken a look at etsy to find old light bulbs? When I have done my searches on etsy, I have been noticing some relatively modern HID lamps such as MH lamps being listed as “vintage” and being used for “decorative” purposes. When I type in “vintage light bulb”, “large light bulb”, “steampunk light bulb”, or “industrial light bulb”, modern HID lamps often show up. Take a look at this listing where modern 400w American probe start MH bulbs are listed as “vintage” and “for decoration”: https://www.etsy.com/listing/507464141/large-vintage-industrial-light-bulbs?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=steampunk+light+bulb&ref=sr_gallery-1-12&organic_search_click=1
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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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Looks like a fraudulence website.
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I"m don't speak English well, and rely on online translating to write in this site. Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.
I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).
I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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Looks like a fraudulence website.
I actually scored a Westinghouse lifeguard mercury lamp from that website about 2 years ago.
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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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If you put in vintage mercury vapor, you'll get two results. One for a Norelco H39KB-175, and a used Westinghouse Lifeguard H33GL-400/DX.
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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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If you put in vintage mercury vapor, you'll get two results. One for a Norelco H39KB-175, and a used Westinghouse Lifeguard H33GL-400/DX.
It is pretty interesting to see some of these HID lamps being listed as “decoration only” items since these sellers do mot have the ballasts to test these bulbs.
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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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It is pretty interesting to see some of these HID lamps being listed as “decoration only” items since these sellers do mot have the ballasts to test these bulbs.
I've never bought anything off of Etsy. For me its local, or eBay.
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I've never bought anything off of Etsy. For me its local, or eBay.
I have also seen a Sylvania H33CD-400 lamp listed as “vintage street light bulb” on eBay for about 75 USD if shipping is included.
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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've never bought anything off Etsy before but my understanding it's basically another online marketplace with independent sellers geared towards the craft and vintage communities. Not everything is a "fraudulence website", at least do some research before you make sweeping statements like this.
Anyway I find them to be more expensive compared to eBay so it's either eBay or local for me.
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The sellers are calling these lamps vintage because they don't know any better and the accepted definition of vintage is more than twenty-five years old.
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So am I ! I guess I'd rather be vintage than an ANTIQUE !
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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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According to Sammi's definition, antique is vintage times 4 as they "officially" call an antique 100 or more years old.
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Collector,Hoarder,Pack-rat! Clear mercury Rules!!
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