Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #15 on: July 22, 2022, 02:22:42 PM » Author: AngryHorse
The GEC Europa 5 foot fluorescent batten in our kitchen at home! , as far as I can remember I always had an interest in electrical things, but at the age of 5 the fluorescent tube is a magical mystery to you when you just barely have a grasp of the workings of a tungsten lamp!  I’m so glad I saved it when my parents sold the house, so I will always have the first light fitting that took my interest with me!
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #17 on: July 22, 2022, 05:42:52 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Quote from: HM1000 on July 20, 2022, 02:45:49 PM I found an NOS Ovalite with Sylvania girder frame lamp on eBay a few months back  Is it still available ??
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #18 on: July 22, 2022, 05:43:23 PM » Author: Burrito
No, it ended like a few months ago
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #19 on: July 22, 2022, 05:44:19 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
As usual , I never saw it !!
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #20 on: July 22, 2022, 05:45:26 PM » Author: Burrito
lol, I would have posted it, but there was already like 5 watchers on it, including me. That Sylvania rough service framed lamp was clear as well
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #21 on: July 22, 2022, 05:47:58 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Since it wasn't a photo of it here , I'd guess it wasn't a member who got it !
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #22 on: July 22, 2022, 05:48:32 PM » Author: Burrito
No, No one had placed a bid on it
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #23 on: July 22, 2022, 05:51:00 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
That sucks !! I'll have to keep an eye out in the future !
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #24 on: July 22, 2022, 05:52:37 PM » Author: Burrito
The seller also stated it as used, it did look a bit used however, but it was so immaculate in condition, like the housing was still light gray and stuff, it had a square latch if i remember correctly
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #26 on: July 22, 2022, 08:05:10 PM » Author: 108CAM
I've always been fascinated by fluorescent lights and absolutely watching the tubes blink during startup. I actually used to turn off the lights in places like waiting rooms (much to the dismay of the other people in the room) just so I could see the tubes blinking when I turned them back on. I've been paying attention to street lights for as long as I can remember and always wondered why some were orange and some were white. The first street light I really paid attention to was a 100w HPS Sylvania Urban installed right outside my house. I loved looking at the orange shadows while going to sleep and when the lamp started cycling, it then went dark for a while and then in 2019, a Sylvania Roadster was installed in place of the Urban.
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #27 on: July 22, 2022, 08:39:46 PM » Author: Molly
Quote from: HPS_250 on July 20, 2022, 03:05:15 PM The Cooper OVX 400w HPS (which has since been replaced) across from the train in Wakefield, MA. I always watched it start up when I was 5-6 years old when my dad got home from work in Boston. Nice, one of my parents works in Boston!
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #28 on: July 24, 2022, 01:02:29 PM » Author: Cole D.
I can remember going to town one evening and seeing a green traffic light and thinking it looked like a lime. But I used to stare at the MV bucket light in the back yard a lot when I was a toddler.
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	Re: Do you remember the first light you paid attention to? « Reply #29 on: July 25, 2022, 02:37:09 AM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Ironically it was indicator incandescents and LED's. I vaguely recall asking my mother why LED's weren't in street lights. Little did I know they were gonna supplant everything else.
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