Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #30 on: March 25, 2024, 06:58:51 AM » Author: Maxim
Interesting. Thanks for the clarification, Ria.
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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!

	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #31 on: March 27, 2024, 05:00:25 PM » Author: Philips tigkas
Quote from: Rommie on March 25, 2024, 06:20:35 AM 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.       Cool! Thanks for telling us the backstory of these lamps!
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #32 on: March 30, 2024, 04:25:53 PM » Author: Lcubed3
I'd imagine the incandescent ones were more popular. The rarest lamp in my collection is probably a GE 275W SBMV reflector. Or maybe it's the 70W dimmable PL.
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #33 on: March 30, 2024, 04:27:00 PM » Author: Philips tigkas
Nice!
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #34 on: April 03, 2024, 04:07:15 PM » Author: Robotjulep
Some of my crown jewels in my collection: Sylvania GTE Unalux 215w HPS lamp HF-40x GE Bug-lite incandescent
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #35 on: April 03, 2024, 04:48:07 PM » Author: Philips tigkas
Pretty cool!
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