Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #15 on: November 25, 2019, 05:36:05 PM » Author: Rommie
And a pearl finish 80W or 125W mercury lamp, as I will forever regret breaking the one I had when I was a teenager
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #18 on: November 26, 2019, 12:04:08 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
A cast housing OV-20 with the flat bottom refractor. seeing miles and miles of them on the freeway by my grandparents house in Buffalo N.Y. is what sparked my love of streetlights .
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #19 on: November 26, 2019, 10:11:18 PM » Author: Lumex120
I'd go back to 2005 or so and get a 100w mercury vapor AEL 115. Edit: And a crapton of 50w mercury vapor ballasts. When they were available they were like $15.
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #20 on: November 27, 2019, 07:54:53 AM » Author: CEB1993
This would be a lot of fun for me  I’d go back in time to the 1980’s to get some packs of red etch GE Misers, especially because I don’t have a red 70 watt Miser in my collection yet. Next I’d go back to the late 1990’s and stock up on GE’s Lightstyles for Lifestyles era packaging. I remember being a kid in the late 90’s and seeing these packages on store shelves and in my parents’ house. This was the time I first remember becoming interested in light bulbs and lighting. The blue and white 1990’s era GE packaging is perhaps the most sentimental to me because it represents the beginning of my love of lighting. I also enjoy antique and old stock lighting, so any opportunity to save and preserve it makes me really happy. Finally, I’d jump back to about 2006 to stock up on the black and blue packages of Philips DuraMax incandescents. Those were excellent bulbs made in Mexico, Canada, and Poland at that time when I was an early teen. That was right before I got my license so I was about 2 years to young to drive myself to the store to get these.  The Philips Halogenas from France were also big in 2006, so I’d get a bunch of those too. Seems like the Halogenas were more expensive and only sold at Home Depot and a few grocery stores at the time. All these bulbs I’d stock up on have sentimental value to me and would serve practical purposes for lighting my home. They are much better quality than many of today’s non-LED lighting products.
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #23 on: November 30, 2019, 10:16:36 AM » Author: AngryHorse
Photos!, I wish I’d had taken photos of all our old street lighting, there was pictures of Booth Lane when the golden linears were in service in a pub called The Kings Lock in our town, but few photos exist in the early 80s when I remember all the best stuff!
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #24 on: November 30, 2019, 11:29:30 AM » Author: Mandolin Girl
Quote from: AngryHorse on November 30, 2019, 10:16:36 AM Photos!, I wish I’d had taken photos of all our old street lighting, there was pictures of Booth Lane when the golden linears were in service in a pub called The Kings Lock in our town, but few photos exist in the early 80s when I remember all the best stuff! We never made it up to there to have a drink, we did stop at the Big Lock though.
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #25 on: November 30, 2019, 11:56:45 AM » Author: Fluorescent05
I'd go back to the 1940s and get a bunch of preheat stuff, some incandescent bulbs, and porcelain backed 4 way snap switches.
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #26 on: November 30, 2019, 12:03:27 PM » Author: AngryHorse
The Big Lock down Finnys Lane is a great pub, nice meals too, Finnys Lane use to be lit with all Beta 5s mounted on wooden poles, I think their all columns down there now though, we used to park down there to visit the annual bonfire night display at Middlewich cricket club each year when we were kids, Middlewich cricket club still do the same display to this day, but swamped down with stupid H+S rules now!!
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #28 on: December 05, 2019, 11:39:31 AM » Author: Mandolin Girl
I would like to go back in time and pay more attention to the lighting used. Then get my mitts on as many LPS lamps as possible of all wattages
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	Re: If you could go back in time to get any lighting, what would you get? And why? « Reply #29 on: January 08, 2020, 11:40:24 AM » Author: Mandolin Girl
Another lamp I would get would be a MAT lamp
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