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| I'm already well on my way to gathering as many as I can before they dry up.
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| Personally, I'd collect the older name brand ones, such as GE or Sylvania and novelty ones. Don't care about the spirals that much. I would only keep spirals if they were free or they were GE and Philips ones.
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| I have a few NOS examples of the older preheat ones from the 1990s and I think a few sprials that were removed from service but I don't really go out of my to collect them.
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The original Philips SL range are already collectables, especially the 1st generation black base ones. I'm certainly trying to get as many as I can, one of each type/wattage, anyway. |
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They already are!!  , and I’m glad I’ve got boxes of them in all different shapes/sizes and wattages, and in certain B+Q stores, they are on the clearance shelves!, I need some more spirals for collection only have 3 |
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| I wish Philips made the European SL design over here. I would like one but there is really no way to operate them on 120v that I know of.
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| I have some Harmony Lighting NIBs (was nib anyway, now in service) don’t know how rare they are, if you know leave a comment.
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Long live the Incandescent streetlights!
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| A while ago, i found a few Philips SL13 bulbs at a surplus store, i have no idea what they were doing in the USA but it was cool nonetheless.
For me, i tend to like the older tri-tube (or similar) CFLs, as i remember my parents had some tri-tube BR30s CFLs in their kitchen that, over time, slowly got replaced with the spiral BR30s which are now slowly being replaced with LED BR30s.
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| I’ve used a few SL lamps over the years when I lived at home, but I only have the one today, and it’s the more modern version with the lighter ballast in, I’ve mostly just got the electronic versions.
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I'm already well on my way to gathering as many as I can before they dry up.
That's all we can do, we're trying to do the same with SOX and SLI lamps. |
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I think i've got enough CFLs to last me a lifetime and a half.  |
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| The only downside of collecting self ballasted cfl is that the electronics ages even if you don't use it.
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| Replacement components are luckily easily obtainable though! Just pop it open and replace the electrolytic caps and they should run like new.
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