Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #15 on: January 15, 2020, 11:14:10 AM » Author: Rommie
None of the ones we've got have ever refused to strike, including original Mk.1 Philips SL Prismatics.
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #16 on: January 15, 2020, 11:15:38 AM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: HomeBrewLamps on January 14, 2020, 07:17:32 PM 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. If you get any, you could always run them from a step-up transformer, I use either a step-down transformer (for the big lamps) or a Variac to run my 120V lamps. I'm fairly sure I've seen 120V versions of the Prismatics though, but I can't be certain.
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #17 on: January 17, 2020, 04:15:49 AM » Author: Men of God
120V版本的应该是电子镇流器启动，美国的120V电感镇流器版本基本都是日本制造的。
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #19 on: January 24, 2020, 11:26:33 AM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: 589 on January 24, 2020, 07:51:12 AM I have several Wally World brand (great value) CFLs that have 20k+ hours on them still going strong. I have one with 50k+ hours and it still burns, it’s just dimmer than the others. In fact I haven’t had to buy any lamps for inside my house in 10 years since these jokers refuse to burn out. Not to mention they run 12hrs a day in the case of my den lighting. Those run in open floor lamps base down which I’m sure helps keep the ballast cooler. That's not bad going, don't think I've ever had one last longer than 2 or 3 years, but other than a couple of 2D fixtures in the kitchen and bathroom, I don't routinely use them any more, I'm going back to incandescents in protest at the proliferation of LED
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #20 on: February 02, 2020, 12:20:20 PM » Author: migette1
The simple answer is yes just keep them in a good clean dry box after 50yrs they will be worth a bomb, I have seen stuff thrown away as a kid appearing in antique shops take for example the candle stick phone or even the more common 300 type phone, worth pounds...don't throw anything away! yes I collect phones and other things since school days.
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #22 on: February 02, 2020, 03:25:43 PM » Author: Roi_hartmann
Quote from: 589 on February 02, 2020, 12:40:20 PM It’s funny how folks used to trash talk CFLs and here we are now talking about collecting them, lol I bet if something is going to replace LEDs one day I'm sure people talk about collecting them too. When I joined here little over ten years ago people here were talking trash about HPS and they hated it because it replaced MV lights.
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #23 on: February 02, 2020, 08:43:45 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
I've always indiscriminately collected various light sources.
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #24 on: February 02, 2020, 09:03:47 PM » Author: Lumex120
I have always liked CFLs since they are kind of what I grew up with. Funny story, when I was really little (between ages of 2-4 or so) my house had CFLs that weren't instant on. I spent the first few years of my life thinking that all lights had that delay when turned on until one day we were staying in a hotel that had instant on lights. I was absolutely blown away when I first saw it.
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	Re: So, when are Cfl's gonna become collectable? « Reply #25 on: February 02, 2020, 09:23:26 PM » Author: Patrick
I'd actually consider early LED to be somewhat collectable as well.  Much like CFLs, manufacturers iterated though some designs that were bulky and expensive, but also higher quality in many ways.  As time went on, it's pretty much settled on the plastic snow cone shaped lamps and the glass filament-style.  Although I'm sure evolution will continue, it seems like LED lamps have remained largely unchanged over the past several years, and I expect these designs will be with us for the foreseeable future.
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