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Posted by Wayne Boatwright on October 16, 2009, 11:00 pm
On Fri 16 Oct 2009 04:53:00p, David Nebenzahl told us...
> On 10/16/2009 4:20 PM Nate Nagel spake thus:
>
>> yes, and "candelabra base" is the correct term. "Edison base" is the
>> standard light bulb that we all know and love, "Mogul base" is the size
>> larger than that that you hardly ever see anymore.
>
> Well, you (and I) don't see mogul bases much anymore, but anyone who
> deals with commercial or industrial lighting sees them a *lot*.
Most mogul base bulbs for residential use were 3-way builbs used as the
center bulb in floor lamps. They were particularly common in the 1940s-
1950s. Usually the central mogul base bulb was surrounded by 3 edison base
sockets with a3-way switche to turn on 1, 2, or all 3 bulbs. The mogul had
it's own 3-way switch to handle the double filaments.
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Wayne Boatwright
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Posted by Tony on October 17, 2009, 1:17 pm
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 16 Oct 2009 04:53:00p, David Nebenzahl told us...
>
>> On 10/16/2009 4:20 PM Nate Nagel spake thus:
>>> yes, and "candelabra base" is the correct term. "Edison base" is the
>>> standard light bulb that we all know and love, "Mogul base" is the size
>>> larger than that that you hardly ever see anymore.
>> Well, you (and I) don't see mogul bases much anymore, but anyone who
>> deals with commercial or industrial lighting sees them a *lot*.
>
> Most mogul base bulbs for residential use were 3-way builbs used as the
> center bulb in floor lamps. They were particularly common in the 1940s-
> 1950s. Usually the central mogul base bulb was surrounded by 3 edison base
> sockets with a3-way switche to turn on 1, 2, or all 3 bulbs. The mogul had
> it's own 3-way switch to handle the double filaments.
So back in the 50's the "lamp dimming" technology to dim lights and use
less power was far, far superior to the modern use of "Dimmer Switches".
That figures! (I'd like to find one of those lamps.)
At my last home I rewired the lights on the ceiling fans. I made it so
the first pull on the chain turned on two opposite bulbs (25 watt), the
next pull turned them off and turned on the other two sockets (with 60
watt bulbs), the third pull turned on all four sockets/bulbs. Much more
efficient than a dimmer switch.
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Posted by aemeijers on October 17, 2009, 4:58 pm
Tony wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Fri 16 Oct 2009 04:53:00p, David Nebenzahl told us...
>>> On 10/16/2009 4:20 PM Nate Nagel spake thus:
>>>> yes, and "candelabra base" is the correct term. "Edison base" is
>>>> the standard light bulb that we all know and love, "Mogul base" is
>>>> the size larger than that that you hardly ever see anymore.
>>> Well, you (and I) don't see mogul bases much anymore, but anyone who
>>> deals with commercial or industrial lighting sees them a *lot*.
>> Most mogul base bulbs for residential use were 3-way builbs used as
>> the center bulb in floor lamps. They were particularly common in the
>> 1940s-
>> 1950s. Usually the central mogul base bulb was surrounded by 3 edison
>> base sockets with a3-way switche to turn on 1, 2, or all 3 bulbs. The
>> mogul had it's own 3-way switch to handle the double filaments.
>
> So back in the 50's the "lamp dimming" technology to dim lights and use
> less power was far, far superior to the modern use of "Dimmer Switches".
> That figures! (I'd like to find one of those lamps.)
>
> At my last home I rewired the lights on the ceiling fans. I made it so
> the first pull on the chain turned on two opposite bulbs (25 watt), the
> next pull turned them off and turned on the other two sockets (with 60
> watt bulbs), the third pull turned on all four sockets/bulbs. Much more
> efficient than a dimmer switch.
Speaking of the 1950s (and up into the 60s)- remember those living room
pole lamps with multiple heads growing off them? Some of them were even
spring-loaded to go between floor and ceiling without having to have a
huge base. Common use was in the 'Dagwood and Blondie' corner of the
living room, with the 2 big chairs, so each person could have light on
what they were reading. 3rd head was usually bounced off ceiling, or
just ignored. I think my grandparents wore out about three of them. He
was a retired EE, so he would switch parts around to keep the important
parts working.
--
aem sends...
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Posted by Tony on October 17, 2009, 5:20 pm
aemeijers wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Fri 16 Oct 2009 04:53:00p, David Nebenzahl told us...
>>>> On 10/16/2009 4:20 PM Nate Nagel spake thus:
>>>>> yes, and "candelabra base" is the correct term. "Edison base" is
>>>>> the standard light bulb that we all know and love, "Mogul base" is
>>>>> the size larger than that that you hardly ever see anymore.
>>>> Well, you (and I) don't see mogul bases much anymore, but anyone who
>>>> deals with commercial or industrial lighting sees them a *lot*.
>>> Most mogul base bulbs for residential use were 3-way builbs used as
>>> the center bulb in floor lamps. They were particularly common in the
>>> 1940s-
>>> 1950s. Usually the central mogul base bulb was surrounded by 3
>>> edison base sockets with a3-way switche to turn on 1, 2, or all 3
>>> bulbs. The mogul had it's own 3-way switch to handle the double
>>> filaments.
>> So back in the 50's the "lamp dimming" technology to dim lights and
>> use less power was far, far superior to the modern use of "Dimmer
>> Switches". That figures! (I'd like to find one of those lamps.)
>> At my last home I rewired the lights on the ceiling fans. I made it
>> so the first pull on the chain turned on two opposite bulbs (25 watt),
>> the next pull turned them off and turned on the other two sockets
>> (with 60 watt bulbs), the third pull turned on all four
>> sockets/bulbs. Much more efficient than a dimmer switch.
>
> Speaking of the 1950s (and up into the 60s)- remember those living room
> pole lamps with multiple heads growing off them? Some of them were even
> spring-loaded to go between floor and ceiling without having to have a
> huge base. Common use was in the 'Dagwood and Blondie' corner of the
> living room, with the 2 big chairs, so each person could have light on
> what they were reading. 3rd head was usually bounced off ceiling, or
> just ignored. I think my grandparents wore out about three of them. He
> was a retired EE, so he would switch parts around to keep the important
> parts working.
Funny, I was just thinking about them last week and pictured the spring
loaded one we had when I was a kid! I think I may have seen one on TV
and that jarred my memory.
How about the adjustable height dining room light? It had an egg shaped
spring loaded center part to coil up the wire inside if you were to
raise it up. You simply grabbed the light and pulled it down or pushed
it up and the spring loaded wire would hold it there... until it got old.
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Posted by Nate Nagel on October 17, 2009, 5:46 pm
Tony wrote:
> aemeijers wrote:
>> Tony wrote:
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Fri 16 Oct 2009 04:53:00p, David Nebenzahl told us...
>>>>> On 10/16/2009 4:20 PM Nate Nagel spake thus:
>>>>>> yes, and "candelabra base" is the correct term. "Edison base" is
>>>>>> the standard light bulb that we all know and love, "Mogul base" is
>>>>>> the size larger than that that you hardly ever see anymore.
>>>>> Well, you (and I) don't see mogul bases much anymore, but anyone
>>>>> who deals with commercial or industrial lighting sees them a *lot*.
>>>> Most mogul base bulbs for residential use were 3-way builbs used as
>>>> the center bulb in floor lamps. They were particularly common in
>>>> the 1940s-
>>>> 1950s. Usually the central mogul base bulb was surrounded by 3
>>>> edison base sockets with a3-way switche to turn on 1, 2, or all 3
>>>> bulbs. The mogul had it's own 3-way switch to handle the double
>>>> filaments.
>>> So back in the 50's the "lamp dimming" technology to dim lights and
>>> use less power was far, far superior to the modern use of "Dimmer
>>> Switches". That figures! (I'd like to find one of those lamps.)
>>> At my last home I rewired the lights on the ceiling fans. I made it
>>> so the first pull on the chain turned on two opposite bulbs (25
>>> watt), the next pull turned them off and turned on the other two
>>> sockets (with 60 watt bulbs), the third pull turned on all four
>>> sockets/bulbs. Much more efficient than a dimmer switch.
>> Speaking of the 1950s (and up into the 60s)- remember those living
>> room pole lamps with multiple heads growing off them? Some of them
>> were even spring-loaded to go between floor and ceiling without having
>> to have a huge base. Common use was in the 'Dagwood and Blondie'
>> corner of the living room, with the 2 big chairs, so each person could
>> have light on what they were reading. 3rd head was usually bounced off
>> ceiling, or just ignored. I think my grandparents wore out about three
>> of them. He was a retired EE, so he would switch parts around to keep
>> the important parts working.
>
> Funny, I was just thinking about them last week and pictured the spring
> loaded one we had when I was a kid! I think I may have seen one on TV
> and that jarred my memory.
>
> How about the adjustable height dining room light? It had an egg shaped
> spring loaded center part to coil up the wire inside if you were to
> raise it up. You simply grabbed the light and pulled it down or pushed
> it up and the spring loaded wire would hold it there... until it got old.
My grandparents had both of those, as well as a big starburst clock over
the console TV.
The lights are actually quite functional, albeit passe style-wise. Esp.
so the pull down dining room table light, if you're the type of person
who likes to lay down some newspaper on the table and tinker with stuff.
nate
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