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Posted by Tony on October 17, 2009, 7:25 pm
aemeijers wrote:
> 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.
>
> Was the one your family had antique brass or copper colored? There may
> have been others, but those stick in my mind. My family's 1956 house had
> one of those in copper, to go with the Real Wood cherry cabinets, but
> the 1966 house had a very futuristic flying saucer lamp on a
> brush-nickel colored down pipe. The real dining table used 90% of the
> time, a table-height peninsula in the kitchen, had focused cans above it.
>
> That 1966 house was great, my old man's big dream for his family. Too
> bad we couldn't afford it (68-70 being real bad years for custom
> builders), and ended up elsewhere by 72. If I was to hit the lotto, I
> believe I would knock on the door and make the current owners an offer
> for it. I drive by once a year or so, when I happen to be in that town.
> They have changed a few things, but they haven't mucked it up too bad,
> other than a hideous front door. I wonder if my key still fits the door?
> Probably best that I'll never know, I guess. Reality can never live up
> to memories.
In the pull down light I picture the egg,spring,cord holder as bright
brass plated with spots where the clear finish didn't hold up. The
light itself was sort of like a flying saucer metal on top and I think
frosted glass on the bottom, and I think instead of the normal screw on
part to hold the glass, it was made so you could grab it with your
finger to pull it down. The top part had a design made with little
holes in the metal that let a small amount of light out.
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