Recent content by Chris M.
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Where did all the oldtimers go.
Wow, havn`t been in here for such a long time. Dropped by to see what was occurring mainly out of a sense of nostalgia - good to see it`s all still here. Unfortunately these days, despite a continuing interest in lighting of all sorts and still being a prolific collector of lamps, gear... -
Magnus Maximus
That could be a 10KW TV/movie lamp, once popular for lighting film sets. Only it`s missing its large bipost base - a tall metal lattice structure necessary to space the lamp from the socket and keep the heat away. Don`t try to light it whatever you do. Assuming the gas fill is still intact, 10KW...- Chris M.
- Post #7
- Forum: Incandescent Flashlights
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intermedate colored HID question.
SOX does not stand for Sodium Oxide. It is part of a naming system introduced with the first two-piece low pressure sodium lamps in 1932. Comprising of the arc tube with base, and a seperate dewar jacket (kind of like a transparent thermos), necessary to trap/reflect back heat and allow the...- Chris M.
- Post #10
- Forum: General Light Discussion
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Anyone else here a big fan of Lost? nt
Love it to bits. Weird is good, keeps you thinking, and wondering what`s next. It`s certainly not boring! I hardly watch any telly these days but Lost stands out to me as the best thing on right now. Good that it has an ultimate direction to head in as well, it saves it from getting to strung... -
Pharox: 3.4W LED = 40W incandescent bulb
Unfortunately LEN (now just called Lighting) is not online, and you have to have a subscription to get it. I would try and scan/PDF the article to post, but fear the thought police would make me remove it so better not. Colour fringing should not be an issue with this lamp, since the dies...- Chris M.
- Post #22
- Forum: General Light Discussion
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Pharox: 3.4W LED = 40W incandescent bulb
I can help out with this, as this lamp was featured in February`s Lighting (was Lighting Equipment News). According to the article where one was tested and evaluated: It uses four red, three green and one blue chip, mounted together on an advanced ceramic heatsink. Produces 75 lumens of 3000K...- Chris M.
- Post #17
- Forum: General Light Discussion
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Collection For Sale
It seems there is more interest in the TRS than I had originally thought - thanks everyone. Because of this, I am contemplating putting the content back online somewhere but purely as an archive for technical/historical/etc interest only - so long as everyone knows it is not kept up to date...- Chris M.
- Post #10
- Forum: Flashlight collecting
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Do these prices seem fair?
I know Surefire collectors in the US are lucky, especially compared to this country! Don`t forget, though, that many of the lights I am selling are not the sort of thing you can just call up Surefire and buy, not any more anyway. Several of them are no longer made and there are quite a few...- Chris M.
- Post #8
- Forum: General Flashlight Discussion
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Do these prices seem fair?
Let me try and explain... I have a lot of $£$£ invested in these. A *whole* lot. Most are as good as mint, having been bought new and hardly ever used. Some of those are rare or hard to find and no longer made. Prices for new SF lights in the UK are very very high (this high - see for...- Chris M.
- Post #4
- Forum: General Flashlight Discussion
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Collection For Sale
Thanks for your words, appreciate it. I havn`t posted here for quite a while but do still drop by and skim through some things that catch my eye. A little while back, I wrote the following in reply to someone who asked via e-mail why I had stopped, might as well re-post it here just in case...- Chris M.
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- Forum: Flashlight collecting
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Do you have an old working lightbulb?
Wow, you didn`t have to do that, I hope it wasn`t expensive, but since you did, thanks! :D Some of my e-mail addresses are dead now, sorry about that (torchreviews domain mainly, since shutting the site down) but the one on http://bulbmuseum.net/displays/contact.htm should still work. Apologies... -
Do you have an old working lightbulb?
Do you have an old working lightbulb? One or two... http://bulbmuseum.net - this early site of mine shows but the tip of the iceberg. It`s my speciality interest, collecting light bulbs of all types, ages, shapes and sizes. That and old fire alarm equipment (related to my day-job). The oldest... -
Bulbcollector.com down?
Looks like it`s back and working now, I guess the upgraded were not as smooth as originally anticipated. Looks like nothing was lost either which is good. Reminds me of a recent ZoneAlarm update that went horribly wrong and almost broke my entire system. That took all evening to get it back to... -
Bulbcollector.com down?
Thanks - glad you like the lights. I`m quite pleased with the way it turned out myself, the minimal colour scheme and all-LED design was a bit of an experiment to be honest, but it seems to have worked. No more filament lamps for me now! (completely major edit ahead) Next year....well if I`m... -
Bulbcollector.com down?
Tim took the server down to update its Linux distro according to a MB announcement posting I read (he runs the server himself nowadays), think it was monday morning I saw that. If it`s still down, I guess things are taking longer than anticipated/something went horribly wrong/etc. Hope it`s back...
