Bulbs in 15 MCP lights

NeedMoreLight · Mar 7, 2007

I noticed when looking at a few of the 15 million candle power spotlights, that some had clear bulbs (well, kinda clear) and some had a flat black coating about 1/2 inch long, back from the tip. Is one of the bulbs better than the other?

Patriot · Mar 7, 2007

NeedMoreLight, I believe that the only difference is that the "blacked out" or "silvered out" bulb tips were intended for automotive use. The brightest portion of the beam is hidden to a viewers eyes. The clear were designed for utility use as in spotlights and such. I've noticed no difference in throw between the two different bulbs in my Cyclops 15MCP.

NeedMoreLight · Mar 7, 2007

Thanks for the info, but it raises another question... Which light?????? Guess I will close my eyes and pick.

Patriot · Mar 7, 2007

NeedMoreLight said:
Thanks for the info, but it raises another question... Which light?????? Guess I will close my eyes and pick.

It seems that all of them labled 130w seem to be pretty equal. The one thing that does change is the color temperature. I like mine yellowish-white. I don't like the blue-purple tints. For me, 5000K and under works best.

Xzn · Mar 7, 2007

For the record, a bulb is a glass housing that is gas filled and protects the inner components of the "lamp". A lamp is a device that emits light through a heated filament or charged gasses. A bulb is simply a glass encasing that is part of it all.

Whenever someone in the theatre asks me for a bulb, I am tempted to hand them a tulip bulb and say "here"

Sorry, technical theatre major.

Patriot · Mar 7, 2007

Xzn, when you get a chance could you please call these guys and straighten them out. They keep referring to these things as bulbs

http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/miscpages/lights.htm

http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Rally_Sport_Bulbs.html

http://www.shop.com/op/~Off_road_H4_Halogen_Headlight-prod-24833227-33107827?sourceid=3

http://www.hid.uk.com/acatalog/copy_of_H4_.html

http://www.vectorbd.com/peugeot/archive/99_9/0292.html

http://www.tankmaster.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=14&cat=0

http://www.offroadtuff.com/IPFbulbs.htm

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=37599

http://shopping.msn.com/results/shp/?bCatId=5651,av=12-152265

http://69.20.17.37/store/catalog/Stanley_Raybrig_Clear_H4_Bulb-p-14.html

http://www.fte.co.uk/fte4x4/prod/piaa/Piaa3.htm http://msxml.webcrawler.com/info.wb...peeding.co.uk/acatalog/Rally_Sport_Bulbs.html

Xzn · Mar 7, 2007

*strangles them all*

SteveTheReaper · Mar 7, 2007

Taken from Dictionary.com:

bulb
3.Electricity.
a.the glass housing, in which a partial vacuum has been established, that contains the filament of an incandescent electric lamp.
b.an incandescent or fluorescent electric lamp.

Xzn · Mar 8, 2007

Yes,

3.Electricity. a.the glass housing, in which a partial vacuum has been established, that contains the filament of an incandescent electric lamp. b.an incandescent or fluorescent electric lamp.
a) is exactly what i said. It's a part of a lamp
b) no where did they say the bulb produces light, they referred it back to "the lamp"

Cause technically, a bulb is kind of a half rounded shaped objected. Like i had to press the primer "bulb" on my lawn mower to get it running.

NeedMoreLight · Mar 8, 2007

The lamp is the item as a whole, the bulb is a part of it.

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