Large light bulb for very old street lamp

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , John Rumm escribió:

Yes, I've seen that in large buildings like stadiums and sports centres. It works well.

[Mr Sandman]

Gas is still in use in parts of London

LED filament lamp for looks and pile of LEDs in a louvred compartment in the roof of the lantern for actual light.

Thanks peeps for all the replies.

I like the look of those gas mantles, maybe, rather than going for a large globe in there, i should aim to emulate the three gas mantles?

So, now looking for three small but very bright bulbs that give out the same type of light as gas does... then i can group them together like in those lamps in that article.

Cheers peeps,

Steve

[tabbypurr]

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Quote: Things that are obsolete are out of date or no longer in general use. Thing s that are obsolescent are fading from general use and soon to become obsol ete. For example, the Windows XP operating system (released in 2001) is not obsolete because some people still use it, but it is obsolescent because i t will presumably be falling out of use in the coming years.

Things that are obsolete are usually not so out of date that they've been f orgotten, however. When obsolete things are forgotten, they become archaic.

So no, I mean obsolete and in some cases not far from archaic.

NT

[tabbypurr]

When mercuries were more popular, so many places had either mercury or sodium, and I always wondered why someone didn't choose to install a mix.

NT

[Nightjar]

I have recently seen several instances of mercury vapour lamps still in current use, generally as hi-bay lights in industrial units.

You may mean obsolete, but obsolescent is correct.

[tabbypurr]

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en forgotten, however. When obsolete things are forgotten, they become arch aic.

I was discussing my own household things, not mercury discharges

NT

[Nightjar]

Even so, if you are still using them, unless you have an unusual collection of museum pieces, by your definition, that makes them obsolescent, rather than obsolete.

[tabbypurr]

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Things that are obsolescent are fading from general use and soon to become obsolete. For example, the Windows XP operating system (released in 2001) is not obsolete because some people still use it, but it is obsolescent bec ause it will presumably be falling out of use in the coming years.

been forgotten, however. When obsolete things are forgotten, they become ar chaic.

First it's not my definition. Second they're plainly obsolete by that defin tion, not obsolescent. Obviously they are unusual and museum pieces.

So many times I've been told 'the facts' by people who clearly haven't made any proper effort to find the facts out and don't have any clue what they are.

NT

[Nightjar]

You chose to quote it, which makes it yours within this thread.

In which case, your statement was either intentionally misleading or totally irrelevant to the matter under discussion.

Perhaps you are in the habit of providing them with misleading statements.

[John Rumm]

In case you had forgotten I was ribbing your choice of word based on the previous discussion, where you complained because I referred to a VO-ELCB as obsolete. It seems you now agree with my original use.

[tabbypurr]

On Wednesday, 7 October 2015 10:21:16 UTC+1, [e-mail] wrote :

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