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Old 1st Dec 2016, 4:16 pm   #142
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Default Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them?

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...the initial "on" period was slightly longer than subsequent ones...
I also remember those. If you listened very carefully, you could actually hear the faint 'ping' as the bimetal made and broke the connection.

I think I have some of these somewhere, in a packet confusingly labelled 'flashlight bulbs'...

I just made a video which captures the little dink sounds of different types of flashing bulbs. Another sound of the past. https://youtu.be/EHYLxKGbWMo
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