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Old 14th Sep 2018, 7:03 pm   #52
Skywave
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Arrow Re: Anglepoise bulbs

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Originally Posted by Herald1360 View Post
100W would be OTT for Anglepoise use.
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Originally Posted by Skywave View Post
Why? Excessive heat output? Probability of reduced bulb life due to the shade reducing dissipation of the heat from that bulb? Excessive light output?
Whatever, I've been using 100-W. incandescent bulbs in four Anglepoise lamps here for many years: no problems at all - just need to remember not to touch the shade!
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Originally Posted by Herald1360 View Post
My reason for stating this is indeed the heat output from the 100W bulb. The early Anglepoise shades were bakelite . . . etc . . .
Ah! I see: thank you. I have never seen - nor heard of - bakelite shades fitted to Anglepoise lamps. (You learn something interesting often on this site!) So perhaps my 'very old' all-metal Anglepoise isn't as old as I thought - not that that's relevant. IIRC & FWIW, it came my way about 1970.
Edit. Following the post above from AC/HL, (for which "thank you"), this Anglepoise of mine is of the 1960 -1969 vintage.

Al.

Last edited by Skywave; 14th Sep 2018 at 7:15 pm. Reason: Add the 'Edit'. And then further corrections!
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