Don Klipstein wrote:

In article ,
wrote:

Couple of years ago a paper reported that an regular light bulb has
been lit in the loft of the NY Opera House for forty years as nobody
knows where the switch is to turn it off.


I have heard of lightbulbs lasting a century. Actually easy to do - run
a 230V European incandescent bulb at 120V. Problem is, such longlife
bulbs produce much less light for a given amout of electricity
consumption than "standard" incandescents.

- Don Klipstein )


Try this:

http://www.centennialbulb.org/

Happy Thanksgiving,

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.