On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:16:01 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:57:24 -0600, wrote:

What is the highest wattage incandescent bulbs made, that will fit a
standard socket? Normally the highest I see in most stores is 150W.
But I used to work at a school and they had 300W bulbs in their lobby
fixtures. I seem to recall seeing 500W bulbs when I was a kid in the
60s. But it seems to me they may have had larger bases.

I am asking this because I just want to know, but also because I am
wondering how high the compact florescents will go. I just saw a CF
bulb that claims to be equivalent to 150W but uses 42w.

Mark

I have a light bar used in the 60's for 8mm filming indoors. It uses
four 500 watt bulbs. They have the standard base but the glass is
bigger.

You could not have run that on a 15A fuse or breaker.
According to http://www.jobsite-generators.com/po...lculators.html
You'd need 16.67 Amps (rounded off).
You almost need a dedicated 20A circuit.

Now, according to the tv show "Home Improvement" this would be
approaching a "BOYS LIGHT", but nothing short of 100,000 WATTS will
really get the male testosterone flowing. Just ask Tim Taylor.
100,000 WATTS would need to be a 240 volt bulb and would require a
500amp service, since just one of these bulbs would be sucking 417Amps
at 240Volts. Now thats a REAL MANS bulb......
* (Of course, it might require more than one large man to carry the
huge filament inside that bulb).

The closest single bulb I could find is a 1,500Watt bulb
http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=10241

That's not powerful enough for "Tool Time" !!!!!!


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