Tony wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Fri 16 Oct 2009 04:53:00p, David Nebenzahl told us...

On 10/16/2009 4:20 PM Nate Nagel spake thus:

yes, and "candelabra base" is the correct term. "Edison base" is
the standard light bulb that we all know and love, "Mogul base" is
the size larger than that that you hardly ever see anymore.
Well, you (and I) don't see mogul bases much anymore, but anyone who
deals with commercial or industrial lighting sees them a *lot*.

Most mogul base bulbs for residential use were 3-way builbs used as
the center bulb in floor lamps. They were particularly common in the
1940s-
1950s. Usually the central mogul base bulb was surrounded by 3 edison
base sockets with a3-way switche to turn on 1, 2, or all 3 bulbs. The
mogul had it's own 3-way switch to handle the double filaments.

So back in the 50's the "lamp dimming" technology to dim lights and use
less power was far, far superior to the modern use of "Dimmer Switches".
That figures! (I'd like to find one of those lamps.)

At my last home I rewired the lights on the ceiling fans. I made it so
the first pull on the chain turned on two opposite bulbs (25 watt), the
next pull turned them off and turned on the other two sockets (with 60
watt bulbs), the third pull turned on all four sockets/bulbs. Much more
efficient than a dimmer switch.

Speaking of the 1950s (and up into the 60s)- remember those living room
pole lamps with multiple heads growing off them? Some of them were even
spring-loaded to go between floor and ceiling without having to have a
huge base. Common use was in the 'Dagwood and Blondie' corner of the
living room, with the 2 big chairs, so each person could have light on
what they were reading. 3rd head was usually bounced off ceiling, or
just ignored. I think my grandparents wore out about three of them. He
was a retired EE, so he would switch parts around to keep the important
parts working.

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