Lots of bulbs around the world still use it.
Imagine plugging in a toaster to it? Back in the day when "don't stick your finger in the socket or you'll get a shock" was a good enough deterrent. Frankly, I would have put the power in bus bars up on the wall and connected things to it with jumper cables...
"It's dangerous!" If you know that, don't touch it and you're fine, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_screw
Remember when fans had grills to prevent curtains from going into the blades instead of fingers? Such better airflow from an old Torcan fan 🙂
Imagine plugging in a toaster to it? Back in the day when "don't stick your finger in the socket or you'll get a shock" was a good enough deterrent. Frankly, I would have put the power in bus bars up on the wall and connected things to it with jumper cables...
"It's dangerous!" If you know that, don't touch it and you're fine, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_screw
Remember when fans had grills to prevent curtains from going into the blades instead of fingers? Such better airflow from an old Torcan fan 🙂
IME the bayonet isn't a prone to sticking as the Edison screw base. But bayonet do not feel as secure as the screw base. Kinda six of one, half dozen on the other.
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Only France and the UK had bayonet base lamps when I was growing up, and in France there were also Edison base. Belgium, Italy and Germany were all Edison to the best of my recollection. UK is still all bayonet, not sure about France.
(All of my parent's lamps are from Italy, and all I had to do was change the plugs and put 120V bulbs in them when they moved here.)
As a teen I rewired all of my parent's indirect living room lighting dating from 1961 when they bought a condo in Brussels all edison screw type bulbs as originally equipped. I had to replace a lot of bulbs. (There were at least 60 of them, and I settled on 15W and 25W lamps - still the best, most evenly lit room I can remember, virtually no shadows, but it was a lot of work)
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I mean sure, Robertson is a pretty good design, but I still prefer Torx or E-Torx... And for most of my amp screws, I use internal hex drive (Allen).
As for bayonet lamps, the only ones I've seen are pilot lamps.
As for bayonet lamps, the only ones I've seen are pilot lamps.
It has 201 cid flathead six. This engine lasted from 1935 till 1941, when production stopped due to war. Restarted with 217. 217 and 230 have same crank, but different bores.
I remember finding a bayonet bulb on the beach at the US/Mexico border back in '84. Not sure, but maybe it came all the way across from France or the UK. It would have to fight the Gulf Stream.
Picture == 1k words. Anyone outside of "the new world" used these?
The power panel in my 50 year old apartment... The one with the handle is for the stove. The screw in ones are for the outlets in the living spaces, and the ones between them are 15A cartridge fuses for the kitchen outlets.
I've blown the fuses that are now blue :😛
That stopped when I coated the bottom of the fuse with Vasoline (Or "welfare dielectric grease" LOL)
The power panel in my 50 year old apartment... The one with the handle is for the stove. The screw in ones are for the outlets in the living spaces, and the ones between them are 15A cartridge fuses for the kitchen outlets.
I've blown the fuses that are now blue :😛
That stopped when I coated the bottom of the fuse with Vasoline (Or "welfare dielectric grease" LOL)
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Never saw the screw type fuses except in the US. There is a theater I work in that still has at least 5 panels of them in use. I remember in England in the 80s you could still buy fuse wire! Remember that?
Yes, like Briggs and Stratton. Soviet Union used screw type fuses in residential wiring.
I don't remember seeing those, but I didn't poke around in peoples fuse boxes at home. Did they look like the North American type?
No. But I remember a book I read called "Wires and Watts" I had when I was 12 years old showed how to make a fuse with tin foil by cutting vees in the top and bottom.
No way - They still sell it!
https://www.amazon.com/Wires-Watts-Understanding-Using-Electricity/dp/0684168545
Speaking of Wires and Watts, isn't it nice to see how Canadians get screwed? After all, this thread is all about screws 😛
Price for the book in US?
Price in Canada? F*** me!
Price for the book in US?
Price in Canada? F*** me!
As one of the top diyaudio.com engineers, I was confronted by a modest engineering problem, hanging a mirror and two pictures:
All worked out Happy once I figured out I needed a 7mm drill bit.
Results here:
OK, maybe a few loose ends to sort out. But I feel progress has been made.
All worked out Happy once I figured out I needed a 7mm drill bit.
Results here:
OK, maybe a few loose ends to sort out. But I feel progress has been made.
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