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This Lightbulb Was Switched On In 1901 — And It’s Still Going
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| June 21, 2021
| Gabe Paoletti
Posted on 10/15/2023 3:42:07 PM PDT by Leaning Right
At more than one million hours of use and counting, this bulb proves that they really don't make things like they used to.
The Centennial Bulb, as this light has come to be known, is the longest-lasting light bulb of all time. It has been burning continuously since 1901, excluding a short interval in 1976 when the bulb was disconnected from electricity for 22 minutes while the firestation was moved to a different location.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bulb; california; centennial; kateupton; lightbulb; livermore; shelbyelectricco
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posted on
10/15/2023 5:52:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: KarlInOhio
Yeah, that dude goes into way too much detail.
But it is fascinating watching his videos.
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posted on
10/15/2023 6:03:07 PM PDT
by
sloanrb
To: xp38
"..This type of bulb has been outlawed for sale by the dims.,"***Groooaaannn*** 😖🤣🤣
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posted on
10/15/2023 6:06:07 PM PDT
by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
The reason, if you weren’t aware, that carbon filaments were replaced with tungsten filaments is that tungsten filaments can be operated at a high enough temperature to glow white...
...which makes them put out more light and less heat, giving more lumens per watt, compared to a carbon filament.
In other words, a carbon filament makes a better space heater than a light source.
To: Leaning Right
To: M Kehoe
The problem with that idea is that no man would want to spend $10.00 bills.
To: EvilCapitalist
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posted on
10/15/2023 6:26:38 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
To: Leaning Right
At the opposite end of the spectrum, Phony-Prez Joe has a lightbulb in his head that hasn't worked at all in over 80 years now.
To: dfwgator
49
posted on
10/15/2023 7:07:04 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
To: Leaning Right
I believe it is in Livermore, California.
50
posted on
10/15/2023 7:28:55 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
To: cowboyusa
Uh oh, Chapman is in, we’re doomed.
51
posted on
10/15/2023 7:46:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: cowboyusa
52
posted on
10/15/2023 7:52:29 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
1-0. Phils game for me tommorow night.
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posted on
10/15/2023 8:06:58 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
To: cowboyusa
Be interesting if the Rangers-Phillies meet in the WS, because they started the season playing each other.
54
posted on
10/15/2023 8:08:30 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
10/15/2023 8:08:58 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
To: cowboyusa
Grew up in Michigan, my parents were from there.
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posted on
10/15/2023 8:10:13 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: joma89
Edison may have been a great man but he had many very smart people working for him who never received credit for their inventions. That happens in many labs.
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posted on
10/15/2023 8:22:27 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: poinq
But I don’t believe it has never been off. Our electric grid is not that perfect anywhere. So its been off. Maybe its never been turned off but it can’ have been on the whole time. it's in a fire station. they probably have UPS.
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posted on
10/15/2023 9:41:03 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: dfwgator
Which makes me think of the Anaheim Angels
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posted on
10/16/2023 12:51:29 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: xp38; CopperTop; dfwgator
I little low-wattage dark humor!
He threw shade! :)
What was the movie where it had the scene of the bulb coming up in power? The Sixth Sense?
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posted on
10/16/2023 12:58:36 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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