HOW MANY GLIDER PILOTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB

Eric Greenwell wrote:
wrote:
Could we expand this to include lighting and backlighting within
instruments and PDA's? Then, yes, some of us have light
bulbs/lightbulbs in the glider.

Yes, but PDA lights can't be changed by the pilot, so they should be
discussed in an entirely different thread. This thread is about light
bulbs in the clubhouse, and I wish people would stay on the thread topic.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA
We have 8-foot tubes in the club house, floods in one hangar, and
incandescents in the other hangar and loos.

Frank Whiteley

Don't forget ten posts by Matt Redsell on the bulbless, self-screwing
light that Marske has been perfecting for the past 30 years, which he
has personally tested in his bathroom and found to be just as bright as
a 40 year old GE bulb.

We don't need no steenking lightbulbs! Back when I was coming up, we didn't
have lightbulbs and got along just fine. That's the trouble with younger
people today--they just don't know what to do when all that "high-tech"
foolishness quits working!

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Hartley Falbaum


"Marc Ramsey" wrote in message
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Mal wrote:
One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start it all over again.

And, you appear to have forgotten:

Five to argue that German-made light bulbs are vastly superior to any made
in Eastern Europe.

Two to argue that everyone would buy Eastern European light bulbs, if only
they had SH or AS stamped on them.

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Bayonet Cap or Edison Screw? 110v, 220v, AC or low voltage DC, halogen,
quartz iodine, long life low energy neon or just plain old tungsten.

God, some people are so bloody general!

By the way in South Africa they're called globes not bulbs.

ditto on the 'couldn't resist' bit.



Ian

Ian - you have clearly not been here in the recent past - otherwise you would
know that it would be pointless to change the thing anyway, because there is no
electricity at the airport anymore because some genius stole the power cable for
its copper content.


OK - so I am exaggerating, they have stolen the perimeter fence twice this year,
but so far the electricity cable is safe...

Also in the could not resist category.
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Bruce Greeff
Std Cirrus #57
I'm no-T at the address above.

OMG it looks like the soaring season in the Northern Hemisphere is
closing and we have 6 months of this to put up with.

Gee guys, go buy a copy of Condor!

wrote:
Bayonet Cap or Edison Screw? 110v, 220v, AC or low voltage DC, halogen,
quartz iodine, long life low energy neon or just plain old tungsten.


LEDs. They are the newest, best, and use the least energy.
But it was harder to get badges using the old technology, so LEDs
shouldn't be used.

Mal wrote:
One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed.

Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how
the light bulb could have been changed differently.

Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
changing light bulbs.

Five to flame the spell checkers.

Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.

Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
another six to condemn those six as stupid.

Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the
correct spelling.

Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to
please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.

Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light
bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.

Thirty six to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best
for this technique and what brands are faulty.

Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light
bulbs.

Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL.

Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant
to
this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.

Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".

Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
questions about light bulbs"

Three to tell a funny story about their cat and a light bulb.

AND

One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start it all over again.

I know some will have seen it but it is Soooooo!!!!!! True {

You forgot the twenty one posts to argue whether light bulbs labled
110V should actually be run at 130V to improve their performance.

Tim Ward

Tim.Ward wrote:

AND

One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start it all over again.

I know some will have seen it but it is Soooooo!!!!!! True {


You forgot the twenty one posts to argue whether light bulbs labled
110V should actually be run at 130V to improve their performance.

According to the factory specifications I currently have right in front
me, I can assure you all modern 110V bulbs work exactly the same on
130V, except they draw less current. Older 110V bulbs may be brighter at
130V, but most pilots can see just fine using the lower voltage.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

The most dangerous part of changing a lightbulb is NOT the drive to
Walmart to buy it.

Mike

FS 110V, 60 Watt Bulb, NDH.


Joe