Halogen Light

[hightower]

Cheers fellas, appreciate the help as always

 

[ruston]

Just put a self tapper in, for the money I would go armed with a replacement lamp. By the time you buy the tube.............

Talking about terminology ; I should of said filament lol.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

In theatre lighting where a lot of of 300 & 500W linear halogens are / were used for cyc lighting, dead or intermittent lamps due to burnt out end contacts were so common that they possibly outnumbered actual blown lamps. The usual fix was to scrub the lampholder pins with a glassfibre pencil and replace the lamp - just relamping might 'appear' to fix it but if you didn't clean the contacts, the new one would soon start arcing and flickering. But these holders had much better springs that would last in a way that a cheap fitting doesn't, hence the advice to just swap it out.

 

[Paul.M]

As already mentioned these fittings are TAT. Will the customer pay for a LED floodlight?

 

[hightower]

As already mentioned these fittings are TAT. Will the customer pay for a LED floodlight?

She was happy to pay £12 for a 10w model, but I'm not sure this would be bright enough - it's not to light a path only, it needs to light the back garden too. I explained that a 30w model which should be comparable to the 400w halogen she has now will cost about £35, and that got the thumbs down.

To be fair though, even if she only gets another 2 years out of one of these halogen ones, it's a fiver.

 

[Paul.M]

She was happy to pay £12 for a 10w model, but I'm not sure this would be bright enough - it's not to light a path only, it needs to light the back garden too. I explained that a 30w model which should be comparable to the 400w halogen she has now will cost about £35, and that got the thumbs down.

To be fair though, even if she only gets another 2 years out of one of these halogen ones, it's a fiver.

Stick with halogen in that case then. Just put a bit of silicone over the screws

 

[Geordie Spark]

Just put a self tapper in, for the money I would go armed with a replacement lamp. By the time you buy the tube.............

Talking about terminology ; I should of said filament lol.

.... and you should have said "I should HAVE said filament" an' all !! :lol:

 

[ruston]

It's the pills Geordie, me brain is scrambled.

 

[hightower]

That's just the way they speak up there - a fella I used to see in the club once said to me "dya leek crebs".

 

[Geordie Spark]

It's the pills Geordie, me brain is scrambled.

Ha!! .... tell me about it! :behead:

 

[ruston]

Aye , ye geet them roon the back o the clueb.

Crebs, that is.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Aye , ye geet them roon the back o the clueb.

Crebs, that is.

I see yer Ashington twang's coming on well.

 

[ruston]

Yes , Comrades version.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Yes , Comrades version.

Good lad. :sailor:

Refresh my memory cos it's shot to ribbons ...... Is there or was there an Ashington Central Club??

 

[ruston]

Yes , and it is still there, but gone the way of all flesh.

It was a busy rich club in it's day. It could be rough from time to time, mainly opening till closing.