Electrical Safety on Christmas in Years Gone By.

[lai...@wcoil.com]

Electrical Safety came up recently on both groups. As we are coming up on
Christmas I thought I would share a couple of pictures. I picked up a
very old set of Christmas lights recently for $4.50. The set is so old
that there is not a normal plug. They are set up to screw into a light
socket. The bulbs are tipped blown glass with little single loop
filaments.
Well in any case look at the two attached photos. Make sure to read the
instructions on what to do if the set doesn't light!!!! Anybody got a
nail? Nothing about not checking them while taking a bath either...
How times have changed.
Tim Laing

[Instrument Resources of America]

It does mention the word 'emergency',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,at the end!!! Ira.

[Jeff Thomas]

Wow, a subject area I still have some interest in :)

I began collecting antique Christmas lamps in the 60's, and continued up to about 1990.
Germany was a big producer in the 20's and 30's, and then moved to Japan.
The clear glass painted envelope lamps from Germany often used a carbon filament.

We have wall mounted display cases for some of the more interesting and rare lamps. And frequently decorate the tree with them.

Jeff

[John Rehwinkel]

> Wow, a subject area I still have some interest in :)

And I as well!

> I began collecting antique Christmas lamps in the 60's, and continued up to about 1990.
> Germany was a big producer in the 20's and 30's, and then moved to Japan.
> The clear glass painted envelope lamps from Germany often used a carbon filament.
>
> We have wall mounted display cases for some of the more interesting and rare lamps. And frequently decorate the tree with them.

That is a nice display, Jeff!

The local hardware store up until this year offered replacement C6 bulbs, which pleased me. I don't see them out this year. This hardware store is a wonderful relic from the past, with rows of little drawers all the way up to the 22 foot high pressed tin ceiling. They still have and use their old-style light bulb testers, including one for fluorescent tubes and starters.

- John

[Instrument Resources of America]

Very nice collection, and display. Congrats. I myself would be afraid
to handle them. Ira.

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[Michel van der Meij]

Put a nail in the socket :-). I guess in USA it's less likely you end up with a toe tag than in Europe, but still, just the thought of putting that into the "fault finding" procedures......

 

 

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[lai...@wcoil.com]

Neat pictures, thanks for sharing. It must of taken a lot of work to
collect all those bulbs!
Tim L.

[Tom Harris]

I used to buy globes in an old style radio shop when I lived in England. Each globe would be taken out of its package and tested in front of the customer. I never bought tubes (valves to Brits) but there was an enormous tube tester with every sort of socket including 4 pin. And he had a Nixie clock in the front window that received the LF signal from Rugby.

Tom Harris <celep...@gmail.com>

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