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12-17-2009, 10:20 PM
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Did ya do it again this year?
Doug,
Just wondering if you decorated the tree again with tubes.... Seeing this auction made me think of you. http://tinyurl.com/yel87he Cheers,
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12-18-2009, 04:41 PM
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You know, I think that's a great idea. Not enough time this year, but I'll dig into those boxes of weak and bad tubes, and see what I can come up with for next year. Thanks for the idea, and Merry Christmas!
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12-19-2009, 08:17 PM
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As a CRT enthusiast, I am naturally attracted to glass bottles with phosphor and electrons inside, so the Sylvania fluorescent Christmas set has much appeal to me. This set was purchased by my parents in the late 40s.
Picture 1... The price is marked on the box, I am thinking that $6.85 was a lot to pay for a set of Christmas lights in the 40s. This set contains 1 blue, 1 green, 2 coral, 1 orchid and 2 maize colored bulbs . Picture 2... Just round white globes on an electrical cord... not much going on...sorta look like snowballs on the tree. Picture 3... Phosphor being excited by UV/ions/electrons...nice soft glow. Some of the bulbs are argon, some are neon, I am fairly certain that the green is P-1 phosphor, and perhaps the orange (coral) is just the color of the neon glowing diffused by a non-emitting white paint inside the bulb. Picture 4... Close-up of the Sylvania fluorescent bulb, rated at 4 watts, it has a current limit resistor in the base. jr Last edited by jr_tech; 12-19-2009 at 08:40 PM. Reason: add info & picture
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12-19-2009, 08:28 PM
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They still work!
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12-19-2009, 08:28 PM
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Those are outstanding! I would never have guessed that such a thing would have existed back then.
I'm pretty sure our light sets were the Royal brand. They had the "Royal Klip." But we had plain bulbs and bulbs with the bubbles. That would have been pretty pricey for so few bulbs in a string. They look pretty special. John
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12-19-2009, 10:22 PM
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A new one on me! Neat!
I had a few packs of GE 'snowball' bulbs. They were about that size, colored incandescent, sprayed with styrofoam. From the late 50s. Neat effect. I ended up selling them to make room for other jun...I mean, good stuff.
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12-20-2009, 09:50 PM
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Finally, a use for all of those old TV knobs!
Happy holidays, Phil Nelson 
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12-26-2009, 12:31 AM
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It is an animated .GIF file. The moving "emoticons" that you see in this forum are examples of animated .GIFs.
Using a tripod, I took two photos of the same subject using different lighting. The animated .GIF flips back and forth between the two pics. You can create these with various graphics programs, or by going to a website that lets you upload source images and build them into the final .GIF. Phil Nelson
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12-26-2009, 01:39 PM
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 These sets are getting hard to find and usually sell for $50-$100 on eBay. I have seen Royal, Sylvania, Miller, Polly and generic Sylvania (oem?) sets but never Noma ! I guess that would be a rare set of lights.  jr
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12-26-2009, 06:22 PM
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I can't help but note how the package reflects the days before PC nonsense: The term Christmas is twice prevalent, a three-wise-men graphic is prominent, there's even a star of Bethlehem, plus usage is correct "...they color only when 'lighted'" and of course they did spell fluorescent correctly. My well-to-do aunt had two sets of these fluorescents in the late forties, but try as I would, couldn't get her to drop a string my way. So, I hounded my parents for a year till they bought me a seven-light set of bubble lights. Treasured them for years. All, of course, before CT-100's...
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