Tungsten lighting (and fluorescent)

[alistermorton]

We tried those. Rubbish. I guess its the end of our codas and nocturnes, too.

[Stuart91]

We tried those. Rubbish. I guess its the end of our codas and nocturnes, too.

 

I was similarly disappointed with some "Megaman" branded replacements.I'm not sure if there's enough of a market to justify development of any better solutions, most people will simply replace security floods with new models and as someone mentioned above many of them are rusting away to nothing anyway.

 

One advantage of the linear halogen bulbs is that they're relatively inexpensive, so you could buy up enough stock to keep your Codas for quite a while yet. I wonder what sort of shelf life the bulbs themselves have?

[DrV]

We tried those. Rubbish. I guess its the end of our codas and nocturnes, too.

A friend of mine is working on a retrofit for Codas so don't chuck'em out just yet. He's well down the road with a mod for his large stock of Patt 123s too and the results are excellent.

[adam2]

We tried those. Rubbish. I guess its the end of our codas and nocturnes, too.

 

I was similarly disappointed with some "Megaman" branded replacements.I'm not sure if there's enough of a market to justify development of any better solutions, most people will simply replace security floods with new models and as someone mentioned above many of them are rusting away to nothing anyway.

 

One advantage of the linear halogen bulbs is that they're relatively inexpensive, so you could buy up enough stock to keep your Codas for quite a while yet. I wonder what sort of shelf life the bulbs themselves have?

 

I suspect that these very popular 500 watt linear halogen lamps will be around long after the ban. Note for example the number of 100 watt GLS lamps that are still on sale, many years after these were banned.

 

It would however be prudent to buy a large stock for just in case. I would expect the shelf life to be almost infinite, centuries at least, if kept in clean dry conditions.

 

 

[the kid]

My very strange supplier locally has tonnes of odd stuff. no 500w r7s, but they have got 300w.

 

and some interesting LED dimmable ones.

 

https://www.lamportillallt.se/sv/sok/r7s

[Yorkie]

My very strange supplier locally has tonnes of odd stuff. no 500w r7s, but they have got 300w.

 

and some interesting LED dimmable ones.

 

https://www.lamportillallt.se/sv/sok/r7s

The 500W was replaced by the 400W with a similar lumen output a few years back, the 150 with 120, etc

[AncientLight]

For those who don't know, GE have stopped marketing tungsten entertainment lamps. However, the company that manufactured them for GE is continuing to produce them, so most T class, HPL, and CP class will still be available for a some time.