My 70 - 80 year old Philips Light Bulb Still going strong

This is my 240v 30 watt Philips Light Bulb, that i got from an online auction, still goes like new.
I collect light bulbs, abd will be posting videos of my various other electric lamps, so keep an eye out.

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[hitachi088]

those are 500W i think.

[nzoomed]

@hitachi088

No, its not that big! lol

It would be a very large bulb otherwise! this one is marked 30w, but i also have others marked 60w and 25w.

[migette1]

These rare bulbs need loving care to extend there life while lighting them I find using a Variac (variable transformer) and slowly bring these up to 70 percent of there rated voltage or even less then that on very early examples Tantalum filaments and carbons. Hope these notes help

[nzoomed]

@migette1

i very rarely turn them on, ive got many carbon filament bulbs older than this and have only had them on for a few mins, ive been too scared to leave them on for a lengthy period of time incase it does blow, but i do know that having them for a short period of time is not good either, some peop;e connect them in series with another light bulb to act as a series current limiter which is supposed to help lower current and/or voltage.

[SeberHusky]

I guess there is a collector's market for old light bulbs?

[nzoomed]

@SeberHusky

quite possibly, but collectors are very few, they dont seem to sell for as much as i would expect.

[Dutch3DMaster]

True Dutch quality from when Philips was a well respected company.

Today Eindhoven isn't the "city of lights" anymore...

[DrMotorDude]

There is a fire house in NYC with one of the last working Edison bulbs. It was put in when they wired the electricity and as of last year it was still on.

[layziebone2152]

It is not very often for light bulbs to blow while they're on, almost always when they're first powered on. This is simply to due to the lower resistance of the filament when first turning it on. As one pointed out, use a variable switch or power supply the gradually turn the light bulb on, this will greatly increase the life of the bulb whether new or antique.

[ninjaslave2]

lol :)

[robertgift]

@migette1 looking forward to seeing your neons.

Why does this old bulb appear to flicker? Camcorder exposure constantly readjusting?

[migette1]

Hopefully I will be getting a camcorder soon and hope to post the odd video, as you can guess I am new to YT but cant wait to get started, hoping to get a collection of various neons, thanks for reply

[zaxtor]

@nzoomed Light bulb can also last long if is kept on all the time.

When you turn off and on you give the filament a shock and it shorten its life.

Light bulb in that fire station is the world's oldest bulb and is 110 years old and still working.

Livermore's Centennial Light Bulb been only turned off like few times.

And for 2009 it haven't been turned off for 32 years.

[svtcontour]

Its such a beautiful bulb. I'd love to have one.