Longest running bulb!

There is a light bulb in Livermore California that has been burning since 1901. The Shelby Electric Company made the bulb. It was hand blown and then outfitted with a carbon filament. It has about 4 watts of light. The fire department claims that the bulb is at least 108 years old and has only been

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Edison not the first?

Edison did not invent the first electric light bulb, but instead invented the first commercially practical incandescent light. Many earlier inventors had previously devised incandescent lamps, including Alessandro Volta’s demonstration of a glowing wire in 1800 and inventions by Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans. Others who developed early and commercially impractical incandescent electric lamps included

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Occupancy Sensor Allows More Facilities To Benefit

Extended Height Occupancy Sensor Allows More Facilities To Benefit From Digital Control Solutions July 19, 2013 WattStopper has released a new Digital Lighting Management (DLM) extended height passive infrared (PIR) occupancy sensor that gives specifiers more flexibility when designing control solutions for spaces with 20’ to 40’ ceiling heights. The new LMPC-100-5 supports customer requests

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Energy Efficiency: Light Bulb Wars Roar Back Into House Of Representatives

Written by Tina Casey – July 14, 2013 Hold on to your seat belts, the light bulb wars have just blown up again. Light bulbs, as you may recall, have become a perennial excuse for certain federal legislators to whip up the conservative base, by railing again new federal energy efficiency standards. The new standards have

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New Tennessee Plant Latest Milestone in Magneti Marelli’s Boom

PULASKI, TN – The future appears bright for Magneti Marelli, as the 94-year-old global supplier expects to accelerate a recent growth binge that saw its global lighting sales swell 13% to €2.1 billion ($2.7 billion) last year. The latest evidence of its growth curve comes in September, when a newly minted lighting production plant here

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New Infrared LED Light Bar for Extreme Environments from Larson Electronics

Kemp, Texas (PRWEB) July 17, 2013 The LEDLB-40X2ET-IR LED Light Bar from Larson Electronics is designed for use in extreme environments and provides operators with a compact fixture capable of producing an infrared beam of light reaching over 1300 feet in length, making it ideal for demanding military and off road vehicle applications where night vision devices

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