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TimR
- Jan 1, 1970
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Trying to get a CFL to work in a pole lamp triggered an unrelated idea.
(the lamp is European; apparently there is a difference between E26 and E27fixtures that is just enough to make some brands of CFL work and others not. Wish I could figure out the right brand)
Anyway, there is no other way to screw in a CFL than by holding the tube itself. I just don't like doing that. It leaves finger dirt and oil on the glass, and while I've never broken one off this way it seems possible, especially unscrewing one that's been in the socket a while.
But, these are spiral shaped. It would be dead easy to have a screwdriver slot in the base that you could reach through the inside of the spiral tube.. That would make insertion easier, and solve the problem of getting a broken one out of a socket.
(the lamp is European; apparently there is a difference between E26 and E27fixtures that is just enough to make some brands of CFL work and others not. Wish I could figure out the right brand)
Anyway, there is no other way to screw in a CFL than by holding the tube itself. I just don't like doing that. It leaves finger dirt and oil on the glass, and while I've never broken one off this way it seems possible, especially unscrewing one that's been in the socket a while.
But, these are spiral shaped. It would be dead easy to have a screwdriver slot in the base that you could reach through the inside of the spiral tube.. That would make insertion easier, and solve the problem of getting a broken one out of a socket.