Incandescent bulbs

[El Rat]

Was under the brown biscuit with my semi modern day drop light (fluorescent) and couldn’t help thinking about how many incandescent bulbs I broke during the early days...100s probably. What say you?

 

[1958 delivery]

or got burned by them

 

[bobs409]

They don't call them "drop lights" for nothing!

 

[blkblk63ss]

I say beside 's burning arms , hair on your head, burning carpet in cars, dropping them and popping ,yes they are worthless. I got to where if I did under dash work for a long period, I would string a extension cord and plug in a florescent light. No burning .

 

[bobs409]

 

[4onthefloor]

I still have a scar from an old metal drop light. Holy crap that hurt

 

[64ss409]

For about a year I have been using a 100w rough service LED bulb. Nice and bright and stays cool.

 

[1964SuperStocker]

I don't have anything but LEDs. My entire house, shop, security lights are LED. Its great. my $1 LED bulb has yet to break in my drop light. I'll throw it around when I get home and see how it does.

 

[skipxt4]

I remember, back in the late 60's, a local Mobil station, where we used to get our gas, burned down, because of a incandescent bulb. A mechanic left a droplight, hanging under a motor, with a dripping Fuel Pump, then had to go outside and take care of Gas customer's. In about 15 minutes, the whole bay was on fire.

 

[nana1962409]

If I am remembering correctly one of those lights being dropped and breaking the bulb is what caused the feed mill to explode years back in the town just north of me.

 

[blkblk63ss]

Yep, working in a dealership you would hear a light hit the floor,pop quite often. Parts guy would lay a bulb out . Even more scary was when someone was pulling a fuel tank with car on lift and some gas dribbles on floor and they drop the light. I saw it happen once ,guy was lucky.