Sounds like a strange question, I know.
I have a smaller 120v incandescent light bulb that has sentimental value and it has burned out. Is there any little specialty companies that can do such a repair. I know there is a vacuum inside the bulb, and I have also considered an LED retrofit. But ideally I would like it repaired. Can it be done?
2007-11-14 15:45:46 · 10 answers · asked by frank 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
As for the 'sentimentality'
This light bulb was owned by Abraham Lincoln. He loved it. Took it everywhere. Now it just sits here on my desk, not lighting up anything.
"A waste..." Honest Abe would say.
I just can't sleep knowing this predicament is just feet away as I sleep, not lighting up anything.
2007-11-14 16:49:07 · update #1
FYI Abe Lincoln actually was in possession of one of the first "light bulb" prototypes. How do you think the North won the war? All thanks to good ole' Doc Gordon
Dentist, light bulb inventor.
2007-11-14 17:01:15 · update #2
It was a joke. Honest Abe never owned this poor burned out bulb. But my question was not.
2007-11-16 04:54:49 · update #3
I really don't think so.....at least I've never heard of such a thing....
2007-11-14 15:49:01 · answer #1 · answered by GUARD DOG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
floyd b: check this out man, it is a bulb history: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllight2.htm
1854 - 1875 many prototypes of the light bulb made
Lincoln Born on date: Feb. 12, 1809 died: April 14, 1865
Ok, if it is the real deal, those bulbs were made to last many years. The filamints are thick and strong... unlike the ones today... the new ones are made for a short life span. Can you go get it fixed? I know of NO place that i have ever heard of that would do that. And if they would, the price would be tremendous.
So, just take the bulb and put it up womewhere so it don't get broken or thrown away.
2007-11-15 17:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by JON B the EMT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CFL lightbulbs do not cause cancer. Yes, they contain a small amount of mercury, that can be disposed of properly at your husband's store, among other places. Even if they are not disposed of properly, the amount of mercury released by the environment by an improperly dispsosed-of CFL is less than the mercury that would have been emitted by the emissions from an electric power plant from the electricity saved over it's useful life. If you want to really go green you can use LED lights and avoid mercury altogether - and since you'll probably say they're too expensive, so were CFLs when they first came out, over time they will become more affordable. Plus you should be aware that the "lightbulb law" was signed by George W. Bush, not "B. Hussein Obama" as you put it. Your "question" as you put it doesn't make sense - the two issues are not mutually exclusive. If you want to try and make the public aware of earthship housing - you can go ahead and do it! Requiring energy-efficient lighting doesn't prevent you or anyone else from doing so.
2016-05-23 05:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would a bulb have sentimental value? I just changed a bulb in my garage which finally burned out after 30 years service It had a brass base but screwed into an aluminum socket. After several oaths, The whole darned kaboodle had to come down and be replaced. So much for sentimentality.
2007-11-14 15:57:59 · answer #4 · answered by googie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possible........you would have to cut the glass off the old base with something like an abrasive wheel on a dremel tool then epoxy the glass (retrofit) over the new LED light assembly...
is there a Company that does such a thing??............you would probably be met with a lot of laughs.but if it is a "Sentimental piece.I can see the point behind it..
2007-11-14 15:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by Richard G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There may be some one some where that could fix it for you but I don't think that you would want to go through the trouble & cost that it would take.
Abe's light bulb?
I think you have gone off the deep end.
Check out when the first light bulb was made.
2007-11-14 16:50:37 · answer #6 · answered by Floyd B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably should've just kept it in a safe place and not use it. Sentimental value or not, you must've known it wouldn't work forever.
I don't know if you could repair it , and if so, where, but whatever the answer, I hope you find what you're looking for. Keep looking, maybe you will be able to find a place, or even just a person who will be able to help you get the light back.
Good luck.
2007-11-14 15:54:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. you might want to consider getting that sentimental attachment thing repaired, though..
2007-11-14 16:39:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you repair it, it will not have the same value.
2007-11-14 18:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-11-14 15:50:11 · answer #10 · answered by Bobo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋