[AT] Talking about lights

[Larry Goss]

It's a good thing you got those lanterns, Charlie.  Lehman's Hardware in Kidron, Ohio, had a flash flood last week and lost a bunch of inventory.  In one photo there were pickle crocks strewn everywhere.  I was relieved to notice that all their ice cream freezers were safely stored above the level of water in the building.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011 14:59
Subject: Re: [AT] Talking about lights
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Ralph,   I just bought two brand new kerosene lanterns 
> a couple of months 
> ago on sale.  You just never know.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 2:45 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Talking about lights
> 
> On 3/6/2011 9:42 AM, Dan Folske wrote:
> >
> > I don't mind the CFL's in the house but I tried a few 
> different ones in my
> > barn a couple of years ago and they weren't any good at all. 
> In cold
> > temperatures they took so long to light up that I had to just 
> leave them 
> > on
> > all night during calving and I didn't get any longer life out 
> of them than 
> > I
> > had been getting out of the old incandescent bulbs. I hope 
> they get them 
> > to
> > come on decently in cold temps before the old style are gone. 
> Another 
> > option
> > which might work but which I haven't yet seen at a reasonable 
> price in the
> > larger sizes are the LED's.
> >
> > Even in the house the CFL's weren't a perfect replacement. We 
> had quite a
> > few closed globe type fixtures. Even though the CFL's don't 
> produce as 
> > much
> > heat we found that when we put them in the globes they didn't 
> last any
> > longer than an incandescent. Finally tried them without the 
> globes and
> > haven't replaced one since.
> >
> > Dan Folske
> People are pretty tired of winter here too Dan. I don't know for sure
> where we stand on phasing out the incandescents but I am 
> starting to
> think maybe I should stock up on them while I can. My barn and 
> sheds all
> have them. I'm pretty sure flourescents would never start up 
> here in
> these winter temps.  I have a couple of the quartz/halogen 
> lights in the
> sheds , not sure where they fit in with the future of lighting.
> Might have to get grandpa's coal oil lanterns out if all else fails.
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
> 
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