No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my >bacon more than once. My first university room had a defective worn out >anglepoise lamp with a live chassis! I found it before it found me.
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:37:16 +0000, Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my
bacon more than once. My first university room had a defective worn out
anglepoise lamp with a live chassis! I found it before it found me.
I had an old all-metal Vornado desk fan try that on me. Did get
chewed, but just enough to get my attention.
I had not heard of Anglepoise, so I looked it up. It very much
resembled the Luxo lamps that I bought in the early 1970s and still
have and use to this day.
So I wondered what the story was. It turned out that the Norwegian
lighting company Luxor bought a manufacturing licence from Anglepoise,
and slightly improved it, selling in the US and Europe. making a
goodly fortune.
.<https://design-technology.org/jacobjacobsen.htm>
This history also explains why the Luxo lamps (US arm of Luxor) were
metric, even in the 1970s, which mystified me because I didn't realize
that Luxo was from Norway - the sales literature didn't mention that.
Joe Gwinn
Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:37:16 +0000, Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my >>> bacon more than once. My first university room had a defective worn out
anglepoise lamp with a live chassis! I found it before it found me.
I had an old all-metal Vornado desk fan try that on me. Did get
chewed, but just enough to get my attention.
I had not heard of Anglepoise, so I looked it up. It very much
resembled the Luxo lamps that I bought in the early 1970s and still
have and use to this day.
So I wondered what the story was. It turned out that the Norwegian
lighting company Luxor bought a manufacturing licence from Anglepoise,
and slightly improved it, selling in the US and Europe. making a
goodly fortune.
.<https://design-technology.org/jacobjacobsen.htm>
This history also explains why the Luxo lamps (US arm of Luxor) were
metric, even in the 1970s, which mystified me because I didn't realize
that Luxo was from Norway - the sales literature didn't mention that.
Joe Gwinn
+1. I’ve had Luxo incandescent/fluorescent lamps on my desk and lab bench
for 35 years now.
These days I usually have LED bulbs in them, except when using them for
shot noise measurements.
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