Do globes lose hearing power as they age?

[beatlloydy]

Hi all,

Just another thing I have noticed with 2 of my enclosures. The globes in there are 60Watt Edisons which have both been in for approx 2 months. The room is constant temperature and the Thermostat is the same...i.e...nothing has changed...However, over the last 2 days I have noticed a drop in temperature of approx 2 degrees.

Does anyone else have this issue with older globes...i.e..they are still working but not as efficient.

 

[Bretsta]

Hi all,

Just another thing I have noticed with 2 of my enclosures. The globes in there are 60Watt Edisons which have both been in for approx 2 months. The room is constant temperature and the Thermostat is the same...i.e...nothing has changed...However, over the last 2 days I have noticed a drop in temperature of approx 2 degrees.

Does anyone else have this issue with older globes...i.e..they are still working but not as efficient.

don't know what sydney has been like, but melbourne has had a drop in temp the past few days and i've had lower night temps (different globes than daytime for me) also, so may just be that.

 

[Renagade]

yes, they do loose output when they are about to blow due to age sometimes. murcury vapour, fluro, and MSRs even more so.

 

[beatlloydy]

just noticed my typo in the subject heading...I didnt know globes could hear That darn "r" key is too close to the "t" key.

 

[Renagade]

oh yeah, i didn't even notice.