Lightbulb Technology: A bulb burning for the past 96 years.

[aTOMiC]

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I'd like to know why I can't buy a light bulb that lasts 2 months let alone 96 years. What am I missing? Has the lore to long lived lightbulbs been lost?

[matrixman]

96 straight years?!

I agree, the lore for long-lived bulbs must have been lost. The knowledge may even have been included in Kevin's Wards, but, alas, they are forever beyond our reach.

[I'm Murrin]

Part of it will be the fact it never gets turned on and off - the most damage to a filament is done when you first turn it on. That's why bulbs tend to go right as you flick the switch.

[Revan]

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I'd like to know why I can't buy a light bulb that lasts 2 months let alone 96 years. What am I missing? Has the lore to long lived lightbulbs been lost?

I reckon they put it in. left the house for 95 years and 364 days, then came back.

[ZefaLefeLaH]

True Murrin, also the filiments were of a much larger width back then. The question begs to be asked, "Why have thin ones now?"

Well, if it heats up too much, it breaks. Imagine having a child with a lamp under a blanket for a little while.


Now we have better technology, but those lights cost too much money for us commoners to buy.

[Loredoctor]

96 straight years?!

I agree, the lore for long-lived bulbs must have been lost. The knowledge may even have been included in Kevin's Wards, but, alas, they are forever beyond our reach.