Traditional lamps are made by multiple companies to international standards. Corn row lamps are not.
I once had a space full of EC
Parellipsphere fixtures. They were designed around a
halogen retrofit. By 1987 only Thorn lamps would fit, but they had a early failure issue. Other brands changed their design to solve the problem, they still fit fixtures using the old
incandescent, but then they no longer fit my lights.
@RickR You're preaching to the choir and you have my
FULL support. I too have baby-sat an aging inventory of both
Electro Controls Parellipshere zooms as well as their matching series of fixed focus ellipsoidals. I believe EC's entire series were initially designed around Sylvania's lamps (EGJ's come to mind) originally marketed with tall slender
clear glass tubes atop short
ceramic bases. Sylvania abandoned the physical design in favor of a newer shape with an identical
LCL but a much shorter
clear glass enclosure atop a much taller
porcelain base which would no longer
pass through the hole in EC's glass
reflector. Back in Christie Lites earliest days, when they were operating out of the rear of a music store via a narrow man-door down a trash filled back alley, my first Christie's salesman INSISTED the new
line of GE lamps he was now flogging would MOST ASSUREDLY fit in my antique Ellectro Controls Para's and, over the phone, assured me any fault was on
my part, that I HAD to be installing his pristine GE lamps incorrectly. I gave up pleading my case at my long distance expense, finally booked an appointment to drive through their narrow cluttered alley with one of my Para's in the rear of my 1970 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate
wagon, I advised my salesman I'd be trapped in my
wagon (as their alley was THAT NARROW) but assured him he'd find me parked in his alley immediately past his single man-door
blocking traffic and with one of my Para's inside my electrically operated rear window at his specified time awaiting him to materialize and show me the error of
my ways. I arrived slightly early, put her in
park and sat listening to my radio. My salesman peeked out his narrow windowless door and I lowered my rear window. It was indeed an
educational experience, but not for me as I sat there
blocking traffic and watching my KNOWLEDGEABLE salesman fumbling and wasting my time. He eventually inquired if I'd mind waiting while he took my Para inside to educate Doug or Huntley personally. I enjoyed the delicious moment then and still do now that you've recalled it for me. Thanks
@RickR for this afternoon's entertainment. I'm almost recalling my first Christie's salesman's name; this was long before Sani K. joined their team.
@DELO72 Are you mature enough to recall these lamps and their related issues
??
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
