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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

100 and 120 watt incandescent lamps were common as well at E27

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Common?

    If we're talking just at home, I'd have to disagree. But yeah I think probably fairly commonplace for industrial use maybe?

    I don't recall ever seeing a single one being sold back when I used to be sent out for lightbulbs, because incandescents popping so often were a designed feature and as a kid I wasn't going into proper hardware stores.

    40w and peeeerhaps 60w would be the most common ones, I'd say. Might vary ofc depending on where and who and when. But for like general house use in Finland I'd say those were definitely the most common ones. I'm guessing that's sort of why lamps have the "most 40w" so that people use at most the 40w incandescent if someone still has those? Because newer ones draw so much less, there's no need to design the schematics so that it can take 120w when most LED bulbs range from 7-15.

    I'm talking 40% of my arse so please do correct me for the mistakes I think I must have made

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    E27 100w incandescent bulbs were common in the US until the switch to LED. Looks like you can even still buy them, but at this price I'm guessing they're new old stock that's been hoarded to resell later: https://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-100-Watt-Basic-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-GE-41034-1710-lumen-A19/150144812

    Buuut the European grid runs at 230V, while the American grid runs at 120V (240V enters the home with a +120V and a -120V rail, and most circuits are attached across one of those and a neutral, except for high power appliance circuits).

    So our 100W bulbs are the equivalent of 50W European bulbs.

    I'm glad everything's labeled in lumens now.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh right, true, forgot about that.

    Yeah ours is 230v and high power connections like stoves can utilise up to 480v I believe.

    My sauna uses 400v for example.

    Lumens are simpler when it comes to lighting, yeah. No more "equivalent to X watts" bullshit from marketing people if the general public understood lumens.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here they come built-in to pretty much every apartment. Most apartment buildings built after like 1995 have them.

    Even small student studios might have one.

    I live in one of the worst areas in my city, in what is basically the cheapest available rental apartments. And I have a sauna.

    And if your apartment doesn't have one, the building certainly will and you can reserve it for yourself.

    And all houses definitely have saunas.

    We have more saunas than cars in Finland.

    Sauna to cold fjord water would be great, highly recommend. (Though we don't have fjords, we do have cold water.)

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