From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: the 100 year lightbulb
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:15:03 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: <ronkean at juno.com>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:08 AM
Subject: [WSFA] the 100 year lightbulb

>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:09:27 -0400 "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
> writes:
> > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/20/lightbulb.reut/index.html
> >
> > Still burning bright
> > Texas bulb first illuminated in 1908
>
> Another incandescent bulb, burning since 1901, can be seen at
>
> http://www.centennialbulb.org/  .

It's not hard:  just run a rather small amount of wattage through a
bulb/filament.  Use a dimmer switch.   You won't get much *useable light*,
but your bulb will last "forever".

--Ted White