Remember me talking about some of the lamps I lost in my 2006 fire?  Well I found I had brought some of them up here and found them today.

Here is the list. They all still work,

All 20 watts unless otherwise noted


1 Sylvania Black ender White
1 GE Mazda 3500 white
1 Durolite Vitalite ( GE end caps)
1 Duro Test Vitalite ( Sylvania end caps ) the one with tens and tens of thousands of life with virtually no marking
1 Sylvania daylight with Lifeline style writing
1 Sylvania GTE CW
1 Sylvania GTE  D
1Westinghouse Black end with end banding
1 Service Long life Spectralite ( Vitalite imitator) made by Phillips
1 Phillips Daylight  non alto
1 17 watt T8 GE Starcoat 3500
1 Sylvania 24 inch T8 Cool White

Is the duro test and durolite tubes power twist style or just plain tubes?

Sigh, NO!  I lost my 20 and 40 watt power twists as well as my 2 30 watt Optima 32 lamps which appeared to have short electrodes like some earlier GE lamps did. 

You gonna tease us or post photos? 

Tease for now unless you wanna come over.....  I'm tempted to put my 2 cool green Sylvanias in one of the fixtures in the kitchen.... 

You do understand I have dial up internet...


The GE Mazda I lit up and left on for about 6 hours .... I went to town and came back and it was brighter than I thought it would be. It was at bright as the Sylvania black ender white. 

I find  my Westinghouse "Natural" lamps are pretty dim, and the GE rates them at 2200 lumens.  I guess I could get some GE ones, though they are Ecolux now, and pass the ban with 92 CRI, but unfortunately ECOLUX !