{"id":86,"date":"2012-03-03T04:23:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T03:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infobyte.hr\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2017-09-06T20:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T19:48:53","slug":"111-years-old-light-bulb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infobyte.hr\/blog\/86\/111-years-old-light-bulb\/","title":{"rendered":"111 years old light bulb"},"content":{"rendered":"At last, perfect replacement for Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail is available, called OE Classic - Click here to download!<\/a>

You know how things happen to break just a short time after the warranty runs out right? We’ve all heard stories how they don’t make things to last anymore.
\nYea right – but we live in modern times, today we can only make things better!<\/p>\n

Well, this story is about 111 years old light bulb – it’s called Centennial Bulb. And it is not the only long-lasting bulb, there are a few others but less known. Coincidence or better engineering? The latter, I believe.<\/p>\n

As it appears, the bulb has been continuously on for 111 years (since 1901) with just a handful of times being turned off for short period. That’s over 972360 hours. The irony is that it outlasted a couple of webcams that have been recording it. And that today’s so-called modern light bulbs are guaranteed to last for 1000 hours. In the early days light bulbs were guaranteed to last for 2500 hours (and then re-engineered to shorten life span instead of the opposite).<\/p>\n

Planned obsolescence anyone?<\/p>\n

It is not an amazing sight (especially their website) but it is worth seeing or perhaps even visiting the place.<\/p>\n

Take a look here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.centennialbulb.org<\/a><\/p>\n

And webcam sight:
\nhttp:\/\/www.centennialbulb.org\/cam.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

They certainly don’t make things like that anymore.<\/p>\n

Here is an interesting documentary on the topic:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I5DCwN28y8o<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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