A Light Bulb With Its Own Web Site

[barondave]

Gleaned from an article in the STrib on Ripley's Believe It Or Not:

A carbon-filament 4-watt light bulb has been burning in the Livermore, CA, fire department since 1901, making it the world's oldest-known working light bulb. It may be the only light bulb with its own web site. I've heard of this bulb before, and am still amazed. I'm also amazed that no one's ever turned it off.

Comments

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Heh. Is there any scientific explanation for it?

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

Incredibly thick carbon filament pushing a whole FOUR watts. :)


And of course its only turned off when they move it, its outlasted three different fire stations.