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Philips 9w CFL lamp with built in LED nightlight Here's an unusual one for you all - while at first glance it appears like a standard Philips "Ecotone" lamp from the early 2000's, this lamp in fact hides a creative secret! Switch it on once, and all seems normal, but switch it on again and the CFL is replaced with the dim glow of an amber LED nightlight. Cool, isn't it? I'd been looking for one of these for quite some time so it's nice to finally have one.

Philips 9w CFL lamp with built in LED nightlight

Here's an unusual one for you all - while at first glance it appears like a standard Philips "Ecotone" lamp from the early 2000's, this lamp in fact hides a creative secret! Switch it on once, and all seems normal, but switch it on again and the CFL is replaced with the dim glow of an amber LED nightlight. Cool, isn't it? I'd been looking for one of these for quite some time so it's nice to finally have one.

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Album name:LAllenLighting / CFL lamps
Manufacturer:Philips
Type/Model:Nightlight Energy Saver
Wattage:9w
Date manufactured:2000s
Filesize:1129 KiB
Date added:18 Sep, 2024
Dimensions:2465 x 1677 pixels
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FrontSideBus   [19 Sep, 2024 at 05:18 PM]
Interesting concept!
LAllenLighting   [19 Sep, 2024 at 11:43 PM]
Yes indeed - not sure if it really caught on... Smile
Zelandeth   [20 Sep, 2024 at 11:14 AM]
It always struck me that they really should have had the operation sequence reversed - save having to unnecessarily start the fluorescent side of things a bunch of times.
dor123   [20 Sep, 2024 at 02:03 PM]
Switch on -> CFL -> Switch off and back on -> LED and repeated.
Keiron   [20 Sep, 2024 at 07:31 PM]
First time I've seen one of these
Flurofan96   [20 Sep, 2024 at 08:45 PM]
I got one back in 2018 from some second hand shop in Reading town centre. Sadly that shop closed shortly that year and I was gutted when it did so
Ash   [20 Sep, 2024 at 10:27 PM]
Switching the CFL on and off would not affect its life if it was programmed start, and switched off while still preheating. But in the 00s many CFLs were already made to instant start

At around 2002, i (back in my tweens) had in my room a bulkhead which i converted from GLS to PL-C 13 as a ceiling light (with the ballast wired remotely, inserted in series with the house wiring at a junction box upstream in the circuit). I did make a "night light" that had a similar effect - a small Neon (pulled out of some indicator in an appliance), that was just hanging on wires (with its resistor) inside the bulkhead besides the PL. It made just about the minimal light level to light up the room in the dark. I pulled an additional wire to control it with a 2-way switch, though due to the long wiring loop, it was glowing a little all the time. (visible just by itself, without lighting up the room)
Flurofan96   [21 Sep, 2024 at 02:55 PM]
That's such a cool project you did, Ash Cool and also I was thinking that mostly you would want the CFL bit to be used first as it would be used in a desk or ceiling main light Smile also the programmed preheat will defo preserve it

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