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bulb & plug

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A simple light with the basic elements: a bulb and a plug. Simple design. Convenient to change bulbs. Easy to control the brightness by the number of bulbs.

by: Hee Yong Shin
licence: Unknown / Not defined
tags: plug bulb light minimal white

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6 Comments for: “bulb & plug”

JarFil Says:

The reason for having to screw in a bulb, is for the bulb not to fall accidentally. I wouldn’t like one of these plugged-in bulbs to suddenly get loose for whatever reason.
Jay Says:

Could you have a twist-and-lock system half-way down the bulb base, similar to car signal light bulbs except with the locking posts on a ring, instead of attached to the bulb permanently? Adding the ring should not interfere with the same safe, internal connection this idea currently has.

I’m also wondering about convenience. Consider having two to four of these about your den. If you have ‘company’ and wished to turn down the lighting qickly, this means leaving them about or finding a place to store the bulbs. The former leaving them to be potentially broken, the latter taking up valuable ‘company’ time. Could a master switch be used and secondary switches (maybe twisting the locking ring to another notch?) added to control individual bulbs. This would allow the configuration to be left as-is when, say, you used three bulbs and placed it upside-down so that the bulbs act as a tripod, holding the base up. (assuming that the bulbs are low wattage, low heat) The configurations are limited only by the number of sides and the total wattage used.

Would the base be weighted to prevent it from tipping and shattering the bulb?

I really like the minimalist approach to this design. I would use this concept in my livingroom.
zack Says:

a lot of compact fluorescent bulbs actually “snap” into the sockets, so I think that might even eliminate the need for an extra ring.

You would definitely need some type of dimmer or step switch to make turning individual bulbs on and off more convenient. And, I’m not exactly sure how it would work, but it also might be kind of cool to use a mercury switch, and maybe be able to rotate the whole fixture to make individual bulbs turn on or off…
John D Says:

We have seen almost exactly this on sale here in France! Maybe not quite as clever as some of your suggestions regarding tilt switches etc., but a basic light-bulb with a right-angle plug as its base, so you can just plug it into a switched wall socket for instant localised lighting. I’m pretty sure it was at our local branch of Lidl.
John D Says:

p.s. I just regret now that I didn’t buy any, or I would have had one to actually put its picture up here for you.
Beowulf Says:

I need this plug for my PC )
Looking good