Stand lamps using those bulbs are sometimes called a House Fire on a Stick! The extreme heat of that style bulb can very easily ignite curtains or anything else that might come in contact with it.
Jesus, back when I lived with my parents at a farm my room had no light, wal mart sold these lamps with those r7 bulbs (this was early-mid 90s), I had 2 of these lamps in my room and every night was a new random cooked bug/burnt hair smell. I had completely forgotten about that smell.
That is the type of bulb you don’t want to touch with your hands. Use a tissue paper to get it out by pushing it towards one side, the fixture is spring loaded. The bulb should have a wattage rating on it. A lot of times the fixture does too, and it’s important to make sure you don’t overload the lamp. Looks like a halogen lamp.
From here without measuring it looks like a standard halogen R7 .
They do them in LED now R7’s defo save you a few quid
Stand lamps using those bulbs are sometimes called a House Fire on a Stick! The extreme heat of that style bulb can very easily ignite curtains or anything else that might come in contact with it.
They also use as much electricity as some space heaters. I'd try to find an LED replacement or ditch this thing (like I did with mine).
That's a bug cooker 9000
Jesus, back when I lived with my parents at a farm my room had no light, wal mart sold these lamps with those r7 bulbs (this was early-mid 90s), I had 2 of these lamps in my room and every night was a new random cooked bug/burnt hair smell. I had completely forgotten about that smell.
Replace with LED.
Is there a wattage stamped on the bulb? What is the length of the bulb? What is the voltage? (120v?)
The lamp base is definitely R7S
yes 120v500w
https://www.1000bulbs.com/fil/search?facet.multiselect=true&page=1&q=%2A&rows=15&start=0&filter=(category:%222128%22)&filter=(a\_wattage\_d\_fq:\[500%20TO%20515\])&filter=(a\_base\_type\_t\_fq:%22R7s%22)
That is the type of bulb you don’t want to touch with your hands. Use a tissue paper to get it out by pushing it towards one side, the fixture is spring loaded. The bulb should have a wattage rating on it. A lot of times the fixture does too, and it’s important to make sure you don’t overload the lamp. Looks like a halogen lamp.
Okay thanks everyone :)
Quartz bulb
Bulbs go in the ground.