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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 11559611, member: 50&quot;]This is a &quot;what am I going to do with it&quot;. Use or pass it to a collector?</p><p><br /></p><p>What I know:</p><p>Mine looks like an average lightbulb but is very heavy.</p><p>It is a Sylvania Capsylite lightbulb, 60/120 the number appears to be J318 </p><p>It is approx 4¼&quot; in length </p><p>It weighs over 5 oz.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I don&#039;t know:</p><p>I don&#039;t seem to be able to find a similar bulb in the shape of mine or with the information stamped on the end in such a manner. For the most part the older ones seem to be a odd shapes and often with the adjusted wattage and more modern typeface.</p><p><br /></p><p>My sister handed it to me as she moved house years ago and said she thought it was really old and I liked old things so it was mine. That&#039;s it&#039;s history. It does still work.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know exactly if it would be of any collector interest or if I should just use it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545069[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]545070[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;ve found:</p><p>The Capsylite seems to be an early halogen bulb made by Sylvania introduced in the 1980s. I believe there is something about a diode to switch it inside which is why such heavy glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>This website has some information and this is the one they show.</p><p><a href="https://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec%20Sheets/TH%20DJ%20Q72MB19FR-E26-120%20Sylvania.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec%20Sheets/TH%20DJ%20Q72MB19FR-E26-120%20Sylvania.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec Sheets/TH DJ Q72MB19FR-E26-120 Sylvania.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://lamptech.co.uk/TH%20DJ.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://lamptech.co.uk/TH%20DJ.htm" rel="nofollow">https://lamptech.co.uk/TH DJ.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lamptech.co.uk/Images/TH%20Thumbnails/t%20TH%20DJ%20Q72MB19FR-E26-120%20Sylvania.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Sylvania</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>72W</b></font></p><p>Capsylite High Efficacy with Diode Rectifier</p><p>1989[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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