240volt lighting ckt (single pole switch)

[tortuga]

My grandma had a floor-standing lamp that had a mogul-based center socket and three Edison-based sockets.

Those were cool old lamps
Was it like this one:

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[LarryFine]

I remember the glass being darker and more shaped, but the physical layout, yes.

I believe the center socket was 3-way. Were there 3-way mogul-based bulbs?

Either that, or the lamp as a whole: mogul only, Edisons only, both simultaneously.

 

[mbrooke]

Modern???? Edison invented them! That's why it is called Edison Base.

Or are you just referring to poorly made Edison base sockets in modern fixtures?

There are also Mogul-Base lamps, but again, not modern at all. They were common in the 1920s.

In the sense that they are still around. Perhaps a poor choice of words on my part- but Edison sockets would never be approved today if they were a new way of bringing power to light bulbs.

 

[jim dungar]

I believe the center socket was 3-way. Were there 3-way mogul-based bulbs?

Yes, the center mogul was usually 3-way, 50/100/150 was common. Most of these fixtures probably also had non-polarized plugs.

 

[mbrooke]

I remember the glass being darker and more shaped, but the physical layout, yes.

I believe the center socket was 3-way. Were there 3-way mogul-based bulbs?

Either that, or the lamp as a whole: mogul only, Edisons only, both simultaneously.

Yup, 3 way mogul base. They existed. The bulbs are still available.

https://www.amazon.com/S1822-Sylvania-Y14374-3-Way-Mogul/dp/B003ZTNCRQ/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2RBDN6340TNOW&dchild=1&keywords=100%2F200%2F300+watt+-+3+way+light+bulb&qid=1612205788&sprefix=100%2F200%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-6

 

[MD Automation]

I use one of these floor lamp every day still. Took this from my parents house in Brooklyn over 40 years ago when I moved out, and I bet it was easily over 30 years old at that point. Here is a quick pic with the shade and globe removed...



Yes - the center bulb is the large Mogul base - 100/200/300 watt 3-way. The 3 outside lamps are standard base and are controlled by a separate switch (the "wrong color" silver rotary replacement) seen. It has 4 positions - off, turns 1, then 2, then all 3 bulbs on.

All brass from top to bottom, just weighed it and it's over 20 lbs w/o the globe. I polish it up every decade. Works like a charm.

I recall re-wiring this as a kid. The old cloth covered spiral original was pretty scary to look at. I just checked, and it does not have a polarized plug on it now - so that's a new "to-do" thing for me