Garden Spike Lights

[securespark]

Is there still a market for these?

IP43 PAR38 spike with Osram 80W lamp included.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

You might find a sucker on Fleabay or FB marketplace but I doubt it...can't remember the last time I saw a PAR38 anywhere

 

[securespark]

I may have passed them by and not registered them since then, but the last time I noticed one (apart from the PAR38 Thorn spotlight given to me to make a table lamp out of in 1977 -yes, a table lamp!), was in 1981.....!

 

[oldbutnotdead]

We retired the last ones at work in 1990. I might have them in the garage still if you needed spare lamps

 

[AdrianUK]

I used to have about 50 of these, all with 16A ceeform in & out, and a selection of coloured (Red, yellow, green, orange & some blue. But blue didn't really work too well)

We used to use them for temporary feature lighting in gardens when we'd provided the Entertainment in a marquee for a wedding reception or similar.

Bit of a PITA to setup but always looked good as night fell.

You can buy LED PAR38s - both colours and white.

I remember when a 'proper' PAR38 lamp was 150W......

 

[333rocky333]

Some older pubs still like the lamps for there dartboards.
fitted many Thorn ones in beer gardens in the past, or on conduit to light up swingsigns

http://www.streetlightonline.co.uk/Miniflood_Photographs.htm

https://picclick.co.uk/Thorn-Orb1150-Miniflood-Gargen-Light-124475598476.html

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154131070583?hash=item23e2ed7e77:g:eYgAAOSwjBNfgIPq

 

[Robin0577]

TLC still sell them, so I assume someone must still be buying them or they wouldn't bother. https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/PWPOS151.html

 

[JohnW2]

You might find a sucker on Fleabay or FB marketplace but I doubt it...can't remember the last time I saw a PAR38 anywhere

One of my bathrooms is still lit by three (wide beam angle) PAR38 'downlights'. The ceiling was so low (because of a raised floor to accommodate a sunken bath) that only something 'flush' was practical (if one did not want to hit one's head on the light fitting!) and, at the time (30+ years ago) recessed downlights (as we now know them) did not seem to be all that plentiful.

Kind Regards, John

 

[JohnW2]

TLC still sell them, so I assume someone must still be buying them or they wouldn't bother. https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/PWPOS151.html

Many places seem to still sell KnightsBridge and/or Greenbrook ones.

Kind Regards, John