But which has changed?I think that this is a good illustration of how the changes in terminology/vocabulary which have occurred can result in total confusion!
I would think the term stems from the oil lamp or gas lamp, where the whole thing was the lamp and whose individual parts would not work on their own.Just as with my "table lamps", "standard lamps", "inspection lamps" and "headlamps", the "lamp" to which the OP was referring was a fitting/luminaire, not a "lamp which one plugs into the lamp" (aka a bulb!)!
Well, in the past they certainly would have been correct ... but someone has subsequently done some 're-defining'. ....That people call lots of things lamps these days does not mean they are correct.
Perhaps, now - but, as above, in most cases only because someone decided to change the language. I will agree that "headlight" and "headlamp" always seem to have been interchangeable - but your are old enough to know that "table lamp" (and many other types of "lamp") and "lamp post" originally meant.Perhaps your "table lamp" is not a lamp but a table light which contains a lamp.
Perhaps a car "head lamp" is a headlight which contains a lamp.
Perhaps a "lamp post" supports a street light which contains a lamp.
"Change back", you mean? If so, I agree - but it is unusual to find you supporting a change in meaning/use of words! Having said that, virtually every 'ordinary' person I know still talks of "bulbs", so nothing needs to be "changed back" for them!Just call the bit that produces the light the lamp and use another word for the rest of the fitting. Either way nothing is going to change.
We have 2 identical light fittings in our bedroom. Each fitting carries 3 x G9 Halogen.
If the G9 capsules are not enclosed, then I disagree that they are good quality.
Very few are enclosed.
Jolly good.I meant enclosed by the luminaire.
I refer the Honourable Gentleman to posts #26 and #27.I await with interest your explanation of how the quality of a G9 capsule is affected by whether or not the luminaire encloses it.
I think BAS's point was that the 'quality' of a G9 capsule is a characteristic of that capsule, and is not affected by whatever fitting it is put into.I refer the Honourable Gentleman to posts #26 and #27.
I'm sure it was.I think BAS's point was that the 'quality' of a G9 capsule is a characteristic of that capsule, and is not affected by whatever fitting it is put into.
Indeed, and on this occasion I have to agree with him!I'm sure it was.
If you need to find a tradesperson to get your job done, please try our local search below, or if you are doing it yourself you can find suppliers local to you.
Select the supplier or trade you require, enter your location to begin your search.
Are you a trade or supplier? You can create your listing free at DIYnot Local