5W Screw-In Strobe Light Bub, retail $12.99 (Spirit Needle*...er...uh...Spirit HALLOWEEN)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 09-19-10
This is a "light bulb" that you screw into almost any E-26 or E-27 medium screw base household light receptacle (or simply "light socket" if you prefer); but instead of giving off a steady light, this "bulb" flashes at a rate of 0.333Hz to 0.500Hz (anywhere between 20 and 30 flashes per minute).
It has a real xenon flashtube inside; e.g., it is a *TRUE* strobe.
* There's a Digimon episode called "Spirit Needle", from season 2.
Here, let's prove that with this screen dump:
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Just replace that boring old incandescent bulb in almost any household "light socket" with this one -- that's all there is to it.
The only warnings I have are...
1: You must ***NOT*** use this bulb in a fixture controlled by a photoelectric ("day/night") sensor or one that uses or is connected to a dimmer switch. This bulb will rapidly (and possibly quite spectacularly) fail if this is done...you don't want baby zebra tarantulas, stag beetle grubs (larvae), or Atlas moth caterpillars (larvae)...I mean YOU DON'T WANT AN UNWANTED FIRE!!!
2: Strobe lights can cause epilectic seizures in some people.
This product is not battery-powered, so I do not have to tell you which part to remove, huck into a cemetary, and then rather emphatically tell you not to.
This is a strobe light bulb meant to be screwed into a household light receptacle, not a flashlight meant to be bashed, thrashed, trashed, and abused; I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the toylet bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a porch, use a medium claw hammer in order to smash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoņata, drop it down the top of Mt. Erupto (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piņata " too much again - candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout (located at Piņata Central), with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; the cannoņata (also located at Piņata Central) is only used to shoot piņatas to piņata parties away from picturesque Piņata Island, and Mt. Erupto is an active volcano on Piņata Island {In the episode "Les Saves the Day...Again", Paulie Preztail says "Hey, ever wonder why this park's called 'Mount Erupto' anyway?", then Franklin Fizzlybear says "I think its an old native term. Means 'very safe.'" }), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analysis, or inflict upon it punishments that flashlights may have inflicted upon them.
In fact, those photographs, plus the spectrographic analysis and video located directly below may be pretty much "it".
Photograph of the blub in my bedside lamp.
Attempted barbecue...er...uh...attempted PHOTOGRAPH of the unit discharging (flashing).
Spectrographic analysis of this strobe light blub.
USB2000 spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.
Video clip on YourTube allowing you to see the product flashing.
***VERY IMPORTANT!!!!***
This video shows irregular flashing (both in intensity and frequency) that is not visible to the unaided eye -- this is because the camera's shutter works differently than the eye does.
This clip is approximately 8.1007465811 megabytes (8,233,416 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than forty minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
This video shows the 5 Watt Strobe Screw-In Light Blub in action; this time it shows a room as it might appear when this bulb is going in it.
***VERY IMPORTANT!!!!***
This video shows irregular flashing (both in intensity and frequency) that is not visible to the unaided eye -- this is because the camera's shutter works differently than the eye does.
This clip is approximately 6.6477234120 megabytes (6,854,810 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than thirty three minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
I cannot provide either video in other formats, so please do not ask.
TEST NOTES:
Test unit of this plus two other Halloween products was purchased at a Spirit Halloween store in Federal Way WA. USA on 09-14-10 (or "14 Sep 2010" if you prefer).
UPDATE: 00-00-00
MANUFACTURER: Unknown
PRODUCT TYPE: Strobe (xenon) screw-in "bulb"
LAMP TYPE: Xenon flashtube
No. OF LAMPS: 1
BEAM TYPE: Toroidal, 360°X-axis; ~150° Y-axis
SWITCH TYPE: N/A
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: N/A; xenon flashtube protected by prismatic plastic diffuser
BATTERY: N/A
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure (labelled as 55mA)
WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: No
SUBMERSIBLE: FOR CHRIST SAKES NOOOOOO!!!
ACCESSORIES: 3 AA cells
SIZE: 4.750" T x 2.0" L x 2.0" W
WEIGHT: Unable to weigh
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China
WARRANTY:
PRODUCT RATING:
This is a seasonal product, and will not be rated for that reason.
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