Ceramic E27 Festoon Lampholder - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

newlite4 · 15th Feb 2022, 10:36 am

I am sure that many of us have encountered these before, but this one has the unusual distinction of having an advertising/property logo under the glaze. I have tried to find out where this could be from. The only reference to "The Reptile Zone" that I can find is a pet shop with attached mini zoo in Filton, Bristol about 16 miles away. Interestingly, a small spider crawled out once I had undone the holder for cleaning, perhaps one of the former residents of The Reptile Zone

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Neil

McMurdo · 15th Feb 2022, 11:12 am

for a heat lamp, I presume for someone's pet snake.

G6Tanuki · 15th Feb 2022, 1:58 pm

Yes, we had one similar for use with a Tortoise-warming infrared lamp.

Similar things are still in widespread use at this time of year by shepherds/farmers who use IR heat-lamps to warm-up sickly lambs in the lambing-sheds, though our 'lamb-warmer' runs from a LPG cylinder because there's no mains in the lambing-shed.

15th Feb 2022, 10:36 am	#1
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,807	Ceramic E27 Festoon Lampholder I am sure that many of us have encountered these before, but this one has the unusual distinction of having an advertising/property logo under the glaze. I have tried to find out where this could be from. The only reference to "The Reptile Zone" that I can find is a pet shop with attached mini zoo in Filton, Bristol about 16 miles away. Interestingly, a small spider crawled out once I had undone the holder for cleaning, perhaps one of the former residents of The Reptile Zone . Neil Attached Thumbnails __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.

15th Feb 2022, 11:12 am	#2
McMurdo Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Posts: 5,277	Re: Ceramic E27 Festoon Lampholder for a heat lamp, I presume for someone's pet snake. __________________ Kevin

15th Feb 2022, 1:58 pm	#3
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,014	Re: Ceramic E27 Festoon Lampholder Yes, we had one similar for use with a Tortoise-warming infrared lamp. Similar things are still in widespread use at this time of year by shepherds/farmers who use IR heat-lamps to warm-up sickly lambs in the lambing-sheds, though our 'lamb-warmer' runs from a LPG cylinder because there's no mains in the lambing-shed. __________________ I'm the Operator of my Pocket Calculator. -Kraftwerk.