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That's only $8 per, pre-1964 NEW bulb.

Last year they were going for $10-$20 a bulb.

This year ....? ehhhh.

assuming they are the real thing. I hope it's just the exposure, the pink doesn't look right.

I don't know what the big deal is with these stupid GE bulbs. Yes they look nice- UNLIT. As soon as they're turned on, they all look the same. The same for the satin GE bulbs. [sigh] what-evva. Enjoy.

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Our local ReStores sell two-packs of similar looking pink GE bulbs (C 7-1/2?) for I think 50c.  Are the ebay ones so much different that a lot of 50 is worth $387.49 more? 
 
I've purchased over two hundred new old stock GE C7 ceramic bulbs off of eBay this year alone (including some pink ones)and paid well under a dollar a bulb for all of them. I get the fact that the ceramic bulbs with the round logo are the best available, but the asking price of many of these sellers is just plain ludicrous. I also notice that many of the high priced listings have been there for weeks with no takers during what should be the best time to sell them. The market place seems to be speaking loudly about the asking prices, the question is are these guys listening?
 
Exactly Frigilux, and this year was horrific on the number that burned out (End of Life). Between the tree, the garland on the mantle, and the house that's lined with C7 bulbs, they also burn of some these pink bulbs. Every year I start thinking "is this really smart?" BUT, that color is very distinctive,vintage looking and it's obvious even from the street. Also considering that my neighbors are using those ugly ass dim LED, and cool white LED which looks like something out of a Stephen King novel. So I grit my teeth and put them back up.

Yeah, next year, I'm considering doing something different or switching to C9. Nobody wants that color in C9.
 
There is a product called Mod Podge or ModPodge. It came out in the 70s and had all kinds of artsy fartsy applications. John and Jeff had C6 bulbs that had lost paint so they got rid of the rest of the paint and dipped the bulbs in ModPodge and ran them on a dimmer. There are still plenty of white C7 bulbs, some of which only run at 4 watts, which could be dipped in pink ModPodge to have the Pepto color. It might take some experimenting to find the shade you want. It might be possible to do something with those awful LED lights. You can Google Mod Podge or ModPodge to find more info.
 
That's a good idea.
I've found that bulbs with chipped and peeling paint, usually comes off very easy after soaking the bulbs in hot water, a bit of soap, or vinegar and baking soda.

After the soak, the paint usually rinse right off. Then the bulbs is ready for a new paint, or just dried and used as a clear bulb.
 
GE C-7 and C-9 Christmas Light Bulbs

Did you ever notice how much hotter GE CLBs ran compared to Westinghouse bulbs?, one has to wounder how many more Christmas trees went up in flames with these inefficient bulbs.

 

I finally took all my strings of C-7 and C-9 bulbs out of the attic last year [ probably over a thousand or more lights, the strings filled a 30 gallon trash can alone ] I recycled all the copper wire [ got about $30 for it ] and threw all the old bulbs away. I realized that I would never use them again.

 

I did save the Series strings of C-6 lights and all the bulbs, the C-6 lights were always my favorite vintage electric lights for indoor Christmas Tree lights, but even as a kid I realized that the C7 and C9 lights were just too hot for an indoor CT. Even when I have used the C6 lights in the last twenty years I put the whole tree on a dimmer to save the bulbs and the tree.
 
Combo,

I'm using C7 on our indoor CT (artificial), most of them GE with the logo. These are 1950's Noma strings with the red berries. No problems what so ever, but they are also done right, with the berry holding the bulb upright on the branch. Looks absolutely incredible.
 
been using C-7 GE strings and bulbs...

for 44 years on real trees up for 3+ weeks with nary a problem. Cut a fresh tree, keep it watered, don't put trees in front of hot air registers, and all will be fine.

Just wish we could find Scotch Pines like we used to, there is no substitute!

Also we've always used many stings of C-9s outside. Can't stand the over-saturated garish colors of LED strings... yeccchh!

Have never understood the stupid prices on eBay for Pink and Canary Yellow GE C-7s so won't buy them, even though they would look nice on my tree.
 
>one has to wounder how many more Christmas trees went up in flames

We used the C7 bulbs as our primary tree light when I was growing up. We never had huge problems, only one Christmas tree fire a year, but it did make taking the tree down a lot easier. Just let it burn, and sweep up the ashes after!
 
OK...more seriously...we never had any tree fires. We never had any problems. But then, we didn't expect to run the lights when the tree was dried out, and had lost 3/4 of its needles, either.

I've had mixed feelings about the C7 bulbs over the years. I can't say I liked them when I was young, but they were what we used for primary lighting.

I decorated the last family tree 20-some years ago. For a long time, I didn't decorate a tree of my own. During that period, looking ahead, I played with some mini lights, and thought "this is a better solution." They were surprisingly bright in a dark room. Yet ran cooler and probably used quite a bit less power to run.

Then, when I started decorating a tree again, I used mostly mini lights, which do seem to work nicely. But...I still had a small strand most years of C7 bulbs. Not run constantly, but it adds a nice nostalgic touch for "special" moments during the holiday season.
 
>Just wish we could find Scotch Pines like we used to, there is no substitute!

Funny thing, but the tree I like is A) dirt cheap and B) very easily found here. I THINK it's the Douglas Fir. It's what we always had growing up. Fancier trees look sort of pretty...but it's not the name.
 
Interesting piece on C7 & C9 lights. A quote:

-C7 lights are cool-burning, at 5 watts each. They do not get hot and they are no more dangerous on your tree than the little twinkle lights or LED lights.
-They are also energy efficient. For example, you have a six-foot tree. Fifty C7 lights will make your tree look bright and festive. They burn at 5 watts each, so you use a total of 250 watts with the C7 lights. To achieve the same effect with the little lights, you would need to use at least 500 little lights. They burn at 1 watt each, so that's a total of 500 watts; double the wattage you would use with C7 lights. You save energy with C7 lights.

http://www.christmascentral.com/t-Hints-And-Technical-C7-and-C9-Christmas-Lights.aspx

From memory, I'd say C7 does run hot enough to be more of a risk than mini-lights. But how much more of a fire risk? Plus it can be argued that NO light would be the safest.

And I can imagine that it takes a huge number of mini lights to equal a strand of C7 lights.
 
THREW AWAY C-7 BULBS!!!!

Good grief I hope Donald doesent see that, he will have a stroke!! He has a building full of nothing but vintage Christmas lighting, and that's ALL we allow in the house!!!.All are run on dimmers, except the 1946 Sylvania flourescents.
 
Hi Hans, I think that I found another box of C-9 bulbs if Donald wants them, they are old, they were used in a pine tree in front of our house for years.

 

The pine tree was as tall as the house and We would climb to the top of the tree and cover it with C-7 and C-9 strings of lights. It got so that it took two circuits just to power the tree, I wired a timer and added a relay to turn on the 2nd circuit so it would go on and off all at once. You could see the tree all lit up from the Capital Beltway a mile away, LOL.

 

My Dad would not let em run them later than about 11PM except on Christmas Eve, even back in the late 60s this added $30 to the power bill in December.

 

I guess it is no wounder that we have Climate Change with warmer temperatures world wide today.

 

Happy Holidays Everyone,

 

John L.
 
We used to have an artificial Scotch Pine that we covered in C7 bulbs. We shut both heat registers in the living room and had one of those heavy gauge extension cord going up the tree to supply power for the top half which was on its own circuit. I was so glad when we went back to a real tree. We covered it with ornaments and had two spotlights on it. My father said we could have just built a chicken wire frame and covered it with ornaments and had the same look.
 
>I guess it is no wounder that we have Climate Change with warmer temperatures world wide today.

I would suspect that Christmas lights have a relatively small impact...
 
>My father said we could have just built a chicken wire frame and covered it with ornaments and had the same look.

Yes, the look of a tree can be duplicated more or less. I don't know how convincing a fake tree really is--but even the one my grandmother had (1980s or older) looked fairly convincing at a distance.

But...one loses the scent. (Unless one brings in some product to scent the air. Said product is probably loaded with chemicals that aren't good for one.) And there the experience of tree shopping each year, finding the right tree, and possibly each year's tree having unique quirks.
 

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