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Random question about lightbulbs in the world down under

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Random8145

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A person told me that on the nuclear submarines, they have lightbulbs that essentially last permanently, that you can bang around and they won't break or anything, basically nothing like those ultra-fragile lightbulbs the civilian world has to use, which burn out easily, have fragile filaments, can shatter, etc...is this true?
 
et1nuke

et1nuke

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This is very untrue. If the light bulbs on subs lasted forever they would have no need for a whole division of EMs to continuously change them. I have seen them change an entire engine room worth of light bulbs out just to "make it brighter" prior to a shipboard inspection.
 
Catmando

Catmando

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From the title, I thought this was going to be about counter-clockwise screwing light bulbs in Australia. Oh well.
 
EM1

EM1

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We just used the errie green reactor glow to find our way around the back of the boat.

That is when they turned off the strobe lights :D

"One ship, one crew, one screw. And one big shaft back aft"
 
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Cleonard19

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Jim123 said:
I guess this answers the old question of how many it takes to change a lightbulb! :)
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Well yeah, isn't it obvious? One person to change the lightbulb, the rest of the division to hunt down RC-div after they make their best cockroach impersonation when the light comes back on.
 
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