This lamp by OSRAM uses the LEDVANCE trademark, implying it is an LED replacement for fluorescent tubes. I repair LED bulbs (and tubes but broken ones are still rare) as a hobby, and while going through bins I have to avoid fluorescent ones (even CFLs in fancy globes). Welp, there goes my yet-flawless way to tell: “if it says LED, it’s LED”. I really need to shine through most of them! Shining a light through this one reveals nothing inside but a heated electrode at either end (aside the phosphor coating, and a gas mixture including a little mercury vapor), the normal components of an FL tube. LED tubes would include a driver and an LED strip (and usually a PTC at the other end). I mainly use the method to reveal the kinky or twisty tube of “sneaky” CFLs with milky balls.
Also, the company took a while to leave Russia but at least they did
But it doesn’t say LED, it says LEDVANCE. You are mad that you didn’t get horse from a jar that said horseradish.
I for one demand a steed with every jar.
and really disappointed with his visit to a therapist.
If you go to therapist on purpose, your not getting what you came for. Kind of a catch-22.
that one was made in Russia according to the printed text…and in October 2022 if I read the date stamp correctly? and LEDVANCE is a company name, not product name, it was splitted out of OSRAMS LED division in 2016.
Ledvance GmbH, headquartered in Garching bei München, Germany, is a general lighting and smart home technology company. It was established in 2016 as a spin-off from Osram Licht AG. Since April 2018, Ledvance has been wholly owned by Chinese lighting company MLS.[3] …
In April 2015, it was announced that Osram would divest its general lighting lamp business, which accounted for just over one-third of its workforce. In June 2015, the supervisory board of Osram Licht AG agreed to the divestment of their lamp division with products such as LED lamps, halogen lamps, and compact fluorescent lamps.[4][5] This divested division has been operating as a legally independent company under the name Ledvance since April 2016.
At the end of July 2016, Osram announced that Ledvance would be sold for more than €500 million[8] to a Chinese consortium consisting of investor IDG Capital, LED packaging manufacturer MLS, and Yiwu. The sale was completed on 3 March 2017, with economic effect as of 1 March 2017.[9][10][11] Due to the takeover, MLS gained distribution networks in Europe and the United States.[12][13] Since April 2018, MLS has been the sole owner of Ledvance
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledvance
not sure you can make OSRAM responsible for what a Chinese company does in Russia?
edit: should have updated the text on thought, but perhaps not the first priority or something considered important in Russia.
So there is a company trying to look German (LEDVANCE Gmbh, Steinerne Furt 62 Augsburg) using the OSRAM logo while actually being 100% owned by a Chinese one? That’s a little fucked up
probably have/had an office at that location so it would still see German based, but yes, does not look good, or it “does” until you know …
Wrooong. It’s the official company name.
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