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Re:20kW Bulb Turns Night into Day by detaro on Sunday July 24, 2016 @03:17PM (#12154404)
the "three round things" probably are controllable transformers to set the voltage.

At least the electrical equipment seems properly build and hooked up, so it should be fairly safe. I'd imagine the bulb breaking/falling over wouldn't be pretty through, and I would prefer that to be caged in and properly mounted...

At least here in Germany 20 kW is commonly available in a normal home power-connection. An electric water heater (for showers etc, not the electric-kettle type ;)) has 20 kW or more as well.

Re:20kW Bulb Turns Night into Day by saganus on Sunday July 24, 2016 @03:29PM (#12154453)
Yeah, I also was thinking about that think leaning over and then causing some damage.