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Unknown Ballast Even Andy doesn't know what this is. We suspect it's a ballast for a [url=https://trad-lighting.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=29&pid=141#top_display_media][b]Bumix lamp[/b][/url], but we don't know for certain. Can anyone help..? Keywords: Gear

Unknown Ballast


Even Andy doesn't know what this is. We suspect it's a ballast for a Bumix lamp, but we don't know for certain. Can anyone help..?

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Manufacturer:Unknown
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Filename:SUNP0035.JPG
Album name:Ria / Gear
Keywords:Gear
Filesize:517 KiB
Date added:Sep 17, 2024
Dimensions:3072 x 1731 pixels
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URL:https://trad-lighting.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=512
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Sammi   [Sep 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM]
Andy is going to try it out on an MV lamp and a separate tungsten lamp to see if it works, metering it out to see if it is one. Wonder
Tuopeek   [Sep 19, 2024 at 02:18 PM]
Interesting unit. Looks like non isolated transformer with a resistor ballast on the primary, so behaving a little like an auto-leak. Appears to have some kind of starter on the left. Perhaps some early UV lamp. I have an early UV lamp that is quite long. It looks like it would work on a neon sign transformer but doesn't properly. There is an argon starter gas and it needs a 1kV or so to start but it draws more current once the mercury heats up than a NTS wants to deliver so never heats up properly. This might be the kind of ballast for it
Ria   [Sep 19, 2024 at 05:26 PM]
Like I said, we think it might be a ballast for our Bumix lamp, but we're not sure. Anyway, it's certainly an interesting bit of kit..! HID ballast

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