Today I've been working on the latest three street lanterns in my collection; getting them clean and ready to work again. :)
Not a lot so far, it's still morning (what the [insert expletive of choice] am I doing up..? ::) )
Later on though we'll be making up a board with 4 E27 sockets on it all wired in series, so we can run several of the Philips spectral lamps in series. Got the idea from Photon, so I know it'll work, but what it'll look like is a mystery at the moment..!
Pictures to follow, of course..!
It's going to look wonderful of course.! 8) :-*
We can but hope :P
Rescued 2 400w PSMH ballasts today, they were taking down some old lights at a local grocery store. The crew there let me take a couple home as it was all going to be junked. I need to disconnect the igniters and test them with a 400w MV lamp tonight. One of these ballasts will be going to another collector, its nice to save some considering how fast they are disappearing from circulation.
Another round of lamp box Tetris to find the box of 2D lamps and ballasts. :P
I've now put the 2D lampses in the cupboard where we have the other lampses that go into daily service. :)
Had a look through all of the crates in the 'beer' cupboard to try and find a particular fixture without any luck.
Today I've replaced the Simplex Aries lantern in my garden and fitted a Thorn Beta 5 as a replacement.
Replaced a couple of ballasts in a 4 lamp F40T12 fixture for a friend last week. Had to go electronic since magnetic ballasts are only available NOS now but it beats converting it to a certain solid state light source.
It certainly does.! :love: :a_fluor:
We took delivery of the packs of bubble tubes I had ordered.! 8)
We have been looking for them for years, so they must be like buses, you wait ages for one, then three come along at once... :lol:
Today I secured the go ahead to rescue a pair of abandoned Revo Horizon lanterns on an industrial estate. They're battered and bruised, but I don't care. I think they're beautiful lanterns! ;D (image is for reference, not the actual lantern)
Keep up the good work of preserving these lanterns.! :love:
Update, I have both of them safe with me now! ;D
Well done that man.! 8) :bulbman:
Thank you :D
Selling off my duplicates on eBay...have way to much and I'm not getting any younger. :(
I know the feeling, need to sort out some of our duplicates as well.
Anyway, the place is a bit quiet lately, no gallery posts or comments for over a week, get posting, Eric ;D
Take care,
Us :love:
Yesterday I Unboxed a package of stuff which came from a fellow collector, inside were 2 rapid start 1 lamp F40T12 ballasts. After testing them they both have weak caps, with one being slightly weak and the other pretty badly under powered. The plan for them is to take them apart and take measurements on how they are constructed, and possibly swap in a new set of caps. Those 1980s era advance ballasts are known for having dry film caps that go bad quite often. I also lit up the second pair of F40T12 green lamps I got from Lumex when we met up at my college about a month ago. 8)
We have litted Ted (https://trad-lighting.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastcom&cat=0&pid=675&msg_id=1852&page=1#comment1852) for the third time and have cracked what we've got to do, he's now coming up to the four hour mark, at the start Ria gave the pump fifty strokes and another twenty after 2ΒΌ hours. :oil-ltn: 8)
Now that I'm back in circulation, I'll be unpacking my new Tilley Lamp and firing him up. 8)
It's taken a few days, and a bit of fettling, but he's now been running for a good few hours. :oil-ltn: 8)
It's been a couple weeks since I did this but over spring break I acquired 21 F40T12 ballasts and 2 135w/180w LPS ballasts. Tested all the FL ballasts and 20 work, I shall be using them for research and some light fixture building in the future. I also now find myself in need of a 135w or 180w SOX lamp. :mrg: :lps:
I've been running up my new Tilley table lamp. 8)
Quote from: Bulbman256 on 27/03/2025 00:18:28It's been a couple weeks since I did this but over spring break I acquired 21 F40T12 ballasts and 2 135w/180w LPS ballasts. Tested all the FL ballasts and 20 work, I shall be using them for research and some light fixture building in the future. I also now find myself in need of a 135w or 180w SOX lamp. :mrg: :lps:
I might be able to help out with a 180w SOX !
Help with that would be very much appreciated. 8) :lps:
It's been a couple of days since I last had John (https://trad-lighting.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=30&pid=714#top_display_media) litted, but I pumped him up to full pressure, according to the built in gauge, and got four hours light, without any signs of 'pulsing', and there was still plenty of pressure in the tank when I unscrewed the pump to release what was there. 8)