Hmm, they are designed and made in the UK, and they do seem to be reasonably reliable. However, I don't think that there is any excuse for this...

https://indolighting.com/product/ion-road/

I wonder if those sleek looking luminaires in the background are GE M-2s, an early attempt at creating a low pressure sodium luminaire. I believe they used 180w NA-9 lamps.

Hmm, this is going back to the initial topic of this thread, but I recall seeing a video from Francis, shipping and induction MSCL to someone in Hawaii. No idea who that was too though.

Alright! Results are in and interesting. So this is on a 250 watt Hps CWA ballast. Everything connected normally, except shorted lamp socket. With a 16v Ac input, the amps are:

With Cap: 0.55

Without Cap 0.65

Interesting, not sure if this is helpful, but that’s the result I got. When I bypassed the capacitor, I’d say the result was shocking! Shouldn’t of held onto the wires to short it… Hope this helps!

This appeared in my YouTube subscriptions a few days late for Christmas, but Mr. Mercury Fixit did a comprehensive review of Sylvania's new "Vintage Glow" LED Christmas lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP15BSoHpRY

I’m sorry about that. Do you still have the 247s?

Good question! I’m not sure because American lanterns are my weak point, but it could well be lost to history 

They were made in the late 60's to the 70's when fluorescents started taking over romania because the economy

Sounds good, I don’t know to much, I didn’t remove the ignitor, I had just thought the fixture broke because that transformer failed. All good, I might have the results in by the end of today.

I’ve noticed that on google earth, unfortunately where I’m at on Oahu seems to be all LED, primarily GE Evolve.