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| I found some a few 1990's LED retrofitted M400A3s and a few Westinghouse OV-25 (4th gen i think, the one with the exposed slipfitter, Mercury vapor, LED now) and have LED corncobs in them. They're abandoned though
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ON LG FOR 2 YEARS! Please don't ask to meet up with me, as I am still living with my mother. Don't send me items either please, thank you!
Please, watch out for the future. It's not looking good. Loves instruction manuals of any kind!
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It honestly for me depends on what condition the luminaire is in. Most lights I get I just leave alone after a safety check, however with my GE M400A2 being just this side of scrap aluminum, I had to restore it to get it back to a usable state. It turned out well, and I love having it around.  |
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Collecting light bulbs since 2012, a madman since birth.
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| I think we all have that one fixture / lamp that we're really proud of. The effort you put in to improving it makes it significant, or visa versa.
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I have some old fluorescent fixtures that have had hard lives and are quite dirty but still work perfectly. I've left them as they are because it shows how the old stuff is built to last and how it still works despite the many years of abuse. If it ain't broke, don't fix or replace it. Here's an example of what I mentioned above. The fixture is rather dirty but still works perfectly. https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6846&pos=34&pid=207165 |
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Fluro starter pings combined with a 50hz ballast hum and blinking tubes is music to my ears.
Rest in Peace Electronic Lamp Manufacturers of Australia
1925-2002
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Total incidents since joining LG: 18
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Ballast explosions/burnouts: 3
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High quality products of the past.  I have a 4ft fluro batten on which the gear cover plate is so rusted it looks like wood  I keep saying this, but it still fits: Built to work, built to last. No showing off, just showing up, and getting the job done.  |
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Alex
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| I at least clean it up and get the grime off of it.
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When I got my louvered fluorescent fixture, I was going to strip it down for a new paint job but after a good cleaning I decided to install it as is with the original paint. It was still in decent condition after I got all the gunk off it. Not bad for something from 1958.   Cleaning fixtures is a must for me, I don't always do a full restore but I always clean my lights thoroughly, don't want decades of grime all over my lights. |
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HIDLad001 - That's the best way joseph_125 - That is impressive for 68 years old! |
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| Thanks! The original gear was long gone though. It had a early electronic T8 ballast from 1993 inside it but before that there were enough splices in the wiring that the ballast was replaced 2 times prior to the T8 being fitted. Fortunately they left the original RFI suppressor in place which had a date of 1958 on it.
After the wash, I installed a T12 rapid start ballast like how it would have been fitted originally. I also cleaned up the wiring and replaced the lampholders as a couple were broken.
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| There's a member here who has ruined countless rare 1960's fluorescent street lights by removing all the original internals that were supposedly "shot" when in actual fact it's done purely for looks. Worst of all, he sticks LED tubes inside the fixtures.
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Fluro starter pings combined with a 50hz ballast hum and blinking tubes is music to my ears.
Rest in Peace Electronic Lamp Manufacturers of Australia
1925-2002
Bring back the AJF Zodiacs!
Total incidents since joining LG: 18
Lamps accidently broken or smashed: 15
Ballast explosions/burnouts: 3
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| When an old lantern enters my collection then I clean it and make a light restoration same as we do with older streetlight lanterns before they will be installed a second time. New bowl retention clamps, sometimes the wiring will be replaced and the bowl itself which might be cloudy. I rarely replace old magnetic ballasts because they fail very rarely. More prone for failure are the ignitors and capacitors which I check thoroughly.
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