Hi Mike, I've got quite a few of these Thorn MBF ballasts, and all are complete with their wiring diagram labels. Your welcome to have a couple of them if you...
Correct, and it's almost new as can be told by the cylindrical refractor rather than the "sugar bowl" shape of the old refractors. William ... simplicity and...
Hi Claire/Mike/All, Did Thorn do a 125W MBF ballast in this style of case? I've been trying to source one with no avail for my old metal Beta 79 restoration. ...
... Considering how Thorn seem to be resurrecting old designs as new, I expect their new lantern will be called the "Thorn Magnificient", will be an all metal...
... Lamps_W0QQitemZ200041949789QQihZ010QQcatego ... An interesting haul. I've put a bid in as, if nothing else, it'll be a good source of finials! GEC, REVO,...
James Sweet said "The next problem is that electricity and in fact hydrogen are not fuels, they're simply a form of potential energy." Current electricity is...
A lighting engineer from Norwich sent me this tale. It made me laugh. "Just as an amusing sideline here, can you actually believe this one? I got a call...
Hi all I have an MRL6 lanterml for sale if anyonfr is interessteed It came from Norwhich originalllty. Sorry about the spelling, as my hands are bandaged from...
Hi Phil And here's me thinking you had a few drinks to build up Dutch courage to shimmy up a 12 metre column and slide out to the lantern, I guess you are...
Hi Colin Good one! Regards Phil sailormoon_01_uk <sailormoon_01_uk@...> wrote: Hi Phil And here's me thinking you had a few drinks to build up Dutch...
On the thought of ballasts: I had a half-hour in Derby today, and had a little wander over to the Eagle Center to see if the Abacus AM480 I photo'd was still...
how the? what the? how the? how, WHAT?! I mean why? surely this isn't true. I presume this is a main road, no trees around or any hiding places. mind you, it...
I'm going to have to check my gulliablility more often - I nearly fell for that one! (in a figurative sense, not off the column bracket! - Making light of the...
Within spitting distance of my house there is a road junction. it still has the old GEC's installed (like mrl 135's), but also syrcause's are ready for...
Blimey cheeky devil Call me old fashioned but I think I'll still let the Colas guys bring any size of column down to ground level before having the lantern...
Hi Simon, I've heard of someone shimmying up a sleeved 8m concrete to pinch the cell/tie a pair of shoes around the outreach/wrap a bicycle tyre around the...
Hi Adam Massive in a a ESLA, I actually have 20 of them and a older Crompton 300w Lamp with a ES cap, all are 295 x 120mm, if theye were made with the smaller...
Hi Chris, Are there any AM480s still in-situ in the area? I haven't been into town for ages. If there are any, I'm sure I could get one replaced due to a dodgy...
Hi Simon/Phil/All, Simon; was the column streaked with blood and bits of skin? Phil; When it comes to getting down from the top of your next target, don't...
Hi all, I've been in touch with Adrian at Fluorescents Plus. He asked me to post a message to let everyone know that he has various bowls for SOX lanterns...
Hi all, Why do High Pressure Sodium lamps cycle? I was wondering as the sport centre nearby had just started cycling. They are 70w Thorn Precincts. They have...
As they age, the lamp voltage tends to rise, at end of life it gets to where the voltage rises past what the ballast can supply and the lamp starts to cycle....
... I meant it is not a fuel in the sense that there are no reserves of it that we can mine and no natural processes by which it is produced in a form we can...
As a SON or High Pressure Sodium Lamp ages, the lamp voltage tends to rise, at end of life it gets to where the voltage rises past what the ballast can supply...
Hi All, Just watching the Spurs game on ITV4 and there was a Philips advert for the Cosmopolis lamp! Quite amazing really.after all, how many football fans are...
Hi Davy, Was that the Philips advert for energy efficient lighting one with the Cosmopolis lamp at the end of the advert? If so, I have seen that one before...
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