Dear gD, ... I don't think there is such a thing as a SOX starter. I expect the ballast alone to make the SOX work. - Don Klipstein (don@...)...
Don Klipstein
don@...
Jan 7, 2009 12:20 am
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SOX needs no starter at all. They start on the open circuit voltage of the ballast, plain and simple. Give it a go on the F32 ballast. I have matching...
... There is, I have a couple of them. They're used in places where the line voltage is 240V to run the small 18 and 35W SOX lamps using a simple choke...
I finally got my all-time fave, the OV-20. It had been removed from the parking lot of a local car wash when they changed the signage about amonth ago. The...
I'm happy for you. It's also my favorite from childhood; in fact I've got one lighting up the room as I type this. ... From: Sean <createworks@...> ...
That's what I'm hoping to do with this one, too. I suppose the first order of business is finding a suitable arm. Converting it to incandescent looks to be a...
Anyone know where I can get a new or used DURASTAR street lighting fixture? I don¹t care whether or not the lamp or ballast work. They come in two size...
Hello Does anyone have a philips SRS201 with a gear shoe, which is long and runs on low pressure sodium which they want to sell? Cheers Oliver Hennessy...
Hi Sean, That's great news! What city are you in? I'm in Houston, and was able to get an OV-20 from the electric company here several years ago, along with a...
Hi Marvin, I'm in Chicago. I guess my next acquisition target will be either a Form 400 or an Ovalite. Still quite a few form 109s attached to older buildings...
... order of business is finding a suitable arm. Converting it to incandescent looks to be a fairly simple proposition. ... You certainly could, it's remote...
... You might try the UK streetlighting group, LPS stuff was never common in North America, but it has seen widespread use over there. Of course anything you...
I used to live in Cook county....have you seen those NEMA heads with gumball style reflectors and diffused sag lens on the buildings? I call those Sag lensed...
Hi Sean, That's great that you were able to get an OV20. Those were really popular here in Houston back in the 50's and 60's. Marvin ... From: sean edwards To:...
Hi Marvin, IIRC, there were still more than a few, most around downtown and older areas, in use when I lived in Houston briefly back in 1981-82. S. ... From:...
James, There are still quite a few up (how many are actually in service, I don't know) for parking lot lighting in and around Chicago, including a set at an...
I think the bulbs will be available indefinitely. Only the manufacturing or importing of mercury specific ballasts was prohibited a year or so ago, and even...
Hi Everyone, I just came across a Revere "cats eye" style 400w merc floodlight that works perfectly, albiet a little slow to come up to full brightness. This...
Sean, I know 2 of them in Wheeling Ill area (or near there) at an airport and I think 8 GE Form 400s on a building on top next door to that airport or in the...
I am worried about LED lights taking over. Pittsburgh is planning to put in 25 million dollars worth of LED streetlights. To:...
david es
davids1948@...
Feb 10, 2009 5:18 pm
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I've seen an LED outdoor flood for sale at Wal-Mart.....and a candelabra based flame tip. If the flood is still available after one of my kitchen lights in...
... candelabra based flame tip. If the flood is still available after one of my kitchen lights in the rental I am moving into goes out, I want to buy it...