21   General / General Discussion / Re: Your dreams about lighting...  on: May 17, 2013, 11:32:55 AM 
Started by TiCoune66 - Last post by Ash
Its a dream so you can't really get anything anyway. What you can take out of a dream to the real world is knowing something, so i'd say the same about eg seeing something in a dream and the dream ends before you could see what ballast was there, lamp etch etc...

But the dreams come more.... I had 2 of them now in a row



I (a sparky, but also a pokemon master dont forget....) was going on some urbex, and met a fella girl (well not really girl, my age) who acquired an old building which used to be an old factory, and intended to make it into a gallery

I came in. The place looked like an old 60's hall, with quite weird proportions - like a cube standing above the earth, all built of very rough surfaced unpainted concrete, about 15x15x15m, one big room. A square spiral of stairs without hand rails stands in the mid of the room (off center though) going from the floor allmost to the ceiling, but ending somewhat below without reaching anything. I realise that if glass floors (lined up with the staircase's landings) and walls would be installed, this would be an awesome gallery

There were plastic meltlights installed through the staircase and in some spots in the top ceiling. They were mostly broken. I wanted to inspect them closer, though i had no ladder that is even close to the height needed to look at them, let alone reach them. But i proceded anyway....

I chose Chandela (for the US translation pokemon folks out there : Chandelure), a pokemon in gen 5 which looks like a light fixture on his own.... I asked him to use Psychic to lift me to the ceiling - i sorta became weightless and could float in any direction by thought, as well as summon tools from the floor 3 floors below me by stretching my hand in their direction. I began disassembling the light fixtures from there in order to make a few in good condition out of the lot and install them only through the staircase, and later we'd order some track lights for the main room (as should be in a gallery...)

The fela walked into the room way down below me and looked at me stunned as if im floating by myself. I came down forwards her while she was running up the staircase, and we met midway through the height of the room

"I see you really like your work"
"I do. But most of all i like being along with this fella of mine" (Chandela shows himself)
"You are one of ours. Come with me"

Next thing i knew, we were going down thestaircase, and it went to a dark underground floor, which apparently used to be a production floor of the factory, but was now empty. There were numerous ex-proof fluorescent fixtures installed there with 4ft lamps

She told me that what he really looks into doing is opening a ghost type pokemon gym, which looks like unuspecting art gallery to visitors which are not Pokemon masters. Not only she found a sparky that would help with the upper floor gallery, but one who is into pokemon too and can build up all the place

I looked at the light fittings and recommended to convert all the ex-proof fittings to BLB lamps and leave only a few of them with normal lamps, so that it will be best for a ghost-type battlefield. I went up to one of the fitings to open and chck it insides (with the help of Chandela). I said that we better start working on this floor first since there allready are lanterns installed so we can open it earlier. We decided that for now we only want to reconnect the power, so i went to the emergency exit and opened the door after which i would reach the main panel. As i opened the door there was bright sunlight and i woke up
 22   Advertisements / For Sale or Trade / Re: Interesting F96 ballast Ebay  on: May 17, 2013, 11:09:02 AM 
Started by DetroitTwoStroke - Last post by Powell
There are ZERO degree ballasts when you have these lamps outside.

 23   General / General Discussion / Re: Your dreams about lighting...  on: May 17, 2013, 09:26:09 AM 
Started by TiCoune66 - Last post by ace100w120v
Don't you hate it in those lighting dreams when you find something really cool then the dream ends before you can grab it?
Last night I had one in which I was in a sporting goods/marine supply store I know in real life, which in the dream was going out of business. Since of course they were having their whole going-out-of-business-total-liquidation sale everything was for sale for cheap.  They had a corkboard with a "classifieds" section for some of the stuff they were getting rid of, and it listed none other than a case of Norelco F40CWs!
I went to the counter and asked the lady (who I also know in real life) about then and was about to shell out $20 when the dream ended...
 24   Advertisements / For Sale or Trade / Interesting F96 ballast Ebay  on: May 16, 2013, 07:32:11 PM 
Started by DetroitTwoStroke - Last post by DetroitTwoStroke
I've heard of ballasts sound rated A, B, C, and D, but sound rated E?! And 0F starting temp for slimlines? Anyone know anything about this ballast?

GE 8G1490W 2xF96T12
 25   Lamps / Modern / Great Value ( Wal Mart) LED 800 lumen lamp  on: May 16, 2013, 09:03:43 AM 
Started by Powell - Last post by Powell
It looks more like an incandescent and spreads light more evenly than the Sylvania one It is lighter and has pleasant warm white color. The base where the electronics and LEDs likely are get VERY hot. It also, as the Sylvania interferes with AM   **AND** FM equally bad when the radio is close to the lamp. Strangely, though AM reception on the 1950s NC188 General Coverage receiver was unaffected. The lamp sits atop the matching speaker for the radio and is plugged into the same outlet.  I expect it will NOT  last the rated 22 years.....
 26   Lamps / Vintage & Antique / Ken-Rad F15T8 WWX  on: May 15, 2013, 10:27:58 PM 
Started by Powell - Last post by Powell
Got 5 today, and the guy has more I think and some other Ken-Rads.  The Warm White Deluxe is very new. Someone else here on the forum also got some of these !
 27   General / General Discussion / Re: A bunch of question I want to ask......  on: May 15, 2013, 10:06:01 AM 
Started by HU112 - Last post by BG101
No, it was the shaft of the cap itself fouling the lampholder as the pins weren't in far enough to clear the lugs in the socket. The pins may be set further up on the SOX lamps, I'll have a proper look later at two BC lamps together (a SOX and a GLS) to see if there's any noticeable difference.

The lamp pins may have scraped off some excess ceramic from the lugs.


BG
 28   General / General Discussion / Re: A bunch of question I want to ask......  on: May 14, 2013, 11:40:01 AM 
Started by HU112 - Last post by Ash
Did the ceramic break against the glass of the lamp ? Thats bad cause it can leave a scratch in the glass, causing the lamp to shatter later
 29   General / General Discussion / Re: A bunch of question I want to ask......  on: May 14, 2013, 11:28:55 AM 
Started by HU112 - Last post by BG101
I've had problems getting SOX lamps to fit standard sockets too so I do wonder if there is a difference. Usually the pins jam on the lobes of the socket with the base flange jammed against the socket so you can not turn the lamp to locate the pins. I've had this with ceramic sockets and plastic E27 to B22 adaptors. A normal bulb or CFL usually fits fine albeit sometimes still a bit stiff if the springs are strong.

The socket I fitted into my LPS wall pack was a right to fit the lamp into at first but with a few uses the excess ceramic has evidently been removed. I was a bit worried about breaking the bulb with the effort needed to rotate it! Another reason I prefer E27 sockets


BG
 30   Lamps / Modern / Re: Need motivation to do a 6xLED bulb array that would replace 2x58w T8 fitting.  on: May 13, 2013, 10:01:58 PM 
Started by imj - Last post by imj
I will post it in the Experiments album Smiley. It would be video stills since the camera I have is faulty.
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