WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
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HID, LPS, and preheat fluorescents forever!!!!!!
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| As I really enjoy the prospect of collecting F40T12 preheat fluorescent tube fixtures, I am aware that ballasts are bound to fail with time. Because of this, I am interested in trying to acquire some spare NOS brick style 2 lamp F40T12 preheat fluorescent tube ballasts that I can use to maintain my F40T12 preheat fluorescent tube fixtures while maintaining European F36T8 compatibility because I like having the flexibility to use both F40T12 fluorescent tubes and European F36T8 fluorescent tubes in my preheaters whenever I feel the desire to swap between tubes.
Does anyone know the best places where I can source some spare NOS brick style 2 lamp F40T12 preheat fluorescent tube ballasts designed for 120v 60hz mains supplies?
Some examples of those ballasts includes GE’s 58G983 ballasts and Advance’s BRSH-240 ballasts.
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Desire to collect various light bulbs (especially HID), control gear, and fixtures from around the world.
DISCLAIMER: THE EXPERIMENTS THAT I CONDUCT INVOLVING UNUSUAL LAMP/BALLAST COMBINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.
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| Off topic but can you run F40T12 tubes on F36T8 ballasts or on variable output ballasts like Osram QTP-OPTIMAL 2x18-40? As I've found it difficult to get a hold of F40T12 fixtures.
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| I also have since been finding sources for spare single lamp ballasts too. I am more of a magnetic ballast user in general.
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Desire to collect various light bulbs (especially HID), control gear, and fixtures from around the world.
DISCLAIMER: THE EXPERIMENTS THAT I CONDUCT INVOLVING UNUSUAL LAMP/BALLAST COMBINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.
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| I have seen some single-lamp ones on Ebay, not super common though, I have two links for these. Dual-lamp ones are rare, but I do have the link for a listing if you want it. I don't know your price point, but it is a pretty penny for the dual one. Let me know if you want me to PM them to you.
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| I have also been considering sourcing some from countries like Brazil and Taiwan where they do have some single lamp ballasts rated between 115V and 127V operation on 60hz line frequency. I would save up for shipping costs too. So far, I do have a decent supply of 4 foot F40T12 fixtures in my collection so far including a couple of 100V 50Hz Japanese reverse Fuji fixtures that each use a pair of single lamp ballasts. I just enjoy having a diverse collection of lighting equipment from all over the world. So far, I had good success using shippn, buyee, jauce, and eBay for international lighting purchases.
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Desire to collect various light bulbs (especially HID), control gear, and fixtures from around the world.
DISCLAIMER: THE EXPERIMENTS THAT I CONDUCT INVOLVING UNUSUAL LAMP/BALLAST COMBINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.
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