Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #15 on: October 25, 2020, 08:36:29 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Quote from: xmaslightguy on October 25, 2020, 06:50:39 PM Interesting on the ballasts WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA. I was tending to think an electronic fluorescent ballast (if a suitable one exists - I know you have to have a very close match for SOX or SLI/H) since it would fit inside the fixture. The reason why I believe 175w MV and MH ballasts are such a close match for 200w SLI/H lamps is because the GEC 200w SLI/H lamps run at 135v 1.6a while the Thorn 200w SLI/H HO runs at 145v 1.55a which is close to the operating characteristics of 175w MH and MV lamps which run at 135v 1.5a.
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	Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #16 on: October 25, 2020, 09:15:01 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
@WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA: That does seem pretty close. Would very likely be fine for fluorescent which is more forgiving of "close but not quite". But I don't know just how close you have to come for SLI/H. Maybe one of the experts here, like James for example would know?
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	Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #17 on: October 25, 2020, 09:40:09 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
I do know that Venture lighting has 200w MH bulbs that actually run at 135v 1.6a which is a perfect match for the GEC 200w SLI/H lamp.
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	Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #18 on: October 25, 2020, 11:49:08 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
I am thinking I might consider making a preheat 8ft VHO striplight that uses a 175w MV ballast for each lamp using a 80-225w tanning bed starter for each lamp.
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	Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #19 on: October 18, 2021, 02:21:36 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
I also recently came up with more ideas for building dream fixtures: Some of those include a 100 lamp preheat T5 chandelier, an ordinary E26 base chandelier fitted with 22w preheat circline adapters in every socket, a 6 lamp F58T8/F65T12 preheat fluorescent high bay fixture, a 6 lamp preheat F72T12 HO fluorescent halfpiper high bay fixture, and a 2 lamp preheat F36T12 HO fluorescent fixture with both tubes wired in series with each other.
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	Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #21 on: October 26, 2021, 11:08:27 AM » Author: suzukir122
Yezzir! I definitely have dream fixtures that I'd like to build. Here is one... a plexiglass light table. Now... if I had my way, they'd be with 215w F96T12 VHO lamps... but I think that'd probably be a bit much. So... HO 110w lamps would be in that table, with a plexiglass to hold TV's, etc. I'm not sure if the table would be 8 feet long or maybe even 16 feet. But light tables... it's always been a dream of mine to build them with T12 fluorescent lamps operating inside of them. Especially with High Output or VHO lamps/ballasts.
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	Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #22 on: October 26, 2021, 01:23:35 PM » Author: Joe Maurath, Jr.
Quote from: suzukir122 on October 26, 2021, 11:08:27 AM Yezzir! I definitely have dream fixtures that I'd like to build. Here is one... a plexiglass light table. Now... if I had my way, they'd be with 215w F96T12 VHO lamps... but I think that'd probably be a bit much. So... HO 110w lamps would be in that table, with a plexiglass to hold TV's, etc. I'm not sure if the table would be 8 feet long or maybe even 16 feet. But light tables... it's always been a dream of mine to build them with T12 fluorescent lamps operating inside of them. Especially with High Output or VHO lamps/ballasts. Whenever I find the time (!) I would like to build a LPS NEMA (I do not own one but recall them fondly when they were around in the late 70s into the 80s). I was thinking of making a 18W one because I do not have the extended reflector that the 35 watt ones used.
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	Re: Does anyone have a dream fixture that they would like to build? « Reply #24 on: October 29, 2021, 08:49:24 PM » Author: Fluorescent05
Now that would be cool!
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