Well , these little critters are here !! They're gonna be staying OUTSIDE until I can get them cleaned up as someone or a group of someones were living inside them ! Both appear to be 120v 175w HX ballast MV's with well used /DX lamps from the 80's or newer . At least one is April 1972 according to the date stamp on the ballast .

Nice, glad you got them...except for the unwanted guests!

The homes are there but the homeowners appear to be on vacation !! I was relieved to find that they were MV !

Nice to hear you got them! Interesting they're HX ballasted but it means you can run HPS retrofit lamps on them easily.

Thanks .

We'll look forward to see how you get on with them

Nice, I needed a 175w light.

One has been completely cleaned inside and out and is currently lit in my room ! The ballast is nice and quiet ! I replaced the /DX GE with a clear Westy .  The other one is still outside and mostly disassembled for cleaning . Both have the same D72 date code (April 1972) which make them exactly 50 years old !! Hopefully I'll get the other one cleaned and tested tomorrow . I'd post photos but my camera and computer seem to be having communication issues at the moment .