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Preheat_Carson
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Date code for vintage GE ballast « on: June 19, 2023, 10:41:29 PM » Author: Preheat_Carson
I have a GE pre heat ballast with cloth wires for 2 40 watt fluorescent lamps.

The date code is WG

There is a number 3 on the ballast also

Can anyone tell me how old this ballast is?

Cat. 58G983
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Re: Date code for vintage GE ballast « Reply #1 on: July 05, 2023, 08:48:43 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
My best estimate would possibly be sometime between the 1940s and 1950s.
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Re: Date code for vintage GE ballast « Reply #2 on: July 07, 2023, 05:03:08 PM » Author: funkybulb
GE used to have a date code chart for ballast
 On the  internet.  To tell if a ballast have PCB or not
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Re: Date code for vintage GE ballast « Reply #3 on: July 07, 2023, 05:18:55 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
https://www.lighting-gallery.net/index.php?topic=10760.msg88165#msg88165
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Re: Date code for vintage GE ballast « Reply #4 on: July 08, 2023, 12:38:01 AM » Author: joseph_125
IIRC for one of these older ballasts, you might have to use a spreadsheet to extend the code pattern to cover the 40s and 50s.
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