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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #15 on: February 14, 2024, 05:19:16 PM » Author: Lightingguy1994
I bought a 50w mh ballast kit since it was a great deal, and we'll see if it makes it into my country. Honestly the fact that this is even a concern is very disappointing.

It'd be very helpful if there was a detailed guideline list by ebay I could read to know which lamps and gear I apparently don't have the right to own anymore.

If anyone finds an official guideline list about this lamp ban by ebay, post it as a new topic and I'll pin it to the relevant forum board, so that members can access it, and help them decide if they should chance a potential purchase.
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #16 on: February 16, 2024, 01:46:35 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
 I just bought one of the clear Halarcs !
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #17 on: February 16, 2024, 02:16:21 PM » Author: Rommie
I'm after one of each.
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #18 on: February 16, 2024, 02:28:17 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
 Talk to the seller/LG member , Maybe you can work out a really nice deal !!
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #19 on: February 25, 2024, 02:42:51 PM » Author: Philips tigkas
Cool lamps! Its nice to see HID lamps with their own type of personal ballast. :bulbman:
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #20 on: March 19, 2024, 11:35:09 AM » Author: Rommie
Ours have just arrived, thanks Patrick  :love: :bulbman:
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #21 on: March 20, 2024, 12:23:54 AM » Author: RRK
Detailed guts photo, anyone? There was a lamp with a broken ballast filament, nothing to lose by opening it...
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #22 on: March 20, 2024, 10:31:59 PM » Author: Patrick
I gave that one away to Alights, so he'll need to decide whether to disassemble it or keep it intact.  We do at least have a photo from James and a photo from DimBulb of a transparent prototype.
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Re: GE Halarc Miser Maxi 55 watt « Reply #23 on: March 23, 2024, 06:16:34 AM » Author: RRK
There are also two groups of photos on Smithsonian. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1301514 and https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_751254

First one look like some rough prototype, but has a straight image of board conductors, albeit in very poor quality.


My goal is to try to build a clone of Halarc ballast for fun. Hard to get a proper DC lamp, but I suspect a regular modern cheap Chinese NaSc lamp of Venture style will work on DC at least for some time.  Schematics looks rather simple. I can ID a classic looking ignition transformer, some diodes (may be also ignition SIDAC), one single small plastic transistor or SCR in TO92 case, a larger transistor or SCR in TO220 on that prototype board, a large electrolytic of 50uF, couple of power resistors, some small capacitors, and one or two thermal fuses.

By the way, what happened with James' Lamptech site today??

 
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