Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #990 on: October 05, 2021, 04:29:17 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
We used an old bell push as a manual starter. Ria has been waiting years to find a use for it.    Now we have the proof of concept we will build a proper housing for it. (pictures to follow)
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #991 on: October 05, 2021, 04:32:32 PM » Author: Rommie
I stripped the button out of an old bus that had been left abandoned and burnt out on some waste ground back in the 60's and somehow I never found a use for it until now
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #992 on: October 05, 2021, 09:47:37 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
That's why you NEVER throw things away !!    I typically find a use for something less than a week AFTER I threw it out !!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #993 on: October 06, 2021, 11:22:00 AM » Author: Rommie
Tell me about it, I threw away an old eprom eraser I'd not used for years, then I found out it had a Philips TUV6 lamp in it    Took me years to find another of those lamps
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #994 on: October 06, 2021, 02:24:23 PM » Author: Rommie
Received in the post an Iwasaki Eye SDX100 White SON lamp. I already had the gear for it, so now just running it up to see how it looks, we'll build a proper ballast board for it later on.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #995 on: October 06, 2021, 02:32:15 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
We did have to play 'hunt the ballast' before we could light it.  The ballast was however in the box I thought it would be in though
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Hugs and STUFF Sammi xXx (also in Aberdeen)
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There are two kinds of light  -  the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #997 on: October 08, 2021, 07:56:29 AM » Author: Mandolin Girl
This is going to take most of the day. We have just taken delivery of a large box of lampses from Max in the Netherlands.  Photos to follow.  Thank you so much,
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James Thurber (1894 - 1961)

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #998 on: October 08, 2021, 04:38:11 PM » Author: Bulbman256
American Max (the insane one! ) Got a couple bulbs from Tim, Thanks man.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #999 on: October 08, 2021, 04:56:01 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
That is a good price.!  Usually those lamps go for about a buck per watt, so well done.
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James Thurber (1894 - 1961)

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1001 on: October 08, 2021, 05:04:48 PM » Author: Rommie
Always wanted a fixture like this, but they were never used over here. I've seen them on US eBay, but the shipping costs always kill it for me
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