Lighting posts


A waste of fluorescent lights

This is the waste LED is causing. All of these lights in the bin. I couldn’t save these lights sadly, as it was in London and we had to get the train to London, so we couldn’t get these back.😢despite this, I did manage to save the 2 fluorescent starters. One light has a electronic ballast, so there was no starters to save. There is also a brand new LED batten in there! Like the other lights, I could not save it. The LED batten feels cheap. I don’t know why it is in there, but it is a waste. It is not too much of a problem with the LED batten as they should all be in the bin!🤣

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DW windsor strand

This is my new DW Windsor strand small. It runs 70w and it has a zodion ss19 2-part photocell. It also has Parmar gear.

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Lighting haul from fenori

This is my lighting haul from fenori that I got yesterday. I got a NOS urbis zxu1, a urbis zx12, a urbis royal and a Philips mini iridium. I also got a probably EOL 18w SOX lamp, 2 zodion ss6 photocells and a thorn EMI T12 20w tube.

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Osram superSox 35w

This is my new osram superSox lamp. I got it as my mum accidentally broke a Philips SOX lamp. I believe these are one of the best SOX lamps ever made.

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Philips SON-T lamps

These are my different wattages of Philips SON-T lamps. This isn’t all of the different wattages, as I don’t have any 35w, 50w, 600w or 1000w lamps. from left to right:

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SOX in water

This is the smashed SOX lamp in water. This lamp was smashed, so i thought the best thing to do with it was to smash it and put it in water. This lamp didn’t actually spark very much or go on fire, it just smoked a bit. 

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Smashed SOX

This poor Philips SOX lamp got smashed sadly. It was in my thorn gamma 6, but my mum accidentally knocked the thorn gamma 6, and it fell off the table. Luckily, the thorn gamma 6 survived, but the lamp sadly didn’t. As you can see, the top of the lamp is smashed and the barium getter has gone white. This lamp will probably have to be disposed of in water. I have ordered a osram supersox 35w lamp to replace it.

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Cooked 400w halogen lamp

This is the 400w halogen lamp that came in the 400w halogen floodlight that I found in a skip in Bracknell. As you can see, the lamp is completely cooked and burnt out.

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Phosco P222

This Phosco P222 is in Bracknell. There used to be 4, but 2 of them have been replaced with a double-bracket, and 2 Philips iridiums. The 2 P222s now run on 3 SON lamps, but they used to run on 3 MBF lamps.

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