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Preheat #2
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This one is the ONLY one out of the three that lights the lamps good. And it's only the right lamp that lights. The left one doesn't glow at all and the starter doesn't click either, so it's probably dead. Seems there are a lot of old fluorescents in my family. O_O
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There's a box of Alto F32T8 lamps and three modern F32T8 plastic shoplites that were supposed to replace the other three preheats in the garage but only one was replaced before my cousin's grandfather became ill. The other preheat i think died. there was a keyless socket attatched to a JB on the wall for the longest time with I THINK a 100W lamp. My uncle took down the old preheat and incandescent a couple years before and put up the F32. He never asked my uncle to do the rest though and they were never changed out. I plan to fix them the next time i see them and hopefully aquire them when i get my own place.
Oh and make sure no F32T8s and F34s get near this, unless you want freshly baked ballast.
No one but them really goes in the garage. My cousins' grandfather was the only one that went in there. It was his tractor's home and his workshop. He built the garage in the 60s and these preheats came from elsewhere. I'm not sure if they were leftovers from one of his friend's projects (his friend was a contractor at the time) or if they were removed by his friend and given to him used. Either way the lights are OLD and I can't wait to get 'em some day and repaint them. The reflectors have some surface rust from a roof leak over a decade ago that was repaired.
I hope spare lamps and starters are in their basement, that way i can repair them the next time I'm over there (which may not be for awhile). Otherwise i'll have to repair them the time after the next time i see them so i can buy the parts myself. I'd rather use their parts is they have any sicne they're older and will appreicate the preheat ballast more lol.