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Aaron's fixture for some reason my uncle removed the lamp lol. it's a F40/W Sylvania from the 80s or 90s it appears. Keywords: Indoor_Fixtures

Aaron's fixture

for some reason my uncle removed the lamp lol. it's a F40/W Sylvania from the 80s or 90s it appears.

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Album name:Mike / Indoor Lighting
Keywords:Indoor_Fixtures
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Date added:Aug 31, 2013
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Model:V5024
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streetlight98   [Aug 28, 2014 at 08:24 PM]
You'll know. Very Happy Probably not for some time... I need to fuse my Harmony House light and the WWII industrial single lamp preheater while I'm at it. I will probably fuse the 1973 shop light too. Lights that might run unattended for more than a few minutes...

Would be nice if fluorescent fixtures came with a fuse...
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 29, 2014 at 02:01 AM]
Especially one of those twist-lock ones on the outside...
If the lamp next to the above fixture is a F40CW I have an identical Sylvania from the same era...
streetlight98   [Aug 29, 2014 at 03:17 AM]
It's a 80s-90s looking GTE Sylvania F40CW tube. Cool
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 29, 2014 at 03:20 AM]
GTE? Mine isn't GTE; it's the same etch as those 90s Sylvania Design 50 lamps. Hope this isn't a stupid question but I don't remember...have you seen this light working, even with one lamp, in the past?
streetlight98   [Aug 29, 2014 at 03:46 AM]
Yep it's got this style etch i think. Yep this was the only light that had a lamp fully working.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 29, 2014 at 03:48 AM]
Oh really cool then! Save it for sure!
streetlight98   [Aug 29, 2014 at 03:52 AM]
I asked them to save all the lamps, working or not so we'll see. Smile
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 29, 2014 at 03:55 AM]
Cool! Someday I hope to find a preheater like this!
streetlight98   [Aug 29, 2014 at 03:58 AM]
it's a cool light. To be hnest, this is probably the 1950s equivalent to an LOA shoplite lol. The metal is nice and thick but you can see the reflector is shallow and there's no real "bling" on the light. It's not overbuilt like a lot of other old fluorescents but it's certainly overbuilt by today's standard. hopefully this one's ballast and ballast leads are in as good condition as it's twin.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 29, 2014 at 04:03 AM]
Yeah we can sure hope so anyway! Good luck on this one!
streetlight98   [Aug 29, 2014 at 04:04 AM]
the real gems there are the other two F40s and the F20 fixture. Smile
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 29, 2014 at 04:06 AM]
Yeah this one is "Generic" huh? Interesting...
streetlight98   [Aug 29, 2014 at 08:21 PM]
I'd say generic for its time but certainly still a cool fixture! Smile
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 29, 2014 at 08:40 PM]
Yeah...my Sears shoplights are a little flimsy but still like tanks compared to today's shoplights! Laughing Shocked I just need some nice old HPF RS full power ballasts for them!
joe_347V   [Aug 30, 2014 at 07:05 AM]
Yeah I agree with that too. I guess my other preheater, the CGE turret was the industrial/commercial grade fixture with the turret lampholders, tulamp ballast and the porcelain enamel reflector.
streetlight98   [Aug 30, 2014 at 03:43 PM]
Yeah I think the Ad-Lite ballasts were more of a residential ballast too.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 30, 2014 at 04:38 PM]
Yeah aren't they dimmer than a TuLamp ballast?
streetlight98   [Aug 30, 2014 at 05:16 PM]
I didn't think it was that dim...
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 30, 2014 at 05:17 PM]
Yeah but isn't an AdLite supposedly a HPF but reduced-ballast-factor unit?
streetlight98   [Aug 30, 2014 at 11:20 PM]
I don't know. It is HPF though. That's the thing with fluorescent ballasts, the ballast factor varies a lot whereas HID ballasts all drive lamps at 1BF.

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