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Very Old Bonusline Lamp This February 1962 MV lamp, removed in 2010-2011 from a Line Materials Unistyle 400 was not powering up at all when I first got it. I tried a lot of different ballasts on it. No go on 400 watt MV/MH ballast, no go on 400 watt HPS ballast, nothing on 350 watt pulse start MH ballast, It didn't do anything much in a high voltage 5000 volt transformer. It only worked once on 1500 watt MH ballast but after trying again, nothing at all. I did something VERY SPECIFIC to make it work again. But that remains a mystery! Here this old lamp now is willing to fire up again and light up rather dimly but beautifully! Thanks to a lineman friend for giving me this from his collection! Keywords: Lit_Lighting

Very Old Bonusline Lamp

This February 1962 MV lamp, removed in 2010-2011 from a Line Materials Unistyle 400 was not powering up at all when I first got it.

I tried a lot of different ballasts on it. No go on 400 watt MV/MH ballast, no go on 400 watt HPS ballast, nothing on 350 watt pulse start MH ballast, It didn't do anything much in a high voltage 5000 volt transformer. It only worked once on 1500 watt MH ballast but after trying again, nothing at all.

I did something VERY SPECIFIC to make it work again. But that remains a mystery!

Here this old lamp now is willing to fire up again and light up rather dimly but beautifully!

Thanks to a lineman friend for giving me this from his collection!

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File information
Filename:BonuslineLamp.jpg
Album name:Jace the Gull / HID
Keywords:Lit_Lighting
Company and Date Manufactured:General Electric, Febuarary 1962
Model Number:Bonusline H400C33-1
Wattage:400 Watts
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapor
Filesize:375 KiB
Date added:Apr 30, 2011
Dimensions:1266 x 1837 pixels
Displayed:360 times
Color Mode:Normal
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:Unknown (5)
DateTime Original:2011:04:26 21:54:41
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/160 sec
FNumber:f/4
Flash:Flash, Auto-Mode
Focal length:4.1 mm
Focus Mode:Auto
ISO:125
Light Source:Unknown: 4
Make:Panasonic
Max Aperture:f/3.3
Model:DMC-ZS5
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=6311
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streetlight98   [Dec 30, 2011 at 01:32 AM]
Hmm.... Did you light it on a 1000w ballast?
LilCinnamon   [Dec 30, 2011 at 03:03 AM]
He probably lit it on his 1500 MH ballast, it looks like that's the ballast box it's on.
A_lights   [Dec 30, 2011 at 04:48 AM]
He showed me on facetime, he has this arc generator thing, its static electricity I think
streetlight98   [Dec 30, 2011 at 04:51 AM]
Static electricity can bring a lamp back to life? Shocked
A_lights   [Dec 30, 2011 at 05:01 AM]
I guess so! Not sure how, but anything high voltage has a better chance
Also this device he had was really noisy
joe_347V   [Dec 30, 2011 at 05:09 AM]
What about an NST?
Form109   [Dec 30, 2011 at 09:19 AM]
lets plug it into a substation! Very Happy
LilCinnamon   [Dec 30, 2011 at 01:47 PM]
That would just make it explode. xD
GullWhiz   [Dec 30, 2011 at 03:44 PM]
What I did would have made it explode anyway.....
@ Ian, no the box in the pic is a normal 400 watt MV/MH ballast
@ Aaron, yes I showed you something, but it was not the only thing I did either, there was more to it!
@ Joe, my NST is dead...so I don't have one anymore....
BULB FREAK   [Dec 30, 2011 at 06:42 PM]
I know how he did this Very Happy
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Apr 14, 2012 at 05:55 PM]
how did he do it?
A_lights   [Mar 11, 2013 at 06:21 AM]
yeah how did you get this lamp going?
rjluna2   [Mar 11, 2013 at 12:24 PM]
Your suspense is killing us Razz
joe_347V   [Mar 12, 2013 at 12:45 AM]
Yeah, how did you get this running. I have the exact same lamp I would like to get running again. Sad
BULB FREAK   [Mar 12, 2013 at 05:19 AM]
he used a 15Kv transformer from a bug zapper I rember him menshesning it on LG some time back
A_lights   [Mar 12, 2013 at 06:33 AM]
Hmmm a bug zapper ! Laughing Confused Shocked
GullWhiz   [Mar 12, 2013 at 09:56 PM]
No...not this one...
streetlight98   [Mar 12, 2013 at 09:57 PM]
those little battery powered bug zappers?! they use 15000 volts? Shocked Shocked Shocked
BULB FREAK   [Mar 13, 2013 at 12:12 AM]
@Jace: ahh sory but not this one did u use the bug zapper tranny to zap a nother lamp Laughing @ mike not the battery powerd ones but some of the bigger ones do.
rjluna2   [Mar 13, 2013 at 01:50 AM]
Aww, neowu c'mon Razz

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