Carrying Weird Things Around

[joe_347V]

Somewhat inspired by this comment thread anyone here carried around any weird things in public?

I'll start:

GE Red traffic light LED
GE Pedestrian Signal LED module
Two Revere Urbanlites (aka Peaheads)
A couple of EXIT signs
A traffic light controller, the full size one you usually see in the cabinet
A couple of 4' shoplights (thankfull not both at once)
Couple of 2' fluorescent fixtures
Desktop PC
17" Computer monitor

[Mike]

Would that F40 preheater I traded with you count as one of those 4ft shoplights? lol I had stuck it in a trash bag to protect the paint, which probably made it look even weirder/more suspicious lol.

I've carried those Simplex school clocks around my school before. I've also carried traffic signs around the neighboorhood after snow storms (the plows pack the snow against the street corners, where the stop sign poles are lol). I don't think I've ever really carried lights around in public though, except to buy them from the store, which wouldn't be unusual.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

I've carried FMs of fixtures through public places. Even & footers!

[joe_347V]

I guess that makes it three 4' shoplight/reflector type fixtures then.

The first one was a 4' single lamp F40 shoplight I found in the scrap metal pile at my old high school and carried home with the matching 2' fixture.

The second one is the F40 preheater I got from my trade with Mike. Yeah it was kinda odd carrying that thing around and especially on the bus lol.

The third one is a 4' T8 shoplight type fixture I picked up at Restore and brought to school to light up a storage closet now turned office in my school's workshop.

[Mike]

Hmm I guess it might not be so strange after all if I walk around campus with a stepladder and a case of 72W halogen bulbs? lol

I might actually go through with the plan to relamp ALL the bathroom fresnels (well, the men's bathroom fresnels. I'm not brave enough to sneak into the women's rooms, even when the building is mostly empty lol). A case of 16 72W halogens (100W=) is only $20 from Lowe's. That covers all but one of the fixtures. I'll just stick a 13W CFL I have in that last fixture lol.

BTW, Joe, tonight I got the other Lehrolite shoplight from my aunt! It also has a broken socket. The ballast looks like its in good shape like yours (same thing, Ad-Lite) but looks may be deceiving. When it was in use it only lit one lamp (with new lamps) but one of the starters might have been bad. We'll find out after I test it I guess... My Lehrolite label is in much worse shape though; not much of it left.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

I carried three F40s, in tattered/partial sleeves, through campus and into the dorms today.  Does that count?  Covered in what appears to be/smells like linseed oil or varnish. 

[joe_347V]

Heh, I've installed a actual F32T8 shoplight on campus but it was in a storage area that only a few people had access to so I don't have to worry about janitors walking in me and plus the school paid for it lol. On a different day I carried the traffic light controller around campus since I was storing it at school for a while.

Ahh cool that you got the other Lehrolite shoplight. It's been so long I forgot there was a second one at your aunt's place lol. Yeah it might be the starters but NOS manual reset F40 starters are easy and still cheap to find on eBay. If you want, I can send you a picture of the label on mine for you to try replicating.

[Mike]

Yeah sure. If you can get a good pic of the label I just might try to replicate it.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

Carried the F40s back out, and a Sylvania 175w BT28 /DX and clear 175w Westy Lifeguard into my dorm building this evening. 

[ResR]

Carried from salvage site to home on a trolleybus:
2x36/40W vaporproof fixture with T8 tubes fitted
2 1200mm/4ft 36W T8 tubes without sleeves
1 1200mm/4ft 40W T12 tube without sleeve
2 55W 2G11 germicidal tubes without sleeve
30W T8 fluorescent light fixture with a cord
2 30W T8 germicidal tubes without sleeves and a bag full of gear slowly starting to go through the bag
2 2x18W G24D recessed fixtures in a broken plastic bag

(Not in the order)

[joe_347V]

A few weeks later, more weird stuff:

2x 1x4 troffer doors with diffusers

2x F32T8s

1x 8' Tandem F40 turret

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

Blatantly carrying F40 lamps down the dorm hallways, nobody seems to care/minds their own business, except for bag checks since i'm in the freshman, no-alchohol dorm.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

Or cases of 4' lamps where you have to hold them up high with your hand over the bottom since the bottom is falling out...did that one today.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

I think I trumped all today for the carrying bizarre things though public places:  I saved an 8ft slimline and an 8ft HO fixture from the dump, and walked through (1) a crosswalk on a busy main road with them (2) up multiple flights of pedestrian stairs, (3) through a university campus and (4) into the dorms.  The last part, going up the stairs, was a real pain in the rear, trying to open self-closing fire doors with two heavy fixtures in my hands.  Then down the hallway, trying to unlock my door, and get them inside.  Let's just say my arms still hurt. 

Do I get the "Most bizarre thing carried, with people everywhere giving weird looks" award now?

[joe_347V]

Did you carry them home both at once lol  if so I think you win.

I guess I came close with carrying a tandem (so 8') F40 turret industrial through my school's hallway but that was only to the car. I don't think it would have fit on the subway and bus if I took transit home.

One of my friends carried a cnc milling machine home on the subway once. He told me he got people giving weird looks and taking pictures lol.