Unknown 8w U tube

From Busybody lantern.

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Filename:	8wUtube.jpg
Album name:	Rob_TDCi / My Files
Comments:	This is the unknown 8w U tube from the Busy body lantern. Always been difficult to get, an address was provided in the instruction booklet to send off to for replacement. the total length of the tube is roughly 11 inches. I did try 2 x 4w in series but they wouldn't light to full brightness. I'm sure an alternative can be found and made to fit and work.
Date / Code:	1990s
Filesize:	84 KiB
Date added:	Aug 15, 2015
Dimensions:	1200 x 1562 pixels
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URL:	https://allthingslighting.co.uk/atl/displayimage.php?pid=21539
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Paul

[Aug 15, 2015 at 11:50 PM]

Maybe a tube from a cheap CFL?

Linear_SLI

[Aug 15, 2015 at 11:57 PM]

Yeah, these will be hard to get hold of, their Japanese, their used in a number of interior lights for Toyota.

Paul

[Aug 15, 2015 at 11:58 PM]

They are also used in some cheap insectocutors - obviously, those would be UV, so useless for putting in a lantern.

Tom

[Aug 16, 2015 at 01:29 AM]

I'd feel inclined to convert the lantern to 4 pin 7-9w PL-S?

Andy

[Aug 16, 2015 at 09:09 AM]

Ah, you don't see these tubes very often. As Rich says Toyota use these in their fugly people carriers.

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