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Philips SL Lamp Ballast107 viewsFrom a broken SL!2 commentsPaul04/08/20 at 21:34Sparkygav: my first fooling about with one of these was when ...
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Philips SL Lamp Ballast107 viewsFrom a broken SL!2 commentsPaul04/03/20 at 16:11Tom: It's certainly very well engineered for what ...
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Thorn 4-8w Ballast121 viewsLate 70s classic Thorn choke.3 commentsPaul09/18/19 at 08:22Linear_SLI: Cool, don’t ever remember seeing a genuine 4watt...
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Thorn 4-8w Ballast121 viewsLate 70s classic Thorn choke.3 commentsPaul09/15/19 at 00:55Tom: Yes it's odd how running the 4w tube at doubl...
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Thorn 4-8w Ballast121 viewsLate 70s classic Thorn choke.3 commentsPaul09/14/19 at 20:20Jools: A while back I was looking for a 4w choke to conve...
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MK Safetyplugs71 viewsThe best 13A plug of all time!3 commentsPaul09/14/19 at 20:17Jools: The screw 'clamp' terminals came from th...
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MK Safetyplugs71 viewsThe best 13A plug of all time!3 commentsPaul09/14/19 at 13:27Tom: Seconded Jools! A truly iconic design. I think the...
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MK Safetyplugs71 viewsThe best 13A plug of all time!3 commentsPaul09/08/19 at 11:36Jools: classic MK, these stayed pretty much unchanged for...
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Arlec HF Ballast 2x 28w T548 viewsInternal view.1 commentsPaul09/18/18 at 04:28Linear_SLI: Interesting, I wonder why they would only pot the ...
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Labcraft Transtrip 12v 8w Transistorised Ballast60 viewsFor 8w T5 tubes.1 commentsTom09/17/18 at 22:50Rob_TDCi: I have a couple of these also, reminds me of the P...
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Thorn G81023 Dimmer Unit96 viewsInternal view.3 commentsPaul08/10/17 at 09:29James: I love the early lighting electronics - as you say...
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Thorn G81023 Dimmer Unit96 viewsInternal view.3 commentsPaul08/06/17 at 22:24Rob_TDCi: At least it would be reasonably easy to repair, th...
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Thorn G81023 Dimmer Unit96 viewsInternal view.3 commentsPaul08/06/17 at 14:04Linear_SLI: Juicy lot of stuff to go wrong in there
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Crompton 5-7-9-11w PL Adaptor Teardown43 viewsShowing Internal Helvar Ballast1 commentsPaul07/20/17 at 17:56fluorescence: I've got one of these with an e27 cap. It...
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Thorn 70w HPS & MH Ballast55 viewsAs fitted in the Beta 79.3 commentsPaul07/18/17 at 20:23Linear_SLI: One thing I have noticed about these later ones, t...
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Thorn 70w HPS & MH Ballast55 viewsAs fitted in the Beta 79.3 commentsPaul07/18/17 at 11:32Paul: I don't think these will last like the old on...
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Thorn 70w HPS & MH Ballast55 viewsAs fitted in the Beta 79.3 commentsPaul07/18/17 at 07:23Linear_SLI: I have a couple of this type, one of 100watt MH, o...
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EBlamp 200w Electronic Ballast79 viewsFor use with the 200w T17 Induction lamp.6 commentsPaul06/13/17 at 22:32Tom: Certainly see what you mean about the car power am...
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EBlamp 200w Electronic Ballast79 viewsFor use with the 200w T17 Induction lamp.6 commentsPaul06/08/17 at 13:21Paul: Needs to be a good heatsink I would imagine.
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EBlamp 200w Electronic Ballast79 viewsFor use with the 200w T17 Induction lamp.6 commentsPaul06/08/17 at 08:11Rob_TDCi: yes the casing. I know that type of casing is used...
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EBlamp 200w Electronic Ballast79 viewsFor use with the 200w T17 Induction lamp.6 commentsPaul06/07/17 at 09:41Paul: The casing?
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EBlamp 200w Electronic Ballast79 viewsFor use with the 200w T17 Induction lamp.6 commentsPaul06/07/17 at 08:31Rob_TDCi: Car power amp.
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EBlamp 200w Electronic Ballast35 viewsInternal view of the induction lamp driver.1 commentsPaul06/06/17 at 20:21Linear_SLI: Nice and tidy inside, bet their not easy to get ho...
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EBlamp 200w Electronic Ballast79 viewsFor use with the 200w T17 Induction lamp.6 commentsPaul06/06/17 at 20:19Linear_SLI: Good heat sinking
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Thorn BU/685 SRS Ballast55 viewsFor 6ft 85w lamps.1 commentsPaul05/31/17 at 23:02Slyspark: I'm fairly sure that those screw terminal one...
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Thorn G69573.2 2D 16w Choke70 viewsAs fitted to Thorn CP16 2D pendant fitting.2 commentsPaul12/30/15 at 18:30Paul: LOL! Indeed!
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Thorn G69573.2 2D 16w Choke70 viewsAs fitted to Thorn CP16 2D pendant fitting.2 commentsPaul12/30/15 at 11:28Linear_SLI: The label is even on straight!, back when Thorn ma...
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MK Safetyplug90 viewsThe very first shielded 13A plug?5 commentsTom09/30/15 at 19:03benlucysam: Ive got one of these, alot deeper than the standar...
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MK Safetyplug90 viewsThe very first shielded 13A plug?5 commentsTom09/29/15 at 21:53Tom: Very much so! And it'll handle a full 3kw loa...
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MK Safetyplug90 viewsThe very first shielded 13A plug?5 commentsTom09/29/15 at 21:01Paul: Also a little bit overengineered - but still a gre...
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