New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

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New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby fluorescent » Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:22 pm

Has anyone bought or has looked into buying new cardboard sleeves for fluorescent tubes? I'm not bothered about any text or branding or whatever, just plain cardboard sleeves to store tubes in safely. It really would be incredibly useful if like me you have 1 million tubes laying around most of which have no protection whatsoever...
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby Danny » Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:55 pm

Ive never bought or looked into it but this is something i would like to do for the more collectable tubes in my collection at some point especially anything GEC,atlas, thorn my BCs and my coloureds at least.
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby Slyspark » Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:08 am

Sounds unlikely to be honest. I can save any sleeves from tubes I install if people are short, but please bear in mind, these days that means T8 only as I only install T12 in SRS circuits due to their non-availability. I guess it might be worth asking James if he can get hold of any from Sylvania?
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby fluorescent » Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:21 am

I might email some cardboard manufacturers and see if they could produce it on a roll so sleeves could just be cut from it as required? No idea if that's possible and I'm guessing it might be expensive unless one orders a significant length!

It's T12 sleeves I need really. I do save T8 sleeves from the cardboard bin at work.
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby FrontSideBus » Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:43 am

What about a roll of that foam stuff that Philips 8w lamps come in these days?
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby BC5-80 » Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:35 pm

What about a roll of that foam stuff that Philips 8w lamps come in these days?
I bet that would be too grippy in large size for T12. You'd never be able to slide it all the way on.
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby lasagafield » Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:09 am

Couldn't you make some out of dismantled large cardboard boxes?
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby Cobster » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:04 am

Most packing wholesalers can supply single wall corrugate on rolls, from which you could cut sleeves.
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby fluorescent » Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:49 am

Most packing wholesalers can supply single wall corrugate on rolls, from which you could cut sleeves.
This stuff? I have just been looking at some sleeves and how they're made, it looks like this stuff but folded over a square former and the seem taped together or glued. I'm now thinking I could make some & these rolls of single corrugation cardboard are very cheap
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Re: New sleeves for fluorescent tubes?

Postby Cobster » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:49 pm

This stuff?
Yes, exactly that stuff.

I'm imagining:
Have two 1.375'' square wood battens more than the length of the intended lamp with holes at each end for 4'' long coachbolts with wingnuts.
Cut some card strips about 7'' wide.
Wrap tight around the first wooden batten, glue and press the second batten onto the join whilst it dries, using the bolts to hold them together.

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