Benjamin #7191 80w 5ft Fluorescent Ballast [1962]

This is a switch start (preheat) ballast and is fitted in a Benjamin Taskmaster fluorescent fixture. It is multi-tapped for 200-250v operation

Working fine, runs cool and quiet. The fixture has an inspection stamp 9/1962 making this ballast around 55 years old, and the oldest in my collection so far

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Manufacturer:	Benjamin
Type/Model:	7191
Wattage:	80
Date manufactured:	1962
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Kev

[18 Mar, 2017 at 11:14 PM]

Yes! Now this is a beast! Made in London by Londoners!!! You just know this would last forever! Cool

fluorescent

[18 Mar, 2017 at 11:21 PM]

This is an impressive beast. Very heavy, runs cool, quiet and power draw measured at around ~95 watts running an 80w tube so it's not even massively inefficient! Very impressive stuff

Kev

[18 Mar, 2017 at 11:24 PM]

Got to be an early 60s unit if not older

Danny

[18 Mar, 2017 at 11:24 PM]

This is fucking lush

Simon_R

[18 Mar, 2017 at 11:28 PM]

When things were made to last.can't imagine there were many choke failures in those days!

Kev

[18 Mar, 2017 at 11:31 PM]

This got me looking at the kitemark and it's history interesting Kitemark

fluorescent

[18 Mar, 2017 at 11:31 PM]

Stamp on the spine reads 9/1962. I've also found reference to "Benjamin Taskmaster" lighting in a brochure from 1962

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