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Courtney Pope Twin 8ft 85w Fixture - Working! Finally got this thing up and running. I've fitted a pair of Philips T5 80w HF ballasts so it can run on 85w tubes as it originally did. I've cleaned the Rock lamp holders and rewired it with new cable, but I haven't painted this one even though the paintwork is absolutely hammered, circa 53 years of UV has turned it to essentially dust. The metalwork underneath appears to be galvanised so rust should't be an issue. N.B. the tube with a red cross on it has a broken cathode, but strikes reliably on HF

Courtney Pope Twin 8ft 85w Fixture - Working!


Finally got this thing up and running. I've fitted a pair of Philips T5 80w HF ballasts so it can run on 85w tubes as it originally did. I've cleaned the Rock lamp holders and rewired it with new cable, but I haven't painted this one even though the paintwork is absolutely hammered, circa 53 years of UV has turned it to essentially dust. The metalwork underneath appears to be galvanised so rust should't be an issue.

N.B. the tube with a red cross on it has a broken cathode, but strikes reliably on HF

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Filename:IMG_1335.JPG
Album name:fluorescent / Fittings
Manufacturer:Courtney Pope
Wattage:2x 8ft 85w
Date manufactured:Circa 1965
Filesize:2331 KiB
Date added:19 Apr, 2018
Dimensions:3072 x 2048 pixels
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Kev   [19 Apr, 2018 at 11:38 PM]
What was up with original gear?
fluorescent   [19 Apr, 2018 at 11:59 PM]
I got a few 85w quickstart ballasts with this fixture, all fucked. Don't start up reliably, the tube flicker severely for ages when it does strike up, tubes are under-driven, little to no cathode heating etc.
Kev   [20 Apr, 2018 at 12:05 AM]
That’s a shame mine does that though in the cold brand new tubes don’t start on QS
Kev   [20 Apr, 2018 at 12:05 AM]
Can you bring them to the meet?
fluorescent   [20 Apr, 2018 at 12:07 AM]
Now I've sorted this one out, I've got the other empty spine out ready to get working (in one form or another). I'll have another try with the old ballasts first and see how they do now it's a bit warmer
Kev   [20 Apr, 2018 at 12:08 AM]
I’ve got 3 new osram Lamps in mine and one used atlas. The atlas works every time all 3 osrams refuse to start in the cold if you swop the lamp around the fitting works
fluorescent   [20 Apr, 2018 at 12:16 AM]
Interesting, it could have just been the cold I guess or these unused Sylvania lamps? When I first got these, it was warmer weather and a quick test revealed they did appear to work. When I 'properly' tested them at a later date it was mid winter and freezing cold. As I say I'll give them another try and go from there
Kev   [20 Apr, 2018 at 12:44 AM]
Also they like an earth running the whole length of the fitting

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