Troughton and Young fluorescent fittings.
A nice haul 29/10/18, which ended up probably being my personal best as far as fluorescent lights go. These 6 fittings, made by Troughton and Young, and their 6 corresponding Mazda natural tubes were recently removed and destined for the skip, well supposed to be. For a while they had been standing in a forgotten corner. I was doing work in this corner when I spotted them. A quick chat secured everything for the collection.

In this day and age, I find it truly remarkable how such original fittings that are so old are still found here and there. All the fittings retain the original gear, metal can starters and the Mazda tubes, a rare feat. I have never heard of Troughton and young, further adding to the interesting scale. As of writing this, all the starters work, and five of the 6 tubes work, I think the non working one could be a broken cathode.

Sadly one of the fittings has lost a lamp holder, with how rare these are and how hard the parts will be to even source a replacement, I will be forced to strip that one for parts and eventually scrapping.

Troughton and Young fluorescent fittings.

A nice haul 29/10/18, which ended up probably being my personal best as far as fluorescent lights go. These 6 fittings, made by Troughton and Young, and their 6 corresponding Mazda natural tubes were recently removed and destined for the skip, well supposed to be. For a while they had been standing in a forgotten corner. I was doing work in this corner when I spotted them. A quick chat secured everything for the collection.

In this day and age, I find it truly remarkable how such original fittings that are so old are still found here and there. All the fittings retain the original gear, metal can starters and the Mazda tubes, a rare feat. I have never heard of Troughton and young, further adding to the interesting scale. As of writing this, all the starters work, and five of the 6 tubes work, I think the non working one could be a broken cathode.

Sadly one of the fittings has lost a lamp holder, with how rare these are and how hard the parts will be to even source a replacement, I will be forced to strip that one for parts and eventually scrapping.

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Andy   [01 Nov, 2018 at 07:50 PM]
Amazing find!
Ash   [02 Nov, 2018 at 07:35 AM]
Have a look at modern "plug on caps" lamp holders for tubes held in terry clips, like what's used in some fridges. You might be able to make a substitute end cap for this one, not exactly looking the same but it will work with the other original lamp holder and you can install it with that one end hidden behind a wall corner or such
Funkybulb   [02 Nov, 2018 at 09:50 AM]
your prolly better replace those with american spring loaded lamp holders?

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