Thorn EMI 1000w Kolorlux MBF/U
1kw Thorn MBF/U lamp.

Date code 24

NOS BNIB. The large box was sealed by the original copper staples.

Thorn EMI 1000w Kolorlux MBF/U

1kw Thorn MBF/U lamp.

Date code 24

NOS BNIB. The large box was sealed by the original copper staples.

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Danny   [11 Feb, 2017 at 04:35 PM]
Have to light this in the summer snd do a video watch all the flies fry infront of it
FrontSideBus   [11 Feb, 2017 at 04:37 PM]
I don't have a KW ballast but two 400's do the trick Smile
Andy   [11 Feb, 2017 at 08:19 PM]
Lovely lamp! Very Happy
AngryHorse   [11 Feb, 2017 at 09:31 PM]
Our local Fine Fare, (now Asda), use to be all lit with these!, they survived well into the early 90s!
FrontSideBus   [11 Feb, 2017 at 10:56 PM]
Must have been one hell of a big floodlight. Were they those conical style ones?
Kev   [11 Feb, 2017 at 11:26 PM]
Cool don't they do 2 types long neck and short?
AngryHorse   [12 Feb, 2017 at 03:03 PM]
Mark, No these were on the INSIDE!!!!, there was about 50 of them, (must have been quite a lighting load to run 7 days a week)!, the fittings were huge square things with a tiny little GLS lamp next to them as a pre light for when the mercs were warming up!
Kev   [12 Feb, 2017 at 03:57 PM]
Omg they sound so cool rich!
FrontSideBus   [12 Feb, 2017 at 04:33 PM]
Would have loved to have seen those run-up.
AngryHorse   [13 Feb, 2017 at 09:40 PM]
I tried in vain to find pictures of it all last night, but came up with none, it was build by Fine Fare in 1976, (the MBFs would have been the original installation), the lighting was changed in 1989 to `end to end` rows of 70watt Philips fittings, (now gone for LED)!, but I remember the mercs all too well as a kid, the whole store was lit at a total of something like 3,100,000 lumens! Very Happy
Andy   [13 Feb, 2017 at 11:19 PM]
Sounds amazing Rich! Very Happy
FrontSideBus   [15 Feb, 2017 at 02:30 PM]
Looks like the seller has more as another one has just appeared. Might be worth e-mailing to see how many he has.
MissRiaElaine   [30 Jan, 2018 at 01:43 AM]
I have one of these, no ballast at the moment, though.

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