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Gama-sonic 'Jerican' Twin tube rechargable lantern I have lost count of how many fluorescent torches I now have and don't generally post unless there is something a bit special about a particular model. There are several things that make this one worthy of note, the most obvious being that it is twin tube with the option to run on one tube only to extend the battery life. The battery is a sealed lead acid battery with an internal mains charger, powered by a lead stored in a compartment with a two pin shaver style plug. It can also serve as an emergency light, powering the tubes when disconnected from the mains. The electronics are all old school using a conventional power supply consisting of a transformer and rectifier bridge, all using discrete components, no integrated circuits/chips. Probably late 80s/early 90s

Gama-sonic 'Jerican' Twin tube rechargable lantern

I have lost count of how many fluorescent torches I now have and don't generally post unless there is something a bit special about a particular model. There are several things that make this one worthy of note, the most obvious being that it is twin tube with the option to run on one tube only to extend the battery life. The battery is a sealed lead acid battery with an internal mains charger, powered by a lead stored in a compartment with a two pin shaver style plug. It can also serve as an emergency light, powering the tubes when disconnected from the mains. The electronics are all old school using a conventional power supply consisting of a transformer and rectifier bridge, all using discrete components, no integrated circuits/chips. Probably late 80s/early 90s

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Album name:RobTDCI / Torches and lanterns
Wattage:2 x 6w
Date manufactured:Late 80s/early 90s
Filesize:1831 KiB
Date added:27 May, 2018
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fluorescent   [28 May, 2018 at 06:01 AM]
How well does it drive the tubes I wonder?
RobTDCI   [28 May, 2018 at 10:31 AM]
It cold starts the tubes so its not wonderful on the tubes, I would never use nice tubes in one of these. The main thing is to not run it with flat batteries as the tubes sputter very quickly - this lantern does at least cut out when the battery is low. Some of the lanterns do have better inverters that do pre-heat but more often than not they are the basic, instant start type. These do run brightly, perhaps just slightly under driven. I do use these sometimes for DIY when a bit of extra light is required - this one will come in very handy! Razz
Ash   [01 Jun, 2018 at 08:02 AM]
Gama Sonic were an Israeli company making mostly emergency lighting

You have the later model from the late 90s, which might have been made in Israel or in Taiwan or in China

The older ones from the early 90s were made in Israel, in them the cable was not stored inside the lantern but just detachable with a shaver-like connector, also they had a DC connector for connecting to a car 12V receptacle. I have one somewhere, but dont recall where exactly. The box from it is right here though. I'll upload a picture later

Most of them were made in White color
RobTDCI   [02 Jun, 2018 at 09:54 PM]
Interesting, I have the box and that does have a picture of a white one.

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