Holophane Widerlite internals
A recent purchase welcomes this unusual and rare Holophane Widerlite to the collection. Running a 80w MBF lamp, it features the unusual and rare Circulume ballast, rated at 235v. Originally upon getting it home, it was fitted with a standard two pin BC cap, so the bulkhead likely hasn't seen a MBF lamp in decades. Testing the ballast with a 200w GLS lamp revealed that it was still a good working ballast. Fitting a 3 pin MBF lamp holder and lamp restored the bulkhead back to its original working state. Running, the ballast has a noticeable buzz to it, but its nothing really. 
My next plans now are to restore the bulkhead back to a hammered silver finish, and a gloss white interior. It'll more than likely be installed on my new shed.

Holophane Widerlite internals

A recent purchase welcomes this unusual and rare Holophane Widerlite to the collection. Running a 80w MBF lamp, it features the unusual and rare Circulume ballast, rated at 235v. Originally upon getting it home, it was fitted with a standard two pin BC cap, so the bulkhead likely hasn't seen a MBF lamp in decades. Testing the ballast with a 200w GLS lamp revealed that it was still a good working ballast. Fitting a 3 pin MBF lamp holder and lamp restored the bulkhead back to its original working state. Running, the ballast has a noticeable buzz to it, but its nothing really.
My next plans now are to restore the bulkhead back to a hammered silver finish, and a gloss white interior. It'll more than likely be installed on my new shed.

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AngryHorse   [01 Apr, 2018 at 08:18 AM]
This is quite Interesting, imagine how hot this gets in here, being sealed in, with both its own heat and the heat from the lamp Shocked
fluorescent   [01 Apr, 2018 at 11:07 AM]
Cool ballast. I've got one in the collection, removed from one of these fixtures that I had to convert to run a standard E27 lamp (Megaman Clusterlite 40w fitted)

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