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very old Crompton ballast and cap for a 400 watt mercury lamp, note the cap in a cast iron switch box !

very old Crompton ballast and cap for a 400 watt mercury lamp, note the cap in a cast iron switch box !

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Kev   [19 Sep, 2015 at 08:21 AM]
Does this work!!!!??? Why such an elaborate box for the capacitor?
AngryHorse   [19 Sep, 2015 at 03:12 PM]
Its kept it clean though!
lampy   [19 Sep, 2015 at 10:31 PM]
dont know, guess the chap who installed it decided to put the capacitor in a cast iron switch box for some reason, it was on the inside of a building, so maybe so you couldent touch it
Kev   [19 Sep, 2015 at 11:22 PM]
Have you tested it can't see it not working lol
lampy   [20 Sep, 2015 at 10:12 AM]
yes it works, the original ballast tapping had burnt out in the past, dont know if the cable became loose or what, this would have caused the lamp to not work. They just used another voltage tapping, and hey presto, back in lighting !
lampy   [20 Sep, 2015 at 10:13 AM]
to access the cable terminations, you remove a aluminium lid off the top of the crompton ballast, theres a row of tappings, non marked up lol
Kev   [20 Sep, 2015 at 10:28 AM]
Looks real old!!!!

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