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8' 125w Pop Pack Ballast Lovely old potted ballast from a [url=http://80.229.24.59:9232/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=20878][u]rusty Pop Pack[/u][/url] that I found outside someone's house, left for the scrap man! Luckily I got there first as this ballast is in pretty good condition and runs silently. Series capacitor within the fitting is dated 12/71

8' 125w Pop Pack Ballast


Lovely old potted ballast from a rusty Pop Pack that I found outside someone's house, left for the scrap man! Luckily I got there first as this ballast is in pretty good condition and runs silently.

Series capacitor within the fitting is dated 12/71

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Album name:fluorescent / Control Gear
Manufacturer:Thorn
Type/Model:AME69230.4
Wattage:125
Filesize:4062 KiB
Date added:28 May, 2024
Dimensions:3277 x 1843 pixels
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Slyspark   [28 May, 2024 at 03:09 AM]
Decent gear that. Probably get a more exact date from the series cap - no doubt has it's manufacture date printed on it somewhere.
Danny   [28 May, 2024 at 08:57 AM]
Guessing it was the later ones that had the 2 separate ballasts in series then?
Lightbulbfun   [28 May, 2024 at 11:13 AM]
interesting! I would say this is actually an earlier one, pre-dating the series ballasts, but most this early have black coloured ones, this must be a fairly rare transitional fixture, all white etc but still single choke, it would be interesting to see what the date on the series cap is as Slyspark says Smile
Slyspark   [28 May, 2024 at 08:30 PM]
Yup, the series ones came after this - they used the open frame type that followed this potted version.
Kev   [28 May, 2024 at 09:50 PM]
The series ones was a better setup!
fluorescent   [29 May, 2024 at 06:01 PM]
the series capacitor is dated 12/71
Slyspark   [29 May, 2024 at 06:15 PM]
Cool! So, probably somewhere around 53yrs old then.... Best that LED!
dor123   [29 May, 2024 at 06:26 PM]
How the series capacitor boosts the OCV of the ballast from the mains 240V to 440V which is enough to start krypton 100W T12?
Lightbulbfun   [29 May, 2024 at 07:55 PM]
it does not boost the OCV, nor is it required for a Krypton 100W T12, in fact those tubes can explictly be run without a capacitor, and its why a lot of later 8ft British fixtures are for 100W tubes only since they lack the series capacitor that a 125W Argon 8ft T12 tube needs to run if on 240V mains

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