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Thorn Vivatronic Conversion A year or so ago I whacked up this cheap Kanlux twin 36w Cat2 fitting in my hangout room. As the stock control gear looked of questionable quality, I decided to re-wire and rip the gear out and fit Thorn G69545.4 36/40w chokes and some G69577.4 Vivatronic starters. Edit: now fitted with GV LG 16/21-58 units that give a slightly longer and more gentle preheat. Gives a nice rumble when you turn the power on!

Thorn Vivatronic Conversion

A year or so ago I whacked up this cheap Kanlux twin 36w Cat2 fitting in my hangout room. As the stock control gear looked of questionable quality, I decided to re-wire and rip the gear out and fit Thorn G69545.4 36/40w chokes and some G69577.4 Vivatronic starters.

Edit: now fitted with GV LG 16/21-58 units that give a slightly longer and more gentle preheat.

Gives a nice rumble when you turn the power on!

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AngryHorse   [19 Jan, 2016 at 08:23 PM]
Nicely done, so these Vivatronic were like the early electronic starters?
pat_96   [19 Jan, 2016 at 09:21 PM]
Nice tidy re-wiring there Cool
Kev   [19 Jan, 2016 at 11:00 PM]
The early ones started with a nice rumble where as the later type were more like pulse starters!
Liam   [20 Jan, 2016 at 11:37 PM]
My weather pack i have on the Tube life tests has 2 big metal can Vivatronic starters and you can hear it starting down stairs Shocked
XmasLightGuy   [21 Jan, 2016 at 12:30 AM]
Does it start like a Rapid-start or SRS? or have its own unique way?
Oh, and nice clean wiring job!
FrontSideBus   [21 Jan, 2016 at 12:34 AM]
Detailed info into the operation can be found on page 21 (PDF page 23) of the 1983 Thorn Lighting Journal which can be found on James' Lamptech site here.
FrontSideBus   [14 Sep, 2021 at 01:57 PM]
Well I just popped out for a few hours and found one of the lamps out when I returned. One of the lampholders looked like it had been arcing and melted. Good job I have a few spares lol.

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