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Thorn Escort OBD3013 lamp arrangement One 13w tube is bright enough, so 3 makes this one hell of a bright fitting. The lamp holders are made of rubber, which are normally associated with signlights and the like. One has discoloured for some reason, so will be replaced at some point in the future.

Thorn Escort OBD3013 lamp arrangement

One 13w tube is bright enough, so 3 makes this one hell of a bright fitting. The lamp holders are made of rubber, which are normally associated with signlights and the like. One has discoloured for some reason, so will be replaced at some point in the future.

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benlucysam   [12 Oct, 2015 at 03:49 PM]
Lovely fitting S##t Tubes LOL, need some old Atlas or Thorn.
Dave   [12 Oct, 2015 at 04:01 PM]
Yeah they are shit I will admit, but I don't have any Thorns or Atlas's in 13w, so these will have to do for now.
lampy   [12 Oct, 2015 at 05:59 PM]
again, my 8 watt set up under my stereo with the 8 watt BLI chokes have the same rubber lamp holders, i made it out of some 4 watt EXD fittings that had three 4 watt tubes in them, the chokes ran 4,6 and 8 watt tubes
Arrowslim   [12 Oct, 2015 at 06:34 PM]
philips TL 13 on CP lighting are less than £2 each. I bet that is silly bright with 3 tubes going Cool
RobTDCI   [12 Oct, 2015 at 08:58 PM]
3 tube 13w Thorn Escorts were used in the tunnel at Liverpool Lime street station in the 80s. Sometimes the train would stop right near one with a missing diffuser, it would have been possible to slide down the window in the door and reach out and help yourself to a tube or 3. Of course I never did! Wink
Danny   [12 Oct, 2015 at 09:36 PM]
I'd of been tempted lol
Kev   [12 Oct, 2015 at 09:41 PM]
Cool fitting Dave be interesting to see how long these tubes last! What fittings do they use now rob?
RobTDCI   [12 Oct, 2015 at 09:54 PM]
I was a nipper back then out with my parents Dan, they would want to know how I had suddenly come by a fluorescent tube! I don't know Kev, haven't used a train on that line since the 1998. I think they were some kind of 2D fittings then.
AngryHorse   [14 Oct, 2015 at 09:48 PM]
Shocked Never seen anything like this before!!!
FrontSideBus   [25 Jan, 2016 at 04:28 PM]
They don't have any lights as in the tunnel now.
RobTDCI   [25 Jan, 2016 at 07:27 PM]
Was never sure why that tunnel did have lights, most train tunnels I know of don't other than a section of Merserail underground though again not been on that since the late 90s. They wouldn't have been bright enough for maintenance work.

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