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 02:57 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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