Thorn 14W T12 Tropicial daylight
I managed to bag 4 of these :)

they are the first British made 14W T12s iv seen I know in europe both Philips and Osram made 14W T12s, but until these showed up I had no idea thorn made 14W T12s (the 14W T12 is very much a US only size the history of which can be found [url=http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec%20Sheets/D%20FL%20Silicate%20Ar%20GE%20F14T12-W.htm]here[/url] :)

I suspect these where made for export, because they came from italy and the fact they are tropical daylight, which is a size we only got in 15W in the UK (however thorn made tropical daylight in other sizes for export)

I cant imagine they where particularly high volume lamps either, they came in plain sleeves, where even Thorn 15W T12s I have had came in branded sleeves

they are shown here happily running as a pair off 1 30W choke, I gave all 4 of mine nice long 2 hour runs

I still need to date them, but they have very similar construction to a case of Thorn deluxe warm white 15W T12s I had many years ago which now resides with another collector

Thorn 14W T12 Tropicial daylight

I managed to bag 4 of these :)

they are the first British made 14W T12s iv seen I know in europe both Philips and Osram made 14W T12s, but until these showed up I had no idea thorn made 14W T12s (the 14W T12 is very much a US only size the history of which can be found here :)

I suspect these where made for export, because they came from italy and the fact they are tropical daylight, which is a size we only got in 15W in the UK (however thorn made tropical daylight in other sizes for export)

I cant imagine they where particularly high volume lamps either, they came in plain sleeves, where even Thorn 15W T12s I have had came in branded sleeves

they are shown here happily running as a pair off 1 30W choke, I gave all 4 of mine nice long 2 hour runs

I still need to date them, but they have very similar construction to a case of Thorn deluxe warm white 15W T12s I had many years ago which now resides with another collector

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oliver   [26 Apr, 2019 at 05:57 PM]
Cool
thorncollector   [26 Apr, 2019 at 06:36 PM]
these are nice tubes i got three then put the note on the ebay section
Lightbulbfun   [26 Apr, 2019 at 07:08 PM]
yeah I have you to thank for making me aware of these tubes! proper rare find Smile

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