Tray rebuild, (but with a fault)!
Back in January this year I rebuilt my twin 70 watt tray, complete with separate gear switches, but long story short, the Philips ballast I suspect had a fault? Seen here running twin Slovakian, Osram SON-E, (both new), but the Philips ballast was running one lamp at 104 volts, and both the capacitor and ignitor were getting warm! I’ve now swapped the Philips with a Parmar.

Tray rebuild, (but with a fault)!

Back in January this year I rebuilt my twin 70 watt tray, complete with separate gear switches, but long story short, the Philips ballast I suspect had a fault? Seen here running twin Slovakian, Osram SON-E, (both new), but the Philips ballast was running one lamp at 104 volts, and both the capacitor and ignitor were getting warm! I’ve now swapped the Philips with a Parmar.

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Manufacturer:Osram, VS, Parmar
Type/Model:Twin 70 watt gear tray
Wattage:2 or 1 x 70 watt halide/SON
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Date added:16 May, 2026
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FrontSideBus   [16 May, 2026 at 11:41 PM]
Interesting to see that VS choke actually marked for 240v. Most of the ones I see are 230 which might explain why they run so goddamn hot!

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