GEC Europa, left behind

Been getting annoyed with myself recently about all the cool lighting shit I've left behind at various places that I could have easily got. Here's one of them; a picture I've just found of my garage at my previous house, it's an old two-tone end GEC Europa 65w complete with a Philips crimped cap 65/80w tube. But don't worry, I did bring 3x cheap crap T5 49w louvre things with me, doh!

GEC Europa, left behind


Been getting annoyed with myself recently about all the cool lighting shit I've left behind at various places that I could have easily got. Here's one of them; a picture I've just found of my garage at my previous house, it's an old two-tone end GEC Europa 65w complete with a Philips crimped cap 65/80w tube. But don't worry, I did bring 3x cheap crap T5 49w louvre things with me, doh!

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Manufacturer:GEC
Type/Model:Europa
Wattage:65w
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Date added:07 Mar, 2018
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Kev   [07 Mar, 2018 at 01:00 AM]
Shame that old Europa looks in good nick too
fluorescent   [07 Mar, 2018 at 01:37 AM]
Indeed it was. No knock-outs removed and only very minimal surface rust. It gets worse, I had another one of these, but one of the end caps was loose, can't remember if it was actually broken or if it was just the spring missing, anyway I skipped it Sad
Slyspark   [07 Mar, 2018 at 01:39 AM]
We might have to banish you from the forum for a crime like that! Shocked
Arrowslim   [07 Mar, 2018 at 06:29 PM]
indeed, stand in the corner with your 'i love edison lamps' hat on (i believe kev has one of these hats) Laughing
fluorescent   [07 Mar, 2018 at 07:09 PM]
In my defense, even though this was only about three years ago, I didn't really know what it was then. This fascination with vintage lighting developed much later than many here
RobTDCI   [07 Mar, 2018 at 07:57 PM]
I've been guilty of this kind of thing be it getting rid of things or not saving things in my younger days - the belief I was past lighting and that there were better things. It's an all too familiar story from others as well.
Arrowslim   [07 Mar, 2018 at 09:19 PM]
this is the guy who left a SS 50w arrowslim in a loft of his past residence, (fairly sure there was other gems in said loft) so yeah, been there, done that!
FrontSideBus   [08 Mar, 2018 at 10:05 AM]
We had two mint condition Atlas Superslims that got skipped about 15 years ago when the lean-to garage got demolished and replaced with a proper one and extension...

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