Doing some LED conversion work today and found this, still working in a light fitting just as old. Don't hink I have ever seen a metal starter.
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they don't make'm like they used to
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That would need earth bonding today. Unless it states it is class II
Ah yes they were all metal in days of yore .
how many centuries ago was that?
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Well,I remember them
and the FATTER 4 pin version. ( why do customers insist on calling them starter motors )
also Flu tubes with brass endcaps
5' and 6' tubes that were B.C.
converters to turn 2 pin tubes into BC ones
lead/lag fittings
and the FATTER 4 pin version. ( why do customers insist on calling them starter motors )
also Flu tubes with brass endcaps
5' and 6' tubes that were B.C.
converters to turn 2 pin tubes into BC ones
lead/lag fittings
Oh yes .. BC cap tubes as Kerch says , then an adaptor converting to bi-pin .
Kerch has the habit of reminding me of stuff from prehistoric times.
And lead - lag fittings ... I remember them ordered for a single phase machine shop ...they had to be fitted alternatively in the rows , first a lead then a lag to stop stroboscopic effects . The packing was marked up specially.
I think another way was to fit twin fittings where one tube led and the other lagged .
Or on 3 ph fittings alternated red ..yellow ...blue.
All fluorescent fittings seemed to made by Thorn back then . :C
I only saw the effect once , as an apprentice , called to local factory making machining transmission gears for the motor industry . The lathe operator said when he did a certain operation that required a certain speed , the large spinning gear in the lathe appeared to be standing still except for a slight oscillation .
The sparks (old school) told me to get the steps and remove the tube above the lathe , as soon as the tube went out the gear was spinning .
Like when you use a timing light on your car engine pulley. I can't remember what we did TBH , I'd be 15 then.
Kerch has the habit of reminding me of stuff from prehistoric times.
And lead - lag fittings ... I remember them ordered for a single phase machine shop ...they had to be fitted alternatively in the rows , first a lead then a lag to stop stroboscopic effects . The packing was marked up specially.
I think another way was to fit twin fittings where one tube led and the other lagged .
Or on 3 ph fittings alternated red ..yellow ...blue.
All fluorescent fittings seemed to made by Thorn back then . :C
I only saw the effect once , as an apprentice , called to local factory making machining transmission gears for the motor industry . The lathe operator said when he did a certain operation that required a certain speed , the large spinning gear in the lathe appeared to be standing still except for a slight oscillation .
The sparks (old school) told me to get the steps and remove the tube above the lathe , as soon as the tube went out the gear was spinning .
Like when you use a timing light on your car engine pulley. I can't remember what we did TBH , I'd be 15 then.
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