florescent bulbs - How Did This Get to Alaska?

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Filename:	PICT0146.JPG
Album name:	GEsoftwhite100watts / florescent bulbs
Keywords:	Lamps
Company and Date Manufactured:	Thorn, is this vintage?
Wattage:	15w
Lamp Type:	Florescent
Filesize:	80 KiB
Date added:	Dec 28, 2012
Dimensions:	640 x 480 pixels
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DateTime Original:	2003:01:01 00:00:00
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ISO:	50
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Model:	DiMAGE Z1
URL:	http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=14387
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A_lights

[Dec 28, 2012 at 09:15 PM]

Nice! Yep GE bought thorn in the 80s i think

migette1

[Jun 01, 2013 at 08:34 PM]

Yes Thorn is under G-E original company started by Jules Thorn who imported cheap lamps from abroad to break the lamp cartel in England.

GEsoftwhite100watts

[Jun 22, 2013 at 08:26 PM]

Any ideas how old this one is?

BULB FREAK

[Jun 22, 2013 at 09:30 PM]

if u can get a cleerer pic then i can date it for u Cool

i herd this is tropical daylight if so then OMFG this is one bleeding rare lamp Shocked

GEsoftwhite100watts

[Jun 22, 2013 at 10:10 PM]

Yes, indeed it is tropical daylight! I bet it's especially rare in America! Shocked

BULB FREAK

[Jun 23, 2013 at 01:19 AM]

in the UK its bleeding rare the only other tropical daylight lamps i know of are a few atlas 15Ws that peeple got off ebay (I beleve tropical dayllight was only made in F15T8 for art boxes and x ray viewers etc) this is the 1st thorn one i have seen so yea might be the only one in the US Shocked

xmaslightguy

[Jun 23, 2013 at 03:13 AM]

Cool find!! Cool

I have an aquarium light that had a Thorn starter in it

GEsoftwhite100watts

[Jun 23, 2013 at 04:36 AM]

The starter this lamp is on could be a Thorn as well...

joe_347V

[Jun 23, 2013 at 05:25 AM]

Some Thorn stuff was sold in the Canada at one point, I have a 400w coated HPS and a F15T8/WW from Thorn.

migette1

[Jun 23, 2013 at 06:12 PM]

Could be rare, date 70s 80s sorry cannot get closer as Dez says any chance clearer picture, surprised this turned up in Alaska, but have seen many US lamps at Wimbledon Bootsale

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Gallery of Lights

How Did This Get to Alaska?

I know this is a common European brand but how did it make it here?
Came in an aquarium hood, which I gutted for the lamp, ballast, and starter. It's the same size as a regular F15T8, so it works fine in my preheat under-cabinet light.

Gallery of Lights

How Did This Get to Alaska?

I know this is a common European brand but how did it make it here? Came in an aquarium hood, which I gutted for the lamp, ballast, and starter. It's the same size as a regular F15T8, so it works fine in my preheat under-cabinet light.

I know this is a common European brand but how did it make it here?
Came in an aquarium hood, which I gutted for the lamp, ballast, and starter. It's the same size as a regular F15T8, so it works fine in my preheat under-cabinet light.