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Saved From the Dumpster!
Here's a nice 250 Westy clear top! I'm not sure where it came from, but there were a bunch of mercury lamps and ballast in the "garbage" compartment on the bucket truck. All the other lamps were newer Sylvanias so I threw those out, and I wasn't sure wether the ballasts worked so they went in the scrap bin. I'll have to see if it works but I bet it does - the arc tube looks brand new!
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Saved From the Dumpster!

Here's a nice 250 Westy clear top! I'm not sure where it came from, but there were a bunch of mercury lamps and ballast in the "garbage" compartment on the bucket truck. All the other lamps were newer Sylvanias so I threw those out, and I wasn't sure wether the ballasts worked so they went in the scrap bin. I'll have to see if it works but I bet it does - the arc tube looks brand new!

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Filename:image~137.jpg
Album name:gailgrove / My Collection
Keywords:Lamps
Company and Date Manufactured:Westinghouse
Wattage:250
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapour
Filesize:328 KiB
Date added:Nov 30, 2013
Dimensions:1222 x 1630 pixels
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streetlight98   [Nov 30, 2013 at 11:33 PM]
woah! nice score!
gailgrove   [Dec 01, 2013 at 12:28 AM]
Thanks! I was lucky to get it before it got thrown out.
streetlight98   [Dec 01, 2013 at 12:39 AM]
yep! btw, can you get a lit pic?
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Dec 01, 2013 at 02:05 AM]
What phosphor type is this? (/C, /DX, etc.)
joe_347V   [Dec 01, 2013 at 03:25 AM]
Wow nice find!
RCM   [Dec 01, 2013 at 09:41 PM]
I usually find scrap wire in dumpsters but I have never been able to find old lamps! Nice score! Maybe I should just look harder! Razz
Silverliner14B   [Dec 02, 2013 at 12:04 AM]
Is it a Canadian Westy? Nice find!
gailgrove   [Dec 02, 2013 at 12:40 AM]
Thanks guys, I'll try and get a shot of it lit soon. @ GEsoftwhite it's a C phosphor lamp. @Dave - Yep it is a Canadian Westinghouse.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Dec 02, 2013 at 12:51 AM]
Especially cool!
joe_347V   [Dec 02, 2013 at 03:49 PM]
Nice a /C, now you just need a classic cobra to stick this in.
streetlight98   [Dec 02, 2013 at 08:23 PM]
a Westie OV-15 of the same vintage perhaps?
GEsoftwhite100watts   [May 10, 2014 at 04:55 AM]
Have you tried it by now? If so does it work?

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