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Old 2xF40T12 (open) A pair of old 2-lamp F40T12 fixtures. Got then free (they were headed to the dumpster...needless to say they never made it in, saved by a relative before) The original ballasts were 277v (those are long gone now) so I swapped out for some extra 120v I had laying around. There is a small metal piece/cover center cover missing in the image...I do have those somewhere too (as well as the fixture covers/doors/diffusers(whatever the real name is)). 10_0321o2 Keywords: Indoor_Fixtures

Old 2xF40T12 (open)

A pair of old 2-lamp F40T12 fixtures. Got then free (they were headed to the dumpster...needless to say they never made it in, saved by a relative before)

The original ballasts were 277v (those are long gone now) so I swapped out for some extra 120v I had laying around.
There is a small metal piece/cover center cover missing in the image...I do have those somewhere too (as well as the fixture covers/doors/diffusers(whatever the real name is)).

10_0321o2

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Filename:OLD2X-2.jpg
Album name:xmaslightguy / Fixtures - 48" And Over
Keywords:Indoor_Fixtures
Company and Date Manufactured:(company unknown) date would probably be 1970's (assuming they're original from the building)
Wattage:2x40
Lamp Type:Linear Fluorescent
Filesize:124 KiB
Date added:Jan 19, 2013
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GEsoftwhite100watts   [Jan 20, 2013 at 12:48 AM]
Can you read the (albeit faded) UL tag in there and see if these were made by MetaLux Corp/Gibson Lighting? These are the same design as my pair with the exception of the sockets...mine are donut instead of Y-slot...
What brand/ amp rating are the ballasts in there?
xmaslightguy   [Jan 20, 2013 at 01:02 AM]
The tag/label is too faded to read (maybe I'll try taking my little battery blacklight to this...if I can find it)
The current ballasts are a GE Bonus Line & an Advance, both .8a (I don't remember what type the originals were)
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Jan 20, 2013 at 01:04 AM]
Cool! Is the BonusLine rated for "energy saver" lamps like mine is?
xmaslightguy   [Jan 20, 2013 at 01:59 AM]
The tag/label is just too far gone for even the 'blacklight trick' to work
BonusLine ballast is only rated for 40w lamps, so its probably even older?
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Jan 20, 2013 at 02:03 AM]
Yep...what does the label design look like?
Did this originally have 2 single-lamp ballasts judging by the covers?
xmaslightguy   [Jan 20, 2013 at 02:46 AM]
There's not enough of the label text to tell much, but it had 'Underwriters Laboratories' straight across the top and a 'Union Made' logo vertically on the right side.

Looks like it originally had a 2-lamp ballast even with the 2 covers - the 'ballast side' has an extra piece of silver metal mounted inside..
I do have some other pic's of the insides too (& closed up I think) if you want to see them... (looks like I set things up to do a YouTube vid for these, can't remember now if I actually made one)
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Jan 20, 2013 at 02:55 AM]
Are those pics posted on here? Judging by the tag, they're like mine...
xmaslightguy   [Jan 20, 2013 at 03:25 AM]
They're not posted, but if you want I can put up a few
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Jan 20, 2013 at 03:26 AM]
That'd be awesome...I also uploaded a pic of the ballast cover on mine...
xmaslightguy   [Jan 20, 2013 at 04:03 AM]
Not a prob since they're already on my other computer..

Images:
Ballast Cover Removed
Lampholders Closeup
GE Ballast Closeup
I do have the Advance ballast too which I can post (as well as a pic with lamps) - can post either of those, but they're not as interesting..

(do have covers/diffusers problem is there's xmas stuff in those because at one point I was using the fixture for that)

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