Gallery of Lights

The Site => General videos => Topic started by: Mike on December 30, 2012, 02:01:31 PM

Title: My Lighting Videos
Post by: Mike on December 30, 2012, 02:01:31 PM: Here's a thread where I'll be posting my lighting-related videos. 8) They will all be in one topic to save space on the server and to make it easier to locate vids. I hope you all enjoy them. I enjoy watching my lamps start up and I want others to as well!

UPLOAD #1: 13W PL Compact Fluorescent Adapters Starting Up
CLICK HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ9tzrv1v4I&feature=youtu.be)

UPLOAD #2: GE Compax Lamp and Philips SR*18 Lamp
CLICK HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTYHNUtLto&feature=youtu.be)

UPLOAD #3: 5W PL Compact Fluorescents Starting Up
CLICK HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOrPRu3ek74&feature=youtu.be)

UPLOAD #4: F13T5 Preheats Starting Up
CLICK HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b9vMCUv3MM&feature=youtu.be)
Title: Re: My Lighting Videos
Post by: Mike on February 20, 2013, 01:45:43 PM: New videos uploaded! Check them out!
Title: Re: My Lighting Videos
Post by: A_lights on February 21, 2013, 12:58:56 AM: Cool! I like that F13T5 startup
Title: Re: My Lighting Videos
Post by: Mike on February 21, 2013, 06:37:51 PM: Thanks. :) Yeah it seems the starters have a little trouble starting the 13w lamps. The F13T5 lamps need FS-4 starters to start but they take longer to start (which means more fun to watch!) than with 40W T12s. I tried the starters in my preheat industrial and they instant started every time. More videos to come! Stand by. 8)
Title: Re: My Lighting Videos
Post by: A_lights on February 22, 2013, 07:20:34 PM: i have a newer Robertson F13T5 ballast that is instant start, its magnetic but has some type of internal electronic starter so its real boring!
Title: Re: My Lighting Videos
Post by: Mike on February 22, 2013, 10:21:51 PM: ahh yeah IS is boring except for EOL shows lol. it seems even though one ballast is rapid start (though still labeled as preheat) it starts up jsut like the preheaters every time. you couldn't tell them apart! It probably really is preheat with an internal glowbottle starter or something.
Title: Re: My Lighting Videos
Post by: A_lights on February 22, 2013, 11:01:51 PM: i had a F40T12 NPF preheat with a bad starter inside so i bypassed it by just using certain wires and using a normal FS-4 starter and works fine! so stupid they would put a starter glowbottle inside a potted ballast !
Title: Re: My Lighting Videos
Post by: Mike on February 22, 2013, 11:29:03 PM: well i'm not sure if they did, but the lamp starts differently every time and the internal start acts just like a regular one. Maybe it is a glowbottle though. If that's the case, I'd better not switch it frequently. :o