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Just replace some light fittings in one kennel block and to my suprise this what made the old fitting tick. I didn't even see this kind of choke in a fluorescent fitting back in the 1960's

So just wondered how long they had been there.

Bazza

That's a choke, not a transformer

I stand corrected of course you are right , have altered it under picture. Thats a word I havn,t heard for many a year in this context.

Any idea how old the fitting might be?

Bazza

damn it... was expecting some 1st edition optimus prime or something.... never mind

lol @ Stu! I remb those days

Nice pic Bazza!

To be honest, the plug looks like quite a new un. I'd put money on late 80's, Early 90's.

Its off a crompton crompack4 fitting, its got to be earier than 1993 because thats when we bought this place and i don't think the previous owner had touched them and he was here for 7 years before that. So that must make it pre 1986 at least.




the longer resistor is 5 inches long 24o volts and the other is marked up with 440 volts

Bazza

Could be then. They're capacitors too

on the casing of the long one it says resistor fitted and internal fuse .

Bazza

I have one of those