1940s Preheat Fluorescent Light fixtures. One has never been tested

[@andrewsstation6436]

Wonderful demonstration of those lights! These videos deserve way more views!

[@DieselDucy]

Thanks so much. More lights coming soon

[@andrewsstation6436]

@@DieselDucy You’re very welcome.

[@MuLuMeThePussycat]

Very interesting! Glad to know and have a chance to see a proof showing that people from the 40s actually did use Fluorescent Lights with lower/normal color temperature (

[@Dan-dq8rs]

I love the sounds they make

[@yangjohnson479]

I love this light fixture.☺☺ 76 years old light.

[@dantx4545]

nice find Andrew love those old preheats

[@Daniel28021991]

Very cool lights!

[@coreybabcock2023]

Your simply putting the bare wires in the extension cord end

[@ShieyV2komputroniks]

I love that my country still has a lot preheat lights , and These give me vibes from a hospital bedside light

[@peterking2794]

It's interesting that the US always had bi-pin tubes and those small starters. In the UK we started out with only 5ft 80watt lamps that had bayonet caps on each end and large starters with four pins, among other types & styles. Your type came afterwards over here. I seem to remember reading that long tubes are difficult to start on 120 volts, and that you have to have different ballasts than we do on 240 volts.

[@garbo8962]

Retired sparky. Wish I had a dollar for every old PCB filled ballast that I replaced. Think it was Universal company that made a short ballast for two.lamp 8' luminare that always ran extra hot. ( might have been a model 820 ). Starting to replace my 6 basement 4' luminare with LED lamps that you have to remove or disconnect the ballast. My old electrical inspector always told us to use the proper terms so here goes: bulbs go into the ground & lamps go into luminaries. No such thing any more in the NEC called a light fixture.

[@campermike8879]

Awesome. Glad they all worked. As for More350power. He has been having some health troubles and been very busy at work. Hasn't been active on You Tube lately.

[@DieselDucy]

I always liked his videos..

[@campermike8879]

Hope he will be back to making some soon. Been having power problems frying computers to

[@lifecta2764]

My apartment has these exact lights at the ground floor xD

[@Firealarm102]

WOW O.O you have A LOT of fixtures,panels etc...

[@EDISONTECH]

You should add the plugs at the end because its a electrical hazard because it looks like your putting wires directly in to the oulet

[@DieselDucy]

+EDISON TECH I plan on doing that. This was just for testing .

[@EDISONTECH]

Ok sorry for the late reply. Your still my favorite youtuber!!

[@cryxia4449]

looks like you light up the top shelf of the museum :)

[@rajeshjani6287]

Nice video dieselducy

[@VinceElectricCompany]

Interesting location for the switches! I used to connect loose wires directly in the receptacle, until one evening while I was testing a Universal rapid start ballast. The primary was shorted. The instant I inserted the hot in the receptacle sparks flew everywhere, scary! Now I have a cord specifically for tests like this, with a European-style terminal block at the end, so I can apply power remotely. It's a piece of test equipment that's worth having, trust me!

[@lindellinspetion9907]

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[@themaritimegirl]

Awesome fixtures, and thanks for the shoutout!

[@DieselDucy]

+themaritimeman no prob. I love u r videos. Hope to meet u someday.

[@jeremiahsimpkins5943]

+DieselDucy they just make things like they use to

[@Tech-N-Tyler115]

I'd keep them original

[@UQRXD]

As you know the balasts are full of cancer chemicals. Do the lamps say made in USA. I always liked how the old tubes going bad would get like bolts of lighting going from end to end. There are some rare old lamps that had rings with out the coating and you could see the glow of the UV.

[@dandfgarage986]

WOW!!! VERY OLD AND VERY RARE. they were designed custom made for the building. But..... I’m pretty sure you knew that😂

[@gpgbdaf]

Nice video! I subbed!

[@DieselDucy]

THANKS!!!

[@ARelevators]

can you please do a tour of the elevaTOURS musiem?

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

You should have had a daylight colored lamp in the one on the left to go with a the cool white in the middle and the warm white on the left.

[@sounakdas9565]

Nice👍👏

[@cryxia4449]

epic video :)

[@cattycorner8]

Those old bulbs never burned out?

[@DieselDucy]

they can last a very long time.

[@alexandruchiriac3009]

Hey Diesel Ducy do you want to know how to put any ballast to drive smaller lamps in wattage then the one is made for? i think this will save you some money for searching the "right" ballast for the right lamp. I mean it will drive the lamp at the original lamp current.Let's say you have a 20w ballast and you want to drive a 8w lamp . Please let me know.

[@stevenhoelderich9490]

Hi Andrew, how is it going?

[@jaye_statefarm]

Very vintage

[@johnstancliff7328]

Nice Video! Too bad LED has taken over.... flourescents are pretty much gone as a light source now....

[@numberone7674]

its sad. I had to replace an old fluorescent light in my kitchen. I was forced to buy an led fixture because I could not find a fixture that was fluorescent that would match the light I had to replace. Led's are nice but I still prefer fluorescent. the bad thing is a few leds in the light fixture I just bought have quit working.

[@johnstancliff7328]

@@numberone7674 technology has really changed... as LED's are now the replacement for Fluorescent lighting, even Neon. with LED's outlasting everything else, its no wonder you can't find fluorescent tubes. fluorescents are out, even Mercury vapor bulbs are becoming extinct. how our world had changed!

[@GaryBeltz]

Two questions what is a preheat flourescent light? and Why was there a red glow briefly on the 3rd light when you replaced the starter?

[@EDISONTECH]

newer starter?

[@jeremiahsimpkins5943]

Gary Beltz it a neon starter

[@Cool32216]

6 minutes after this is uploaded there's already a dislike. Does this prove that his haters actually subscribe to him?

[@DieselDucy]

Some of these people that watch my videos are so unhealthily obsessed with elevators, they cant open their mind to anything else.

[@Cool32216]

+DieselDucy It's alright just ignore them keep it up with awesome videos!

[@T4799]

People are just jealous. They don't have the space, time or money to collect these vintage pieces.

[@elevatorsofamerica]

+DieselDucy Man, I HATE those extremely obsessed people, expecially when they type like this" "OMG I FOUND A DOVER IMPULSE ELEVATOR AT THIS OFFICE BUILDING BUT SADLY IT WAS MODERNIZED BY SCHINDLER I HATE SCHINDLER SO MUCH IT MAKES ME MAD TO SEE A OLD ELEVATOR MODERNIZED BY A BAD COMPANY SUBSCRIBE TO ME" agghhh. Good video btw!

[@DieselDucy]

These I actually got as they were being thrown away.

[@Gosh_Josh]

What is the difference between and f15 t8 and t12

[@DieselDucy]

T12 is thicker.

[@Gosh_Josh]

+DieselDucy I have an f15 light fixture I got from a friend that has t8 bulbs

[@CAelevators.]

+DieselDucy can you do a live stream today?

[@mediasolutio3966]

I'm looking for older 18" fluorescent bulbs with plug ins coming out of the sides, not ends. Anyone????

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

I believe it's called lumeline spelling may be off. And as far as I know there may not be a fluorescent type of those tubes. Those surprisingly were incandescent they just look like fluorescent tubes. There was also a newer second person called the same but with two on the end. Of the name may have been spelled out or the number to I don't know The second one was a bit different in terms of an action. If I remember correctly. But the thing is the actual lens that were on the two were not the actual tube ends it was sober part is a socket per se that snap on the ends and then plugged into the fixture. Which is what I think you're mean with the plugs? So you may need to get some more parts if you don't have those in still. I can't remember where I saw this information internet Maybe? Or some book? It was years ago how long who knows. Come to think of it I think it was both. Possibly try searching for it on KZbin I think I heard it mentioned? Just trying to help out a fellow electrical and juiciest. In any way I can always willing to help someone when and where possible. But I believe if you need what you were talking about is

[@coolgirlcaleb]

2nd! Great video!

[@pwh8107]

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