Really loud and noisy old fluorescent preheat fixture from 1967!

This is a really old and noisy fixture from 1967! Just listen to those sounds and watch how it flickers when it starts!! Just amazing!
The humming from the ballast must be produced by the old magnetic core being separated by wear and heat.
I think it is a 40W linear fluorescent, with a Sylvania starter... I don't know what kind of ballast it uses, but as this is located on a really old house dating back to 1968, which is just about to get through a process of remodeling, so I'll try to keep the ballast, starter (and perhaps the bulb) to myself.

[@AndreiH_STB4008]

But the fluorescent tube is glowing. That's amazing. And the ballast is very loud.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yes! And it is so slow!

[@RoseSupreme]

Ballast...?

[@leelammapkurup]

Change the starter mate

[@Qualasi]

@@RoseSupremeballast is so that the fluorescent tube doesn’t overvoltage (i think)

[@wereswdfgrdesd]

@@THEBULBHOME the issue is with rainwater coming from the roof

[@rustymotor]

Beautiful! Lovely sound when starting.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Many thanks! It definitely is an old gem!

[@latnem722]

​@@THEBULBHOMEMy school toilet has one of these. They are not as loud tho, however they are SCARY. The ballast is so loud when starting up that basically none of the kids dare to enter. And the toilet is usually left with the lights off as even after startup the ballast is still so noisy that the class near the toilet wouldn't be able to hear the teacher clearly. And this is because the ballast was actually left running 24/7 on a eol tube during summer break and it was completely burned by the time my school realised it was running the whole time. But they are still to lazy to upgrade to LEDs (:

[@pillow7306]

Imagine going to the bathroom, and waking everyone up with the light 😅

[@Mytishchiball]

Backrooms*

[@lazymations1778]

The noise is when the Ballast had a lot eol bulbs before and the Transformer is heavy used

[@THEBULBHOME]

You're right!

[@DieselDucy]

what a light!

[@Stan-rs1ne]

ikr

[@THEBULBHOME]

Beautiful!

[@jaedenspider877]

I love those noisy fixtures! I had too Old fixtures in my basement band I put old school ballasts in them that were very very loud

[@RODALCO2007]

Nice start up sound of that old ballast, blue glow of the mercury in the tube.

[@athosworld]

There are so many lights like these in my country (Mexico). Literally every light in my school are fluorescent tubes. And they’re all humming/buzzing and flickering. When we enter to a classroom and the lights are off, and we have to turn them on, they take like 5 seconds to start.

[@ashleynixon8305]

bro in my school in ever single classs room theres at least 1 flickering or blown. in the hall therees like 10 blown. they keep replacing them but they keep blowing. they starting to change to LED

[@athosworld]

@@ashleynixon8305same

[@GE1463]

thats sad, leds suck@@ashleynixon8305

[@GE1463]

man ur school is a L for changing to leds@@ashleynixon8305

[@janpetercok7315]

I remember when I was a child I really love to playing with some oldie flourescent lamp like that The buzzzing sound is satisfies me Lol

[@sonicdash3818]

Same here, hell I sometimes listen to ballast hum just to help me fall asleep

[@stuffnstuff6594]

It takes 4-5 secs to turn that fluorescent light on lol I like that

[@user-hf6fp7tl2y]

Imagine going to the bathroom at 3 am and you wake your parents up with this

[@electricalbro6308]

Due to the age and the fact that it might have had got more than 5 eol lamps with late replacement the ballast has gone weak which is the reason it is making noise but no issues until the copper is fine everything is good and if got fit in some other bathroom which has tiles on the wall the person who will use the bathroom in midnight will be terrified as heck

[@THEBULBHOME]

I just thought the same! Entering that bathroom at night would be a nightmare when turning on the lamp, but as a lightning collector, it would be perfect for me! It's impressive thinking than in 50+ years of service, the lamp has only seen 5 bulbs! Fluorescent technology really is well built!

[@Imakeelectronicchaos]

That’s cool that it still works, it’s a odd blue dim coulor and so noisy, that would scare the shit out of me if that came on and I didn’t know what it was

[@wardogies]

Especially at night

[@george911751]

thatš why i still using Preheat fixtures. tubes live much longer than on chinese Electronic ballasts . electromagnetic ballast could survive few next decades. even in applications with run over 15hrs/day.

[@UQRXD]

Thank You, my life is complete now.

[@108CAM]

The screws holding the ballast to the fixture may be lose because I can hear the sound of metal rattling against metal alongside the hum but I could be wrong

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yup, that certainly could be a possibility, mixed with the ballast laminal core being so old and rusty which produces a lot of vibrations...

[@baasmommel]

brings me back to my youth

[@engineprojects]

Awesome sound

[@IrisbusAgoraNo10001]

This starter be like: *happy 60 Hz noises* 😂

[@WeNeedSomeMusic]

And that's how my fluorescent light in my room sounds like, but when it strikes it stays quiet

[@f5tornadogray]

so nice!!!

[@nancyreams3515]

me wakes up at 1am to use the bathroom turns on bathroom light very loud buzzing me i guess i didnt need the toilet after all cause it already happened in my pants

[@davida.p.9911]

Very cool! Maybe they'll let you have the fixture and bulb too. It would only make sense to remove it as one unit. 💡💡💡

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yes! They really don't care much about the lamp itself, its garbage for them now... I could take everything and make a video about it, but that would be it, since I really don't want the whole fixture... It takes a lot of space!

[@davida.p.9911]

@@THEBULBHOME Yes! I wonder if they still make bulbs for that type. 💡💡

[@THEBULBHOME]

Maybe they do since it is a T8, not a T12

[@gtb81.]

@@THEBULBHOME T8 and T12 bulbs fit in the same socket, they still make both

[@WalterKnox]

i find it sad that this house is being "remodled" it looks fairly original and a new coat of paint and it would be beautiful, but people always rip out all the quality old stuff and replace it with boring modern stuff that is cheap and ugly and has no character or soul.

[@THEBULBHOME]

The house is not only being remodelled, but also subdivided as the new owners pretend to rent it as departments.

[@SuperMarioAutist]

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night just to use the bathroom and you turn the light switch on and you hear that, yep that sounds terrifying. Nice video though!

[@THEBULBHOME]

Hahaha I agree!

[@cherrysdiy5005]

Looks like a great garage light.

[@THEBULBHOME]

it is! hopefully I get to keep it!

[@cherrysdiy5005]

@@THEBULBHOME Hoping you get it! :3

[@Rat-34]

Me in 1967 going to the bathroom at midnight, flips the switch, BUZZZZIT!

[@solinus7131]

it only got that loud through age according to the description

[@175watt]

when it strike the ballast sound a old MV ballast

[@Jamesyy93]

Sounds like my Mums under cabinet one in her kitchen 😂😂😂😂

[@hariranormal5584]

NOW that's lol a historic beautiful liminal piece bzzz

[@oprawowiec0940]

Nice!

[@murdoch3396]

I hate the fact that I loved the noise that fixture made. I’d put that sucker in my kitchen.

[@user-dq6nf9vv1i]

Этот гул колыбельная для моих ушей😁😉

[@pillow7306]

Unless it’s marine blue or sumn I’d say it needs a bit more mercury, and I’ve never heard such hum before very cool

[@Kirby7601]

satisfying

[@yourepicfailure8162]

If you listen very closely, you can hear the starter!

[@DIESELISGREAT15]

That's it. I'm buying Sylvania starters

[@santiirigoyen3334]

In Europe sound is different because of 50 Hz current frecuency.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yup! I've been there many times!! Spain and the UK!

[@Windows95-OSR2]

In Korea, old fluorescent light devices are now disappearing. Most product lines replace and prefer LED lamps. Finally, the old fluorescent lamp facility was a 20W and 10W magnetic+ starter produced in 1982, but it has been discarded for a long time and can no longer be seen. ;( In addition, I'm using the 1994 40W magnetic + starter method. However, Korea no longer produces fluorescent lamps and imports them from other countries (China, Vietnam). I want to buy an F40T12 lamp (40W 32mm) because I want to feel vintage, but it was discontinued around 2010 due to Korea's mercury restriction policy, and now it can only be used in F40T10 lamps (40W 30mm or 28mm), so I have no choice but to call electrical parts stores in various regions to get a 32mm tube.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Same in Mexico and I think on the rest of the world... LED is taking us by storm, but fluorescent is still available at stores, mostly CFL and T8. I've recently imported some old T12 from the US and boy it was expensive, but worth it! haha

[@infodesign76]

odo oz

[@Sparky-ww5re]

Wow that ballast is noisy when starting. That tube looks to be a 4 foot t8, which should be used on electronic ballast (the kind that will never be in service for over 50 yrs as this one) in 1967 assuming this is the original ballast, and the fixture is 4 foot it should have the 4 foot T12 40 watt lamps installed. Maybe the ballast is noisy and running hot because it was not designed for the newer energy saving T8 lamps. Might want to go back to the 40 watt T12 (if you can still buy them)

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yep, I also found interesting that it had a T8 bulb, but the house is not mine and whoever replaced that bulb the last time must have just gone to the hardware store and grabbed the first tube found. But anyway, the house is now being remodeled and I doubt this fixture is staying there any longer...

[@aleksandersats9577]

@@THEBULBHOME Go ask them, I doubt that will stay there

[@jianweit]

Oh. I have the same issue as my 18W lamp It's the cover that is loose. I just tighten the metal cover and the noise is gone.

[@guiluka]

Hello. Yes, it is in great need of restoration. The ceiling, the lighting and the fluorescent tube that illuminates bluish? But, did you know in which region it is located?

[@RealRedWolf]

thats nuts!

[@RealRedWolf]

it reminds me of a 1970s F15T8 preheat that i have thats been used a lot over time

[@THEBULBHOME]

Sounds creepy indeed, but puts out a wonderful show ;)

[@madenaraputra6887]

Emmuuuuaaacchhhh... "The electrode filament in the fluorescent tube was light before strike to starting a lamp from glowbottle starter of preheat fluorescent fixture

[@DeadBryan]

Blue crayon fluorescent light

[@RasimSelimli-xf1xp]

Çox möhtəşəm çox sevirəm bu lampaları

[@Medaniel_AndHis_friends.]

Mercury starvation is the reason the tube glows blue

[@mrlux0716]

Its just a daylight tube, around 6500K

[@mrjumaatsamian]

I've seen one buzzing all the way while operating

[@imacgra1]

For some reason that I first looked a bit like an air-conditioner 0:01

[@VHSRecordingStudio]

Sucks how you can't really find anymore preheat fluorescent

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yup, they are long been discontinued, however if you know were to look you can still find new stock left in stores. Last year (2020) I bought a pair of preheat chokes for 15-20W fluorescent on an old store downtown.

[@DOGBOUND1128]

Yeah that's the good stuff

[@sukhdeepkaur0484]

Imagine if a ceiling fan made that noise in the middle of the night,

[@wesley7753]

Just like the one in my grandma's laundry room

[@THEBULBHOME]

you should make a video of that lamp and share it to us!

[@Garrettroberts955]

Wow. That ballast is gone.

[@intelboydj1]

60Hz sound effect!!!!

[@Ceiling_fan_team]

The only tube in the bathroom… Imagine that burns out

[@coltconnorproductions1016]

Did you manage to save the fixture?

[@diegosilang4823]

I missed those clicking sound from the starter.

[@JanicekTrnecka]

Thats a really pissed one!

[@THEBULBHOME]

😂

[@woodentrainseriesofficial9511]

fluorescent tube in the bathroom at 3am:

[@Lorys_lcr]

hello what is the brand and model of the ruler if you know it thanks

[@1EAS1World]

This is what the backrooms would really sound like..

[@BisharpnearOhio]

Yo did I just noclip outta reality?!?!

[@me-sh8bf]

Wow! Where is this (which country)? Its Beautiful.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Somewhere in southern Mexico city c:

[@roblox_progamers1104]

Could they clean up everything

[@marcocisafrulli3623]

Does it use a magnetic ballast as current limiter? Are 110v suffienct to strike the lamp?

[@stickyfox]

Where the Rubber Johnny video was born

[@Placeholder71]

*CLICK!* *MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM* *PING!* That's what my 65w T12 single shoplight sounds like.

[@nasserdiyqtrdny9500]

There is even electricity on this old HomeAnd how do you turn this thing on without electricityWhen I see an interesting light fixture my imminently picked it up to home And install a plug so I can use it on the Outlet

[@RasimSelimli-xf1xp]

Əməyinizə sağlıq

[@badname5421]

60 Hz

[@lightsfansofthewest481]

It probably needs a new ignitor.

[@THEBULBHOME]

And ballast! That's sound indicates a really burned out coil!

[@fab555trainspottingandmore]

Looks abandoned 😬

[@keegansimmons8945]

It's still working How's that possible it's from 1967 so that play fixture has to be 57 years old

[@Charlie-B-Barkin]

did you get to keep the bulb and the starter

[@THEBULBHOME]

Noup, I didn't but I got this other one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmKXg5xviriietk

[@cedricwoirhaye8268]

is the tube an f36t8?

[@THEBULBHOME]

I believe so, but not entirely shure :))

[@cedricwoirhaye8268]

THE BULB HOME i thought it might have been that kind of bulb since it appears thinner than an f40t12 and i have seen a few lighting gallery members run european f36t8s on us f40t12 preheat ballasts without problems.

[@rs12official]

@@cedricwoirhaye8268It could be an F32T8 too.

[@DavidDavid-ew9rb]

Sir, is this lamp still available for sale? 🤔

[@h.panimate9724]

Definitely no 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@achannelwithaprofilepictur6253]

Imagine asking if a 56-year-old lamp is still for sale.

[@bradrobshaw9910]

Its Blue I bet its BC as well

[@escandelift1915]

What side does it come out?

[@loudspeakertestsmorebyaida3804]

That house is falling apart. Nice light fixture though.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Just the paint coating. Those old houses were built like tanks, and I can tell you that since we live in a highly seismic area!

[@loudspeakertestsmorebyaida3804]

@@THEBULBHOME nice

[@calypso_the_freak]

eol makes the light orange why is this one blue

[@THEBULBHOME]

Because is not at EOL... It starts slow but then it runs fine...

[@tedwardtaylortv]

Backrooms! C’mon, it’s the elephant in the room and no one has brought it up in the comments.

[@ilikeipods.mp3240]

Why is it blue? That gotta produce a lot of ozone and uv

[@rs12official]

It’s probably a daylight-colored tube with a color temperature of 6500k.

[@GERALD_786]

​@@rs12officiallast time i checkee 6500k isn't that much of blueish color

[@sukhdeepkaur0484]

That light is very noisy

[@worldwidehidcollectorusa3519]

I realized that it might be a F40T10 since they were pretty popular in Latin American countries at one point.

[@THEBULBHOME]

I have lived in Mexico my whole life and I've never seen a T10, at least in my country (but don't know in the rest of LATAM); only T9 in circline lamps. SlimLine T12 was the standard here in Mexico from the early 1970s to 2012 when they got prohibited, along with T8 from 2010 onwards. Prior to 1970, preheat T12 was the standard. The lamp on the video is more likely the T8 variant of the F40T12 running on a F40T12 magnetic ballast.

[@worldwidehidcollectorusa3519]

According to the following 2009 Mexican Osram Catalog on page 87, there is a listing for a F20T10/D lamp and a F40T10/D lamp as well: eledsol.com/onewebmedia/Osram.pdf It is possible that the tube in this video is possibly one of those Osram F40T10/D tubes because this tube looks thinner than a T12 but has a halophosphate daylight appearance when it is lit up and it looks larger than a T8 tube. It is possible that you might have not been aware of T10 tubes in Mexico yet until you look at the above catalog.

[@lewisdsd]

Man, are you serious? Perhaps your link is broken or something but it redirects you to some electrical company in Albacete, which is located in SPAIN, veeeery far away from Mexico… It’s like saying something from the UK is from the US to put it in perspective… And also, have you ever been to Mexico before? How can you judge the knowledge of someone without even visiting his country by yourself, or at least realising that the catalogue you’re showing is from a totally different continent, like wtf… Also this channel has lots and lots of vintage equipment in his collection, and it seems to have been going on from a very long time (first vid uploaded in 2012), so he is no newbie, he must really know his stuff!

[@worldwidehidcollectorusa3519]

@@lewisdsd I did post this link a while back but it somehow changed over time. As far as I recall, the catalog did list a “F40T10/D” tube. I just find it frustrating whenever old catalogs are deleted from the internet and nowhere to be found anymore. In addition, I just find it frustrating when youtube implemented auto-delete technology to automatically remove comments with links, which makes it so that my comments are frustratingly less credible to other viewers. Additionally, I just find it annoying whenever people try to be defensive of their beliefs even when I present them the counter-evidence to show proof. Here is the information taken directly from the 2009 Mexican Osram catalog that proves the existence of F40T10/D fluorescent tubes in Mexico: “5/17/2018 T-12, T-10 ARRANQUE RÁPIDO O POR PRECALENTAMIENTO 82309 PH F15T12/D 22078 F20T12/CW 82469 F20T10/D 82470 F40T10/D 15 660 20 1200 20 1060 40 2500 T-12, T-10 ARRANQUE RÁPIDO O POR PRECALENTAMIENTO. 25146 F48T12/CW/HO 25150 F48T12/D/HO 25176 F72T12/CW/HO 25189 F72T12/D/HO 25184 F96T12/D41/HO 60 4050 60 3600 85 6250 CATALOGO OSRAM - slidepdf.com 550 1044 1024 2415 3281 6500 4200 6100 6100 LDD BF LDD LDD 38 38 33 33 460 604 590 1200 9,000 9,000 7,500 7,500 G13 G13 G13 G13 30 30 25 25 2 2 2 2 Estas lámparas encienden después de muy corto periodo de precalentamiento de los electrodos, libre de fuctuaciones. T-12 HO High Output 38 38 38 38 38 38 4200 2916 5063 85 5550 110 9050 25185 F96T12/D865/HO 110 8800 T-12 HO High Output. 4496 8145 7920 6500 4200 6500 4100 6500 BF LDD BF LDD BF LDD 1170 1170 1776 1776 2385 2385 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 R17d 30 1 R17d 30 1 R17d 15 1 R17d 15 1 R17d 15 1 R17d 15 1 Las lámparas de alta luminosidad HO, son de arranque rápido y se distinguen por requerir mayor corriente para su funcionamiento, esto es a 800mA logrando niveles luminosos más elevados. T-12 VHO Very High Output 25248 F48T12/CW/VHO 115 6600 25244 F48T12/D/VHO 115 5600 25292 F96T12/CW/VHO/LT 215 15000 25210 F96T12/D/VHO 4620 3920 10500 215 11600 8120 T-12 VHO Very High Output. 4200 6500 4200 6500 BF 38 1170 10,000 R17d 30 1 LDD 38 1170 10,000 R17d 30 1 BF 38 2385 10,000 R17d 15 1 LDD 38 2438 10,000 R17d 15 1 Estas lámparas son de mayor potencia y requieren corrientes de 1500 mA para su funcionamiento, obteniendo”

[@worldwidehidcollectorusa3519]

@@lewisdsd As far as I know, here is the exact information that I have sourced from the Osram 2009 catalog that explicitly mentions the F40T10/D tube: “5/17/2018 T-12, T-10 ARRANQUE RÁPIDO O POR PRECALENTAMIENTO 82309 PH F15T12/D 22078 F20T12/CW 82469 F20T10/D 82470 F40T10/D 15 660 20 1200 20 1060 40 2500 T-12, T-10 ARRANQUE RÁPIDO O POR PRECALENTAMIENTO. 25146 F48T12/CW/HO 25150 F48T12/D/HO 25176 F72T12/CW/HO 25189 F72T12/D/HO 25184 F96T12/D41/HO 60 4050 60 3600 85 6250 CATALOGO OSRAM - slidepdf.com 550 1044 1024 2415 3281 6500 4200 6100 6100 LDD BF LDD LDD 38 38 33 33 460 604 590 1200 9,000 9,000 7,500 7,500 G13 G13 G13 G13 30 30 25 25 2 2 2 2 Estas lámparas encienden después de muy corto periodo de precalentamiento de los electrodos, libre de fuctuaciones. T-12 HO High Output 38 38 38 38 38 38 4200 2916 5063 85 5550 110 9050 25185 F96T12/D865/HO 110 8800 T-12 HO High Output. 4496 8145 7920 6500 4200 6500 4100 6500 BF LDD BF LDD BF LDD 1170 1170 1776 1776 2385 2385 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 R17d 30 1 R17d 30 1 R17d 15 1 R17d 15 1 R17d 15 1 R17d 15 1 Las lámparas de alta luminosidad HO, son de arranque rápido y se distinguen por requerir mayor corriente para su uncionamiento, esto es a 800mA logrando niveles luminosos más elevados. T-12 VHO Very High Output 25248 F48T12/CW/VHO 115 6600 25244 F48T12/D/VHO 115 5600 25292 F96T12/CW/VHO/LT 215 15000 25210 F96T12/D/VHO 4620 3920 10500 215 11600 8120 T-12 VHO Very High Output. 4200 6500 4200 6500 BF 38 1170 10,000 R17d 30 1 LDD 38 1170 10,000 R17d 30 1 BF 38 2385 10,000 R17d 15 1 LDD 38 2438 10,000 R17d 15 1 Estas lámparas son de mayor potencia y requieren corrientes de 1500 mA para su uncionamiento, obteniendo”

[@adrianmichi7619]

⚠️waring This is very old noise and the 1967

[@rs12official]

Warning! This comment doesn’t make sense.

[@martinlagranm1135]

Looks like a backrooms florescent

[@rs12official]

Not necessarily.

[@MARON_END]

バラストの音が恐ろしい。

[@Kyubiwan]

Note: B1

[@cranialpasta7162]

Why it's blue

[@leejenwin1937]

It’s a daylight with extra apparent colour saturation from camera setting.

[@vmobile890]

Needs new ballast and upgrade tubes F8t5 Fluorescent or LED .

[@IanGoldinya]

Hell nah

[@davidfalconer8913]

Tidy tiles ! ... shame about the ceiling ( ? ) , last painted in 1967 ( ? ) .................. DAVE™🛑

[@THEBULBHOME]

probably, but is not my house, so I don't have any control on that...

[@kubam5746]

Mnie odwiedziła policja za zagłuszanie ciszy nocnej (zapalenie tak warczącej świetlówki w mojej kuchni)

[@RileyAndBellaShorthairs]

That ballast needs replacing

[@musheghaloyan]

No

[@GERALD_786]

Why very cyanish color? High level of uv light

[@Youtube_EliteDripyyz]

*blueish

[@GERALD_786]

@@KZbin_EliteDripyyz it is very clearly cyan

[@blablabla8282]

Luzes fluorescentes tem uns barulhos assustadores

[@stephensnell5707]

They can also be dangerous if they break as many do contain toxic Mercury

[@mirandaroldan5824]

0:01 verifone

[@svetlanadumanjic9207]

0:04 0:12 0:20

[@nayarami7441]

I am scared of it 0:03 0:21 dancing light

[@TheOfficialDorianelevator]

too bad its 60hz, it would be an absolute banger if it was 50hz.

[@vartex4488]

What is the difference between these