GPO EXCHANGE GENERAL AREA LIGHTING FLUORESCENT - 5ft & TROUGH SHADE (Recovered) 3

This Auction is for a GPO EXCHANGE GENERAL AREA LIGHTING FLUORESCENT - 5ft & TROUGH SHADE (Recovered) 3

Please study pictures to see this is what you need.

NOTE: Please see last four photos and look for the number 3 on the metalwork. The rest are of number 1 example. All shades are identical.

Create a really "OLD FASHIONED" LOOK in your workshop, garage or preserved telephone exchange. This lovely milky perspex shade is really iconic of of the 1960's. The fitting metalwork may need painting up, but it will create a very historic looking fluorescent light fitting in the end.

These are very special fluorescent fittings. 5ft 65 watts. They are genuine GPO Telephone Exchange Fittings which use a SRS or Quick-Start system as opposed to a single inductive choke and a plug-in starter at the side of the case. These fittings have a lovely ramp-up from zero to full brightness without any annoying flicker at all. At was an expensive system in its day and only used on certain commercial applications.

You must use a T12 Thick Tube on these fittings, they will not take any eco-friendly tubes like a T8 or T5. I have just checked and found that T12, 5ft 65watt tubes may still be available on ebay from certain sellers only, but buy new old stock ones if you have the opportunity, buy better brands like Sylvania, GE, Thorn, Osram, Atlas etc. A lot of the fittings originally had WarmWhite Tubes in with a colour temperature of 2700k, however, I personally have used colour 3500k which gives a better light.

I have inverted a couple of the floor pictures to show you what they look like on the ceiling. They are the last ones.

More like this one may be listed later. Please see my other listings for Light Straw Fittings used on telephone exchange racks. These had aluminium reflectors as engineers were always messing around with ladders at that height.

Some of these fittings are photographed with a non-conforming plug. These plugs will be removed and not be included. If the fitting has a Bulgin Socket at the side, I can supply a plug that goes into the socket.

These fittings must be installed by a competent electrician. These fittings have not been PAT tested for a long time, and must be PAT tested before connecting to mains supply.

COLLECTION ONLY - CARMARTHEN or PORTSMOUTH

No Wrapping or Boxing-Up for sent couriers. You have to turn up in person or send a friend/relative with a car, that lives nearer to me, to carry carefully in car boot. Auction is for what you see only, some listings show a multiple photo just to show what others I may have available.