BS 2818 flourescent starters....

[SPARTYKUS]

My turn to post....

got a very elderly neighbour (mid nineties) sharp as a lemon.... And a flourescent light in the kitchen that looks from the 1950's...

The starter has gone - its bigger than any one I have ever seen and has "BS 2818" on it (regs for starters, 1985).

does anyone know if you can still get them.

thanks.

And before anyone suggests it, yes, I know a new 5 foot tube is a few quid but its the principal I want to see through, the customer would like to keep the fitting if possible!

 

[ipf]

May solve the problem, S........he,he...

 

[ian.settle1]

Is it about a 1" in diameter and metal case by any chance? If so last time I saw one of then was the 70's and they where like rocking horse poo then.

 

[HandySparks]

May solve the problem, S........he,he...

Ha Ha! Took me a few seconds to twig that one.

Yes, it's a regular misspelling on here.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Is it about a 1" in diameter and metal case by any chance? If so last time I saw one of then was the 70's and they where like rocking horse poo then.

Hello Ian

yep you guessed right!!!

As Hugh Grant said in that film

"baggah. Baggah, baggah baggah baggah"

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Im ashamed to say ipf I still haven't sussed the joke but I am slower than homer Simpson doing a 100m sprint with jokes. Give me a week

 

[HandySparks]

If you have to change it, ask him if he'd like a twin fitted (if not already). When you're getting on a bit, you appreciate some more light to offset the failing eyesight.


Edit: Plus, if one fails, you're not without some light.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Ahhhh flour!

flour... As in I spelt florescent wrong.

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Looking it up now

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Tricky those "U"s and those "O"s

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FLUORESCENT

 

[itselectric]

Can you not rob a more recent fitting of it's starter base and put it instead of the original then put normal starter in

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Like Divers don't like Flippers, they're fins.

strong this Stella

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Can you not rob a more recent fitting of it's starter base and put it instead of the original then put normal starter in

Hi itselectric yes considering that, got loads in moon base alpha (stock store).

just wondering if its worth it!

 

[7029 dave]

WOW, I have not seen them old cans in years lol.

 

[ipf]

Tricky those "U"s and those "O"s

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FLUORESCENT

Strange.......I thought you'd got it with all that 'baggah' stuff

 

[ipf]

Not sure but I might have the odd one hanging about in the old stuff, somewhere. Not worth the trouble though, it's probably used.

Could try OES

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Heres the blighter.

 

[ian.settle1]

If my memory serves me right it had four terminals 2 where for a heater element and the other 2 where for a bimetallic strip which acted as a switch. the heater made the bimetallic strip to open and close thus make the tube to strike.

 

[overskilled]

Ebay perhaps?

 

[Lucien Nunes]

The original idea of a 4-pin starter was as Ian says, with separate terminals for heater and bimetal contact. But later ones were just ordinary glow starters inside, identical to modern 2-pin ones, with the heater pins linked together.

Open the old can, disconnect the glow starter, connect a new glow starter across the pins and close the can up again. Saves mucking about with the fitting. Or even use an electronic starter and it'll never need touching again.

 

[Engineer54]

The original idea of a 4-pin starter was as Ian says, with separate terminals for heater and bimetal contact. But later ones were just ordinary glow starters inside, identical to modern 2-pin ones, with the heater pins linked together.

Open the old can, disconnect the glow starter, connect a new glow starter across the pins and close the can up again. Saves mucking about with the fitting. Or even use an electronic starter and it'll never need touching again.

Exactly what i would suggest doing and i might add, have had to do in the past!! lol!!

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Thanks chaps.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

My turn to post....

got a very elderly neighbour (mid nineties) sharp as a lemon.... And a flourescent light in the kitchen that looks from the 1950's...

The starter has gone - its bigger than any one I have ever seen and has "BS 2818" on it (regs for starters, 1985).

does anyone know if you can still get them.

thanks.

And before anyone suggests it, yes, I know a new 5 foot tube is a few quid but its the principal I want to see through, the customer would like to keep the fitting if possible!

Metal 4 pin starters! Yeah, we've still loads of these in the basement at work. They're not new but still in working order. If I remember correctly you can 'repair' them by replacing the guts for a new type. ....Anyways if you want I'll send you one, just pm me.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

I forgot to mention, has the T12 tube got bayonet caps? As I've got some bc - bi pin converters as well!
Oh, the fitting will not work with a T8 tube, just in case you thought of trying.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Glad you got the fitting up and running again. Did you notice if the tube was a bayonet cap arrangement as I've not come across any that are bi-pin?