Interesting with you converting that street light head to compact fluorescent ~ we 🇬🇧 had the “reverse” ~ during the 50s,60s & 70s we experimented with different lighting types; fluorescent tube/mercury vapour & SOX/LPS/sodium glow lamp, and ended-up with a mixer of the different light bulbs in our street lighting around the country ~ however sodium glow lamps won-out in certain parts of the country so lots of fluorescent light heads & mercury vapour lanterns got converted to sodium glow lamps, my mum remembers when they were converted “they all turned orange and the light rendering was awful/poor”
In the past, the cost of new fixtures was higher than today, so even more complicated conversions were economically viable. Today, it's easy to convert any traditional fixture to LED, but they change the whole fixture...
Wirklich super Umbau. Das sieht wie original aus👍 Den Nachfolger der SRM gab es soweit ich weiß auch original mit PL. Ich finde die Leuchte in der SOX Version für die Sammlung eher uninteressant, da die VGs extern sind und nicht mal ein Reflektor vorhanden ist. Du hast die Leuchte damit aufgewertet meiner Meinung nach👍
Danke! 😀 ich finde das Design dieser Leuchte super. Klar, ohne eingebautes Vorschaltgerät ist alles komplizierter. Wir sind auch Leuchten mit internen VGs gewöhnt 😀 den Reflektor braucht die Leuchte wegen der gut funktionierenden Fresnel-Linse in der Wanne eher weniger, ich hab einfach dem für den Umbau unabdingbaren Geräteträger zusätzlich die Funktion eines Reflektors gegeben. 😉
I don't have any fixtures made in East Germany in my collection yet, as I live far west away from where these were common. I do only have OURW's, which are polish made fixtures that were also very common in East Germany. ;)
The seller did a very bad job at securing the SOX lamp. I would will the entire fixture with newspapers, wrap the bulb in bubble wrap and some foam and it would probably reach the buyer still in 1 piece :)
Yes, shipping the bulb in the bulb holder of the fixture was a very bad idea of the seller. Shippipng it in the fixture, but taken out of the lamp holder and wrapped in something soft would have prevented the lamp loss. At the end, I was left with no choice but to do the fixture conversion ;)
Interesting with you converting that street light head to compact fluorescent ~ we 🇬🇧 had the “reverse” ~ during the 50s,60s & 70s we experimented with different lighting types; fluorescent tube/mercury vapour & SOX/LPS/sodium glow lamp, and ended-up with a mixer of the different light bulbs in our street lighting around the country ~ however sodium glow lamps won-out in certain parts of the country so lots of fluorescent light heads & mercury vapour lanterns got converted to sodium glow lamps, my mum remembers when they were converted “they all turned orange and the light rendering was awful/poor”
In the past, the cost of new fixtures was higher than today, so even more complicated conversions were economically viable. Today, it's easy to convert any traditional fixture to LED, but they change the whole fixture...
Wirklich super Umbau. Das sieht wie original aus👍
Den Nachfolger der SRM gab es soweit ich weiß auch original mit PL.
Ich finde die Leuchte in der SOX Version für die Sammlung eher uninteressant, da die VGs extern sind und nicht mal ein Reflektor vorhanden ist.
Du hast die Leuchte damit aufgewertet meiner Meinung nach👍
Danke! 😀 ich finde das Design dieser Leuchte super. Klar, ohne eingebautes Vorschaltgerät ist alles komplizierter. Wir sind auch Leuchten mit internen VGs gewöhnt 😀 den Reflektor braucht die Leuchte wegen der gut funktionierenden Fresnel-Linse in der Wanne eher weniger, ich hab einfach dem für den Umbau unabdingbaren Geräteträger zusätzlich die Funktion eines Reflektors gegeben. 😉
Amazing conversion, although unfortunately the SOX lamp broke, it also looks very cool with fluorescents
Thanks 😊 It took a lot of work, but it worked out pretty good 👍
I really like this fixture, the bigger version is also nice. Btw do you have a RSL 1 or 2 fixtures from east germany? They were popular in berlin.
I don't have any fixtures made in East Germany in my collection yet, as I live far west away from where these were common. I do only have OURW's, which are polish made fixtures that were also very common in East Germany. ;)
@@mercuryvaporglow5317 i saw two OURW fixtures with 1x 250w mercury vapour in berlin. I am currently trying to get a fixture from east germany.
The seller did a very bad job at securing the SOX lamp. I would will the entire fixture with newspapers, wrap the bulb in bubble wrap and some foam and it would probably reach the buyer still in 1 piece :)
Yes, shipping the bulb in the bulb holder of the fixture was a very bad idea of the seller. Shippipng it in the fixture, but taken out of the lamp holder and wrapped in something soft would have prevented the lamp loss. At the end, I was left with no choice but to do the fixture conversion ;)
@@mercuryvaporglow5317 Why? You could have bought a ballast and lamp. I have enough 55W lamps and ballasts.
@@Ni5ei Where I live, SOX bulbs are very expensive and balasts are not even sold. It was easier to convert it 😆