Seeking parts for an historical refurbishment
Sun, 15 Apr 2007, 02:28 pmLogos6 posts in thread
Seeking parts for an historical refurbishment
Sun, 15 Apr 2007, 02:28 pmHi folks: I collect old lighting equipment and where possible restore it to as close to original working condition as possible. I am currently working on two old ground rows.
I have no date on these items and the only manufacturer label I have is SEECOL London pressed into the tin of the casing.
They take a standard Edison screw 150w incandescent lamp (domestic style) and they have a glass reflector. Why glass I hear you cry? That is exactly my point. There are twenty reflectors on these two ground rows and 4 (only 4) are broken.
On the back of the unbroken ones it says "Sunray" S.E.E.C.O.L London Patent No 142961.
I am wondering if anyone out there has anything similar. I will try and post a photo when I've worked out how. If you have a unrepairable SEECOL ground row with 4 undamaged reflectors I would love to hear from you.
e-mail: jotony@internode.on.net
I live in Adelaide but am interested in hearing from people interstate as well.
Whoever thought of putting glass reflectors on ground rows!
Sorry
Sun, 15 Apr 2007, 08:25 pmI already checked the Strand Archive as well as growing up on S battens and having a couple lying around awaiting refurbishment. I also do not think they are the A1 or "Sunray" disappearing footlight which I have never seen as they were a permanent install and appear to have died in the early sixties. They were also by Strand. The glass reflectors may have come from the Strand company. There are a few Google references to SEECOL but there doesn't seem to be a connection even with early Strand. I am quite willing to be corrected though.
The big difference between these and "s" battens are the number of cells these have ten the s batten had eight in all it's versions that I can find.
But thanks anyway.
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