UNBOXING 8 F48T12 VINTAGE SLIMLINE GE TUBES!!!

I remember they used these in stores and schools because they're easy to replace. The 2 pin have to be twisted and of course if you don't get them in properly, they fall out and break. Very cool I didn't know about the dots and lines being date codes. Thank you for sharing! 💡💡💡💡

Nice lamps! The 4-foot T12 slimline lamps were not very common in the US. The 8-foot was the most common slimline lamp. In grocery stores back in the 1960’s through 1980’s, they used to have continuous rows of two-lamp 8-foot slimline lamps. They would usually use a 4-foot two-lamp fixture at one end of a row if an 8-foot fixture would not fit. The workhorse fluorescent lamp in the US during the 1960’s through 1980’s was the F40T12 rapid start lamp. The full 40-watt F40T12 would also work on a preheat ballast. The energy saver F40T12 lamps which were usually 34 or 35 watts each were only usable on rapid start ballasts. Starting in the mid 1990’s, the F32T8 lamp on instant start ballasts became the workhorse lamp. Later on they also used programmed start ballasts for the F32T8 lamps that soft started the lamps and increased the life of the lamp, and were also used in fixtures controlled by occupancy sensors. It’s so sad fluorescent lighting is/has been banned in the US and other countries.

Beautiful lamps. I find it interesting getting a peak at what lamps other countries use. Here in the US 4 foot T12 slimlines are very uncommon. 8 foot T12 was the most common slimline in the US, being the industry standard for decades until the mid to late 1990s in department stores, grocery stores and similar public facilities, when T8 along with electronic ballasts began to take over, much like LED's in the 2010s.

Nice tubes! I used to have four of these in the F24 Variant, made in 1980 at the pilot plant. I gave two to another collector and unfortunately another one burned out so I am left with one. I do however have it lit up in a custom made fixture with a newer F24T12 daylight lamp. I have plans to eventually cut up an F40 Strip light to run some F48 lamps that i also plan on getting.

I like the way flourecent lights turn on especialy the preheat ones

Amazing video!!! I love the cool white light, is perfect for your room! And I love you!!! I gonna save some of money for buy you 2 bulbs, i need it!!! ❤❤❤

Nice great vintage bulbs have fun!

The ones that I have they go back to the 50s say 48 to 12 STD cool White general electric

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I really like those bulbs. My favorite when I was a kid. It's a bummer flouresant bulbs are not being used as much now. I still notice many still in service still though.

I prefer to use mechanic ballast i love flickering sound

Do you know why my lamp turned off and started to smell weird?

Are these cold-cathode?

I think th one thats swirling at the end is broken (the electrode ).

Son de colección ya no se ven lámparas con ese tipo de casquillos circulares GE

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