4 Watt Preheat Fluorescent strip light VERY EXCITING MAGIC LAMP

[masterkratos27]

This guy is creepy. tsk tsk tsk.

[Tabby266]

Yiu seem like my dog.....happy and excited. About nothing.

[MC999Mzs]

fijo que tiene otro cebador oclto por otra parte en su interior, respondeme plisss si no es asi me gustaria que me digeses donde comprarme uno

[TheDieselNut]

I also have quire a collection of rare and very old preheat fixtures in various sizes, from the 4 watt one like listed here to a 2 lamp F90T17 preheat. It is a classic! Most of mine are in use in my house, shop, barn and sheds. I have always been totally fluorescent. I look forward to checking out yall's interesting lights!

[TheDieselNut]

Interesting. I am new to YouTube and actually just joined because I see there are lots of preheat fluorescent fixture fans on there. Yall would LOVE my collection! Literally HUNDREDS of preheat fixtures. My entire 4500 square foot shop is filled with 2 and 3 lamp 40 watt preheat fixtures I salvaged from an old cotton mill.

[dieselducy]

I would love to get hold of some of them :)

[TheDieselNut]

Road trip!  My collection is huge and getting bigger1 I would gladly share with a fellow enthusiast!

[LIGHTBULBFUN]

I know how to run a mercury vapour light off of a fluorescent magnetic ballast and adaptor from a 240 to a plc type fluorescent bulb. All you need to do is get two wires put them in the wholes, get E27 fitting or E26 or E40/39 depending on what lamp you've got and then wire up to a fitting, put your mercury vapour light in the fitting and make sure the wires are touching the adaptor and then fire. :)

[elevatorfreak112]

andrew i have been emailing you but you never respond

[danagol1985]

hehe, i like you for posting these vids!

I know a fair bit about electronics, and different lamp types. Im gona subscribe, and ill show you a vid of the backup lamp i made with a 12v battery, 6w fluorescent tube, and cold cathode inverter!

[form109]

cant get enough of those Preheats man,they are Awesome.....every wher i look nothing but boring Instant start fixtures here!

[brianfromLI]

This is like the mini-me version of a full sized striplight! I like how the starter glows for awhile before it contacts and heats the electrodes. Cool video, buddy!

[dieselducy]

Yeah, It is because it is an FS-2 and it is supposed to have and FS-5 I put this one because you can see the glow better. Now if i could find an older neon starter....

[flushshit]

MAGIC TOUCH!! WTF?? by our favorite long fingernailed freak :) That is a real neat light fixture you got andrew. I tried that on an 8 watt lamp I had with no luck. Maybe it is because the cathodes are so close together.. Do you have a 2 way radio? you can have alot of fun with those and fluorescent bulbs!

[djFadeOut122]

i can also do that with my 13 watt tl lamp in my desk light, it wont start up but flashes when i move across it with my finger without starter.

[rickyatHK]

A 6 watt T5 blub can also do this

[turgi65]

It's caused by the electrons 'monkey laddering' the glass tube with the help of his finger being a conductor of electricity to the other end of the tube and it lights. This will also happens to short and fat tubes like the T12s.

[CaptainElevator42189]

Interesting how you can start this with your finger.

[douglasdc6]

That was fun to watch Andrew , Yes you do have the magic touch .

My 1st thought was you were going to manually preheat it with a pair of scissors or something similar.

Keep the video`s coming !!!

I find them Intertaining :)

[dieselducy]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it! I try to make my videos, somewhat entertaining :)