On Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:20:04 AM UTC+1, Fred wrote:
Hi,



Whilst helping the relatives have a spring-clean, I found an old

exterior light, it is rather like a street lamp, so more

commercial/industrial than domestic. It looks as thought the fitting

is largely made of aluminium, so I was hoping to take it to the scrap

man.



I think they may be sodium lamps as the bulbs look something like a BC

version of this:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-h...ges-250w/90688



I notice the description says "golden white" whatever than is! I

thought they were orange.



Inside the fitting is a large (in terms of size, not capacitance)

capacitor and a heavy metal ballast. The ballast is a sealed unit.

Does it have an iron core? Is that why it is so heavy? I'm just

wondering what bag to throw it into to take to the scrap yard. Do I

throw it in with all the steel? Perhaps I should angle grind it open

to see what's inside?



TIA

The ballast is copper wire on iron core. Sell the whole thing, silly to scrap it


NT