On 13/06/2021 20:59, T i m wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:54:53 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/06/2021 13:50, T i m wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:22:26 +0100, ARW
wrote:

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I took it down so I could see / access it better and it's just a std
LF job but with an unusual (to me anyway) 'built in' electronic
starter.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjph...bigclivedotcom

Erm, it wasn't the 'electronic starter' bit that was unusual (or
unknown / function to me) but this particular 'built in' one, as seen
top left of the pictu

https://ibb.co/5WpjQm5

It was hard wired, 4x the size of a traditional starter / the same
size as the cap.

I knew what it was and what it did, just that I'd not seen one like
that before so wondered how common they were (in that format, and
partly why at a quick glance I thought the fitting was 'different' to
all the others I've dealt with over the years and that the difference
might have meant it was HF (It wasn't obviously, once I'd got it down
and could see inside it easily).




Have you got a photo of it before it was disassembled?

No, sorry, but it was just a single, steel, white, Fitzgerald,
slimline 5', florry fitting with std keyhole cover retaining screws
all the components you see in the picture inline inside and (short of
the chock-block mains connection around the middle) nothing much more?

That does look/sound like something I have never come across before.

Strange, given how many you must have seen the insides of whilst
fitting.

Most unusual.

FWIW I bought it new from a local / reputable / trade-counter 'old
skool' electrical parts supplier (now gone) and probably about 30
years ago?

I opened the starter up for you OOI:

https://ibb.co/NmtrVh6

Looks pretty similar to the circuit in the BigClive teardown.

Cheers, T i m


You really should sent that to Big Clive and ask him to do a tear down.

The must be a "tomorrows world" version he mentioned.

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Adam