Strand lamp bases P28

[David Ashton]

I have been unable to buy these bases, except at extortionate prices, so I have had a batch made, the only difference is white ceramic, not grey, but the question is, did the Strand 23's 123's and223's sell in the US with P28 bases or something different?, I changed some over to GY 9.5 bases but they last nowhere near as long as the old P28's.And have these lamps survived the ravages of time and still in use?

[derekleffew]

Originally Posted by David Ashton

...but the question is, did the Strand 23's 123's and 223's sell in the US with P28 bases or something different?...

The Strand Patt.23,


Patt.123,


and Patt.223,

(Photos from Strand Archive-Lantern Index.)

were never sold at all in the US, to my knowledge. Certainly not in any quantity. Similar fixtures by Century, Kliegl, Electro Controls, Altman, Colortran, etc., used the Socket, Medium Prefocus, Bryant, Medium Prefocus Lamp Socket socket, and many still do.

[David Ashton]

Thanks for that information, I tried to order some from both companies but neither will ship to Australia.

[derekleffew]

How about Barbizon | Customer Service | Where We Are | Sydney ?

[David Ashton]

Tried them, very high prices,[ and thats being diplomatic]

[church]

Strand did sell these items in Canada, I own and still use 23s, 123s and 223s all fitted with the P28 base.

The strand P28 base uses a diferent mounting hole locations to the regular P28 bases I can buy from Altman and a number of other suppliers. However if it is just the centre terminal it can be removed I found one supplier of P28s where the centre pin can unscrewed and used to replace the centre pin in the Strand item. Alternativley you just need to drill the mounting holes in a new location. I pay approx $15 Canadian including taxes for a P28 base. these are easy to buy over here and the bases are actually made in Japan but I do not know who makes them.

[ship]

Bryant as a company to try also still makes them.

[David Ashton]

I have decided to go ahead with a production run of direct replacement bases, they will be available in about 6 weeks and sell for about $5 US in quantities of 10 or more, it will save me a lot of annoyance and make renovating these lights economically viable, at the moment a base costs nearly as much as the s/h light.

[church]

Sounds good. I know that they are struggling to find a reasonably priced source for these in the U.K. for the same reasons as you posted. I did have discussions with one U.K. Rental house that was looking for a supplier. If you PM me I can give you the name and contact.

[ship]

Originally Posted by David Ashton

I have been unable to buy these bases, except at extortionate prices, so I have had a batch made, the only difference is white ceramic, not grey, but the question is, did the Strand 23's 123's and223's sell in the US with P28 bases or something different?, I changed some over to GY 9.5 bases but they last nowhere near as long as the old P28's.And have these lamps survived the ravages of time and still in use?

Grey ceramic was either GE or Bryant making them, most likely GE but that was like 30 years ago the last of them I have seen. Bryant still makes a black / dark grey lampholder in addition to their white porcelain one but I think it's plastic, GE doesn't make them any longer. Heard before about different mounting screw holes amongst some brands, I would re-drill. Ushio would be another option.

Interesting you have someone able to make them for you so cheap also. I normally just resurface the old lampholder - doesn't take very long and if done well it lasts. I also save my broken lamp bases for use as parts later - Altman center contact unscrews.