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looks like a CCR 300 (Century Controlled Rectifier) @phenry should still have wiring diagrams and maint manuals... As does the Strand Archive in the UK

And there is Mauricio Guzman of Star Lighting in Temecula............. [email protected], he imports from Quartzcolor and got all our spare parts from Strand before we moved to Dallas. That's the royal "we", as i am now emeritus....

the 4.5 had a reduction cone inside the tube... i still have some of the whole ones sitting in my garage somewhere. it was a handy leko, as they were a spin-off of the original 'die-cast" 45 degree lamp housing group... when we changed over to the axial mount lamps, the corporate decision was...

we do have parts.... they will be listed under the later part number series, 12081/ numbers. That was one of the fresnels that was made at the Rancho Dominquez factory, then got moved lock yoke and barrel to Italy at Quartzcolor, then up to Scotland to the Kirkcauldy Factory... then back to...

Pete will be at LDI, stop by the Philips' Strand/Vari*lite/Selecon Booth and run both the reflector replacement and socket issue up with him. It's a great place to get questions into the que. personally i would like to go back to the 1490 die cast Leko, it was the workhorse of the lighting...

I loved Chuck Levy, Wally Russell et all at Strand Century.... The full Strand library is Supposed to come out of storage in the next month or so. (waiting for the heat to abate here in Dallas) there is a whole section of old catalogs, and we are planning to scan all the data sheets as well...

Re: Strand Dimmers?talk to one of the Alvarado brothers in Los Angeles. Justo (otto) was around the factory during that time and probably has drawings and specs on it. You can get his phone number from Doug or Matt in Service at Strand in Dallas.

Century 1572 with Iris and Follow Handle. from 1960

hey gang, just signed up. the century "man" was part of a general catalog advertising scheme. the Head was on Catalog 1. Theatrical lighting. Cat two Or "chest" triangle was Architectural, and cat 3, or the square "butt" was for television lighting. my Head catalog is from 1956. My 1952...