Colortran info and parts
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ohelloagain
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Any info about this model would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Apparently nobody has any real info, except possibly the same thought I had, that it's a late 60's, maybe early 70's vintage Colortran fresnel, missing it's lens.
I don't think you are going to find much info. especially on-line, as Colortran has gone through many corporate upheavals in the past 40 years with most catalogs are MIA.
I would measure the diameter of the ring that holds what looks like the mounting clips for a fresnel lens. If's it's 6", you could mount any lens.
Note that the socket with what appears to be an A lamp, is probably not original. I would guess that the unit had a medium pre-focus socket that used a 500 watt, T20 lamp
Would I put back a MPF socket and 500 watt lamp ? - No, The condition of the wiring is such that I'd be hesitant to use anything over about 100 watts in the fixture, noting that there is at least one wire with a ring terminal that is connected to nothing. It appears to be a green wire which would indicate the ground wire and should be attached to the fixture chassis.
What do you desire to do with this fixture ?.
I don't think you are going to find much info. especially on-line, as Colortran has gone through many corporate upheavals in the past 40 years with most catalogs are MIA.
I would measure the diameter of the ring that holds what looks like the mounting clips for a fresnel lens. If's it's 6", you could mount any lens.
Note that the socket with what appears to be an A lamp, is probably not original. I would guess that the unit had a medium pre-focus socket that used a 500 watt, T20 lamp
Would I put back a MPF socket and 500 watt lamp ? - No, The condition of the wiring is such that I'd be hesitant to use anything over about 100 watts in the fixture, noting that there is at least one wire with a ring terminal that is connected to nothing. It appears to be a green wire which would indicate the ground wire and should be attached to the fixture chassis.
What do you desire to do with this fixture ?.
ohelloagain
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Thank you! It was intended to be a gift for a friend who is graduating from film school. I was planning on rewiring (I noticed the ground to nothing yikes!) but found a century that had its lens and was a better size (this colortran is pretty large and takes a 8" lens) so now I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. It's a cool lookin light might just refinish for the heck of it 
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