that's the way he likes them rotton and ready to
shock amongst... in being truly in-tact. Note otherwise in Scenemaster60's
Leko the new wiring but, un-sleeved and un-grounded
wire coming out of the un-bushed or
cord gripped holes also as a problem. It does not derate value to make it safe or to modern standards if done properly.
I diverge from Derek in making all my lights properly wired and safe to todays standards - this even to the extent on really old ones to sleeve modern wiring with a fuzzy braided fiberglass sleeving so as to simulate the
asbestos. Than for the
fixture, if in decent shape, to preserve the rest of the
fixture body, or attempt to reproduce it in factory paint. For the gizzards and parts to the best I can in reproduction... fully restored if not better if needed to correct a problem. Every screw and hole re-tapped or replaced with similar or out of standard better if important.
Etc. factory spec or better in even fabricating missing parts. I have also sent some antiques out over the years as operable but re-lamped for a modern lamp. Takes a few hours at times to re-bench focus and convert a
fixture designed for say a 1948
2M/T30/1 or 3M/T32/2 to a CYX, amongst other lamps like
Mogul Screw 1Kw - G-40 fixtures converted to Medium Screw 400G/SP. Once you know seat height and
bench focus.... just math and adjustments in even going
LED for making old gear with lamps no longer made serviceable. Lots of tinkering with
bench focus after that.
As above, will have to check my hole patterns, don't think I have one of these in 8" and might not even the 6" version Derek displays but might. (So many similar lights of the period). One of these days when I have time I'll take a photo of each light I have like the 8" above in showing just about all important details so as easier to match inventory with light.
Not a Kliegl or LECO brand - oval holes during this period amongst other details. So far thinking Century,
Hub or
Altman, all based off the 1950 Kliegl #1365E concept of the
lamp cap retaining
yoke and cast aluminum
lamp cap. Dates it between say 1950 and 1962 so far. Bringing up research from about two years ago in thinking about such lights..., not
LEKO brand - they were steel lamp caps excepting the #807 but with oval vent holes. Not Kliegl, they were oval holes and other details. Times Square I have less seen - your location says probably not that brand anyway. Other brand, probably not.
Hinge to me says Century, I have a
Hub #8765 but it's 8x23 and I think slightly longer and later than yours.
Hub bounces around a lot in design though - depends on what design they bought out from someone else.
Hub bought both Century and
Altman designs amongst other patterns. I have a 8" 60's
Altman #366 similar to a 360 series, but this light you have could be the earlier 8" version of the origional 6"
Altman #3300 which is also Century similar and
Hub was later selling it I think. Again will have to check out hole patterns if I get time in the morning. Given no decals from
Hub - at least pre-1968 from anyone. Paint.... really difficult to define amongst them during this period.
Often the primary difference between a
Altman 360 and say a
Hub #8763 is that
Hub apparently bought out old
Altman radial castings for the
pineapple - probably about the time
Altman switched to the
360Q version. Such castings were used and abused. All
Hub pineapples I have seen so far (many of them) have rough sharp edges to the venting holes. This probably would be similar with most
Altman gear they continued making if a 8" version, but possibly not with what they bought out from Century. I don't know of a 8" 1957
Altman Leko but posible, or would eliminate that as a brand.
Hub mostly sold 10 to 20 year out of date direct copies of other brand's design of lighting equipment. Not a big deal for
Fresnel, big deal for a
Leko in real value - as with castings, other parts were slightly substandard. Look at the
Hub catalog on
line and see a 6" octagon radial Century design I think from around 1938 that
Hub was still selling into the mid-60's. Might even see your 8"
Leko in the various catalogues on this website. Not a lot of detail in description in the catalogue, but if you go
thru them all sometimes enough detail.
What lamp and lamp
socket type is in it? No real stamping of part numbers at this
point on the
fixture.... hard to tell. I will check museum if time or later.
