They came out with a third edition? Wow, did it have the tape drive stuck to the side of the machine and all? Simple straight forward technology them Preformers. Anyone could program them unlike todays boards.
What models are we talking about? I don't think I have seen any that are later than the late 1960s but if say a #1554, than it's using a standard Medium 2-Pin or more accurately the G-9.5 lamp
base. These lamp bases are standard in the industry and one brand or type will fit any other. At least I have never seen an exception for that generalization.
Highly recommended lamp bases - especially since that model is rated for a 1Kw lamp would be either the Ushio "C3A", G9.5
Med.
Bi-Pin Lamp
Base, Porc. which
Production Advantage lists in price for $14.25, but you can get it from any Ushio lamp dealer possibly at a lower cost. Good lamp
base and recommended by experts in the field but not by the engineers at
Altman for use in their fixtures. They cite things like a lack of UL listing for it and it not being tested for their use. You are using a different brand and one that's out of business, thus can use what you want, but as
Altman is the leader in my opinion in the
Leko market for that generation's equipement, I would trust their advice.
I quote:
"From: John Luk [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 12:53 PM
To: Brian Shipinksi
Cc: Jay Perez
Subject: USHIO G9.5
Socket.
Dear Mr. Shipinski:
Jay Perez forwarded this e-mail to me for a response.
The Ushio
lampholder in question is designed for a G9.5 medium 2-pin
lamp,
so it should work as a replacement
socket.
But keep in mind that our UL file for the
360Q fixture calls for a UL
recognized
lampholder manufactured only by Sylvania,
Altman, or Bender
and
Wirth. The Ushio
socket is not listed as an alternate
lampholder for
the
360Q fixtures and have not been tested in this
fixture. If you choose
to
use it, it will void any warranty on the
fixture and you use it at your
own
risk.
I hope this answers your question.
John Luk, E.E."
I thus don't recommend it's use but others do with good and bad results I have heard about.
What I recommend is the new improved
Altman lamp
socket for this and any similar
fixture. As they said there is a number of brands that
Altman recognizes but the ones they are buying are very similar in improvement to those offered by Ushio and will work best. Also since
Altman is buying in bulk, the cost of going
thru them directly or from a distributer will be reasonable.
Go for the: G-9.5
Altman #97-1580
Med.
Bi-Pin Lamp
Base, Porc. (Newest Style)TP-22, 1000w/250deg. c.
Socket As #58-0018
Both above sockets have a kind of beige
porcelain to the lamp
base and no aluminum heat sinks or no tin covers over the wireway. Easy to recognize. Go for the high Temp. ones over the lower temp ones for a buck more. Note the model number, you want to match that up to what you are buying or you will probably end up with the old "high-temp" version #58-0018 that had a aluminum
heat sink.
Production Advantage for instance does not sell the upgraded version. Decent lamp bases with the
heat sink in my opinion, just known to have a lot of problems with them by many other people. Cost of the upgraded verson is like $0.07 less than the older version so there is no reason to get the old version.
On other parts, most should be standare McMaster Carr fair. Othewise there is always the ellusive
Hub / Dimatronics. A company that back in the 1990s was noted in Lighting Dimensions to be buying up the spare parts from lighting companies such as Kliegl when they closed down in an attempt to become a sole supplier of repair parts. Problem is that 10 years later, I don't really know how to find them and I am in that area. Last known
address for them was 6207 Commercial Rd. Crystal Lake, IL 60014. If this company is still in business I would not mind having a link to them as they are a valuable resource.
Good hunting and there is always E-Bay and many other places to both post wanted adds and read about what others have available. Perhaps a search on "Used Lights" might yeild something, or contact me off list and I can
send you some links.