Hard to tell from that picture, but the wire looks burned. It might be the jacket is just old and melted or it might have smoldered. I've seen and used worse. They're simple to replace, but the bigger issue is going to be finding the PAR lamps. They're being phased out of use. 35 bucks to replace the porcelain and leads.
Nah, if it was an ACL it would have a metal reflector and be wired in series with....4 other fixtures? 28 volts each for ACL's and 32v for Train lights. If I remember correctly.
@JD Likely very sensitive to mechanical vibration, especially when lit. Destined for an extremely brief life when"Ray Lights", invented by Doug Ray, lightman for "The Hooters" used a metal reflector with a socket adapter in it. You would use a conventional projection lamp like a DYS and drop it in a PAR64 or PAR56 can depending on the reflector size. He came up with the idea in the early 80's but it has been copied a thousand times and some of those copies are pretty junky. His original produced a tight beam, like an ACL, but the projection lamp was 115/120 so you could run them off a regular dimmer. Those lamps are still very available. The down-side is that most of them have a fairly short life. Good for specials, but not a wash that would see lots of hours.
A lot of people are using VNSP lamps in their cans and calling them ACLs, ran into a problem with a tour that asked for ACLs when they meant VNSPs. They expected one can, but I digress...I was basing that on the fact that I couldn't see any porcelain and I thought I saw screw terminals on the lamp.
Last time I was at Lowes I saw wire that looked like it was the same gauge of the stage pin cable that I use with the stage lighting system I have. Is it possible that Lowes would have the right gauge wire for me to make my own cables. Making my own cables is something I am scared to do as I am very afraid of what will happen if I wire them wrong or backwards. I do not want to catch anything on fire or make anything explode. I know that I can order stage pin ends easily.
Take care and stay safe and healthy everyone with the COVID going on.
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