Antique Carbon Arc Tanning Lamp

[@douro20]

Sperti mercury vapour sunlamps also have a nichrome wire ballast. I have a working lamp and socket out of one.

[@BlueSkies570]

Hello Lumenelle, I just found your video on this impressive Art Deco Arc Lamp. Do you have any videos or information on the arc feed mechanism and how it functions with the knob. I am at work on a feed mechanism for my new Arc Furnace. I realize this is an older video, though.

[@WillPhoneman]

I saw one of these in an antique mall years ago, it was on a stand, I believe. Always wondered what one looked like operating. nice 60Hz hum too!

[@kkteutsch6416]

These lamps were used on film projection and for searching night bombing planes at WWII with a system to compensate the gap on carbon tips erosion, in order to maintain the light brighting for a long time...

[@leehersh1880]

i was born in 1931- we had a lamp like this one- I can still smell the ozone...we had to use them every night before bedtime- with dark goggles of course...

[@douro20]

For what reason did you have to use it every night?

[@adamc.sieracki4145]

I remember using a mercury vapour tanning lamp, with those opaque plastic goggles.

[@The141335]

What is supply of this lamp?

[@mikeschannel1616]

120 volts ac 60hz thats if this is in ths USA

[@mikeschannel1616]

Check out some of the lamps I have

[@wotsgonon1]

cool,hey is there a certain amount of time these can be left on for?my dad has an old one out the shed,i turn it on one day but nearly shit meself when i saw the power of it ,lol

[@mikeschannel1616]

They are definitely brite, checkout some of mine i have videos testing 2 different lamps

[@The141335]

Evil device! It isn`t "tanning", it is scorching lamp.

[@mikeschannel1616]

Their fun to play a round with

[@НадеждаПавловна-б4п]

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