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27th Apr 2018, 11:56 am | #1 |
Diode
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
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Trying to identify this light
Hello,
I am trying to identify this spot light recently retrieved at a boot sale. Very few markings but it does have a halogen bulb and the xlr type power socket someone may recognize, I am not familiar with that brand. I think maybe 1970's but I am hoping someone here may be able to pin it down more precisely. Thanks Rod |
27th Apr 2018, 12:40 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Re: Trying to identify this light
That looks like an Amphinol connector.
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27th Apr 2018, 1:38 pm | #3 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Colchester, Essex, UK.
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Re: Trying to identify this light
My (guess)- that may be an on-board spotlight from a helicopter.
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27th Apr 2018, 3:56 pm | #4 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Somerset, UK.
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Re: Trying to identify this light
The modification record data plate certainly suggests a military connection.
Possibly for a military vehicle or boat. Possibly for a helicopter, but these are often a discharge lamp rather than halogen. |
27th Apr 2018, 4:08 pm | #5 |
Moderator
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Location: Oxford, UK
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Re: Trying to identify this light
I agree, it looks like some sort of military boat spotlight from the 70s or 80s. Irish Navy surplus maybe? It may have come from something small like a rigid inflatable.
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27th Apr 2018, 4:17 pm | #6 |
Dekatron
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Re: Trying to identify this light
If boat, suggest inshore/river patrol due to lack of any serious corrosion.
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27th Apr 2018, 4:19 pm | #7 |
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Re: Trying to identify this light
It may be a spare that has never been deployed.
The Irish navy isn't exactly blue water - the vessels are relatively small and mostly operate around the coast. There used to be a joke that the Irish have the only navy in the world where the sailors all go home for dinner |