My collection: CU Phosco P567 (2)
The phosco P567 is a lantern with a GRP canopy, it could run SON, PL, LED or SOX lamps. This particular example had a venture corncob when I got it that didn’t work properly, so I decided to convert it back to SON, it did come with some Philips gear, but the ballast connector disintegrated when I touched it, so I replaced the gear with WRTL branded parmar gear from a WRTL SRL8 that the casing isn’t in very good condition. Unlike my other P567, this one has a post-top adaptor and a
The lantern is opened by undoing a plastic clip at the front of the lantern, and then the bowl comes open
The gear consists of a WRTL branded parmar ignitor, a WRTL branded parmar ballast and a Cambridge capacitors capacitor
The lamp and lampholder
The ballast
The ignitor and capacitor
The bowl
The NEMA socket, dated 1999
The sticker
The lantern lit up with its 50w SON lamp and gear