Free redlight HID

[queequeg152]

So, for the past few days ive seen this parking lot light smashed, and lieing on the ground at an intersection close to my house. today the light was red so i stopped and leaned way out the passenger side door and grabed the thing.


and here it is.

as you can see it must have come down off the top of a pole or some thing.its waaaay smashed.

heres the reflector portion. pretty cool. about 6x10" id say.

heres a shot of the bulb. not a fingerprint on this thing. look how badly bent the tube is?
its even blackened... i wonder if it came down while on. this thing cant be good can it?

heres a shot of the inside. everything is trashed and loose. it sounds like a pack of tic-tacs

you can see the metal core portion of the ballast broke loose from the steel mounts.

i gutted the metal housing. heres a shot of the hole from the inside

its a quad tap ballast. so i wired it to 120v took all of 10 minutes. does this count as a ground?

 

[queequeg152]

to many pictures in one post.

guess what, it works just fine.

so now im the proud owner of a 70w pulse start metal halide fixture.
look how well it illuminated the dirt on my floor.

 

[kcso53]

I can't be an accomplice to a theft. J/K hey one man's junk is another man's treasure. Hopefully it works out for ya.