UK Made British Commercial (90’s Vintage) 12V, 8W Fluorescent Tube ON AIR Light Box Sign Lightbox

Description

Something a little different, this is a genuine commercial quality Lumenex ON AIR sign.

We have obtained one final batch of these 90s era, commercial grade lights that are metal cased in very solid metal casings, that were made sometime in the mid 90s to early 2000s. As a result although the lights are in ‘as new’ condition note that the cardboard outer boxes are less so, as a result, we will send it to you double boxed withing a new, larger outer box, making it suitable as a gift.

Dimensions are w=430mm, h=190mm, d=60mm or in old money that’s 17″ x 7½” x 2⅓”. Weight of the box is nearly 2kg! That’s some hefty steel.

Majority made in the UK (the case properly made in the UK from scratch, same as the front legend) with only the 12V transformer being from overseas, as is pretty much the only choice these days). The supplied plug-in 12V transformer is CE and/or UKCA marked from an ISO9001 supplier. We can also supply a white extension cord as an option. The traditional 8W tube gives a true vintage look, and is UK, Italian or Japanese sourced. The ‘driver’ PCB was made in Halifax by FKI / Lumo (who they? Ed.).

Lumenex were founded in the ’70s but following a takeover, many of their principal product lines were subsumed into corporate behemoths Tyco using their other names such as Honeywell and Gent – the Lumenex brand name continued to be used for ‘special products’ including confusingly marine-orientated ones thereafter. This light fitting is NOT recommended for the high seas.

The light has a REAR entry 12v low voltage socket, and white sticky feet, the transformer flex is black but a white extension cord is optionally available.

Note: Having my own experience and having taken considerable advice, as previously it was decided that we did not want to run the risk of allowing 240V rewireable models with ‘open frame’ PSUs to be sent out whilst we are clearly marketing them at (adult!) end users. This means there is NO earth requirement for the casing, as it’s now 12V low voltage. We use a UK based ISO9001 supplier and the fittings are genuinely UKCA / CE marked, a ROHS summary is supplied too. The rating for luminous efficacy is ‘E’ for the LED models.