Fluorescent fixture with one-centimeter thick glass tube
Specifications
Dimensions
103 x 23 x 21 cm (L x W x H)
Weight
14,0 Kg
In Stock
Out of stock
Shipping
worldwide
Price
€ 1.080,00
excl. VAT
Options
Please select all options
This highly sophisticated fixture is the kid brother of the Black Rhino, and illustrates the thoroughness of East German engineering. It has been designed to be splash-proof, gas-proof, and dust-proof, and was therefore suitable to use in explosion-sensitive areas. These lights were manufactured by Leuchtenbau Wittenberg from the 1960s until the 1980s, and often applied in places like laboratories and chemical plants. Its extraordinary design includes a one-centimeter thick glass tube, and two aluminium ends by which it can be mounted to wall or ceiling.
This fixture was one of the several ‘Rhino’s’ salvaged from one of the largest laboratories in East Germany. After WWII, this lab was part of the soviet military administration, and became a state-owned company until the reunification in the early nineties. On the laboratory complex these lamps were used in many different areas.
The Black Rhino comes with two TLD 36 Watt fluorescent tubes, a 1,5 meter matt black cable, and its passport describing the history and origin. It can be delivered with warm white, cool white, or daylight fluorescent tubes. Upon request, it can be delivered in a dimmable version.
Top end of the Baby Black Rhino
The Baby Black Rhino can be opened by turning the three handles clockwise
Original sign on the one-centimetre thick glass tube
Baby Black Rhino viewed from the top
One of the four mounting brackets
Upon request, a small turn switch can be built in for dimming the light
Original label indicating the fixture's certification in the late 1960s
The Baby Black Rhino as it was found
The Baby Black Rhino at the abandoned laboratory
Baby Black Rhino in our former showroom
Baby Black Rhino
Baby Black Rhino
Fluorescent fixture with one-centimeter thick glass tube
Specifications
Dimensions
103 x 23 x 21 cm (L x W x H)
Weight
14,0 Kg
In Stock
Out of stock
Shipping
worldwide
Price
€ 1.080,00 excl. VAT
Options
Please select all options
This highly sophisticated fixture is the kid brother of the Black Rhino, and illustrates the thoroughness of East German engineering. It has been designed to be splash-proof, gas-proof, and dust-proof, and was therefore suitable to use in explosion-sensitive areas. These lights were manufactured by Leuchtenbau Wittenberg from the 1960s until the 1980s, and often applied in places like laboratories and chemical plants. Its extraordinary design includes a one-centimeter thick glass tube, and two aluminium ends by which it can be mounted to wall or ceiling.
This fixture was one of the several ‘Rhino’s’ salvaged from one of the largest laboratories in East Germany. After WWII, this lab was part of the soviet military administration, and became a state-owned company until the reunification in the early nineties. On the laboratory complex these lamps were used in many different areas.
The Black Rhino comes with two TLD 36 Watt fluorescent tubes, a 1,5 meter matt black cable, and its passport describing the history and origin. It can be delivered with warm white, cool white, or daylight fluorescent tubes. Upon request, it can be delivered in a dimmable version.
Baby Black Rhino