Product Overview
A 600W Snooper Lamp That Never Made It Into a Fixture
Condition
New old stock. Stock is ten, so the lamp in the photographs is a representative piece, and it is shown still inside the clear poly bag it came in, printed in red under the heading INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: be sure power is off when the lamp is inserted, and do not touch the lamp with bare hands. The sample was lifted out of its carton for the camera. That carton is a plain paper box carrying the yellow model label, toned and shelf-soiled the way paper gets after a long stay on a shelf, with the label yellowed but fully legible. Through the bag the glass envelope is clear, the coiled filament sits centered on its supports, and each end finishes in a white end cap. One end cap is printed 120V; the other carries printing that these photos do not resolve.
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Product Overview
The carton label identifies this as a SNOOPER Replacement Light Bulb, model 5500-120-600W, from Birns Oceanographics, Inc., P.O. Box 24160, Los Angeles, CA 90024. The model designation reads out as 120 volts and 600 watts, and the marking on one end cap agrees with the voltage: 120V. Physically it is a double-ended tubular lamp, a clear glass envelope with a long coiled filament carried on supports down the middle and a white end cap at either end, the general format used for compact high-wattage sources that sit in a fixed reflector. Base and socket type are not confirmed here, so verify against the datasheet or the fixture itself before use. Nothing beyond the label and the 120V end marking is claimed for it: the photographs are the spec for the piece shown. Sold each from a stock of ten, in new old stock condition, still bagged.
Key Features
- Carton label reads SNOOPER Replacement Light Bulb, MODEL 5500-120-600W
- Labeled Birns Oceanographics, Inc., P.O. Box 24160, Los Angeles, CA 90024
- 600 watts at 120 volts per the model designation, with 120V printed on one end cap
- Double-ended tubular glass envelope, coiled filament on center supports, white end cap at each end
- New old stock, still inside the printed poly bag; the sample was unpacked from its carton for photography
- Base and socket type not confirmed - verify against the datasheet before use
- Sold each; the photographed unit is representative of a stock of ten
Applications
- Keeping a working Birns Snooper light in service with the lamp its own label calls for
- A maintenance shop holding an obsolete 120V 600W double-ended fixture that needs a matching lamp, base fitting verified first
- A collector or restorer of vintage Birns equipment who wants a period-correct spare with its original label
- Anyone who would rather park a spare lamp on the shelf beside the fixture than find out mid-job that the last one is gone
Frequently Asked Questions
What is actually marked on this lamp and its carton?
The yellow carton label reads SNOOPER Replacement Light Bulb, MODEL 5500-120-600W, BIRNS OCEANOGRAPHICS, INC., P.O. Box 24160, Los Angeles, CA 90024. One end cap of the lamp itself is printed 120V. The opposite end cap carries additional printing that the photos do not resolve, so it is described as present rather than read out.
Is the lamp still in its original bag?
The photographed sample is still inside the clear printed poly bag it came in, and it was lifted out of its carton so the camera could see it. We have not opened the bag or handled the envelope. Stock is ten and the photos show one representative piece, so treat the pictures as the spec for that piece.
What base does it use, and will it fit my fixture?
Not confirmed. The carton label gives no base or socket designation, and none is legible in these photos - one end cap reads 120V and the other carries printing the photos do not resolve. Double-ended lamps in this general format are built with several different end fittings. Measure what your fixture takes and verify against the datasheet before you order.
Why buy this lamp here?
Because you can take the exact count you need. A lamp is a consumable: one goes in the fixture, one waits on the shelf behind it, and there is no reason to take a case of fifty to get there. Ten are on hand and they are sold individually, so you pick one, or two, or the whole shelf. Orders leave our Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
Six hundred watts of Los Angeles lighting, still bagged, still wearing the yellow label a typewriter filled in. If your Snooper has gone dark and the fixture is worth keeping, this is the part that ends the search.
