Hi,
Whilst helping the relatives have a spring-clean, I found an old exterior light, it is rather like a street lamp, so more commercial/industrial than domestic. It looks as thought the fitting is largely made of aluminium, so I was hoping to take it to the scrap man.
I think they may be sodium lamps as the bulbs look something like a BC version of this:
Inside the fitting is a large (in terms of size, not capacitance) capacitor and a heavy metal ballast. The ballast is a sealed unit. Does it have an iron core? Is that why it is so heavy? I'm just wondering what bag to throw it into to take to the scrap yard. Do I throw it in with all the steel? Perhaps I should angle grind it open to see what's inside?
TIA