My Collection: Fitzgerald LPF.40

This batten was found by the side of the road on 18/10/2026, and replaced a much newer Tamlite batten in the collection. I could tell by its shape what it was from a mile off! What I didnt notice however was the unique bodge that this Lightpack came with. At first, it appears that this is simply a Fitzgerald LPF.40 with the diffuser option.

But a closer look at the diffuser caps reveals the bodge! Notice the screw in each of them. With thanks to Lighting Gallery user Beta 5 for this information. These are diffuser caps for the more modern twist-lock endcaps as seen on my other Lightpack, but this batten has the older 20mm cable entry knock-outs. The diffuser endcaps for this older Lightpack would have been held on via springs attached to the cover plate.

This leaves me with two theories. Either it had a diffuser before, became damaged, and was then repaired using modern endcaps, or it never had a diffuser and the owner decided it could do with one.

This shoddy repair has left the diffuser caps quite wonky and damaged. They could've at least put a screw through each side! With the diffuser caps removed, this reveals how the batten likely looked originally:

One of the knockouts was found inside:

To access the wiring inside the batten, two screws can be loosened and slid to allow the removal of the reflector plate. This is a different mechanism to my LPF.65, which uses more of the twist-lock nuts (the same as the ones on the end caps).

Inside are the inspection stickers. One of these dates the luminaire to April 1993.

This ballast can accept one 36W T8, one 40W T12, two 18W T8, or two 20W T12 lamps.

The batten came fitted with a British General starter.