1970

Another rare lamp, already well-worn, but quite durable, the same LB color from childhood, although it greens the camera, the very caps that were the "hallmark of daytime lamps" when I was just a jerk looking for them everywhere and everywhere.

The etching at the end is practically lost, but it can be seen at some angle.

I preheated mercury stains about an hour before shooting and another hour after, they practically stretched out.

This lamp appeared in my collection quite unexpectedly, during the analysis of old garage stocks of the now deceased grandfather of one of my friends. Among the unnecessary trash on the shelf in the dust, there were several Soviet fluorescent tubes, including this one. At first examination it did not stand out as anything interesting: regular T12, the marking was not visible. After washing and drying at the end of the lamp at a certain angle of incidence of light, I could hardly see the LG 40 10.70 marking and the PZGRL plant icon.

The light bulb is designed for cars. It still works. On every USSR bulb there was gray base which isn't polished, date codes are marked with arabic and roman numbers.