My Collection: Philips SGS101 (Malaga)

This Philips Malaga was a bit of a mystery, at first I thought it had no visible date codes, and the one on the photocell socket is worn and scratched. The lantern was previously a post top mount, and runs on (You guessed it!) a Zodion SS6 photocell. This lantern is already in great condition, as is it's gear. I did later find a compass date code of October 2003, making the lantern 20 years old! (I am still trying to get a lantern that shares my birthday, this one's close, but is a few months off).

The gear tray has a great layout, evidently easy maintenance. The ballast is a BSN 70 T427 ITS made by Philips. It runs a 70W SON-E lamp, lit by an SN57 Philips ignitor, and the gear also contains a 4205A capacitor by Cambridge Capacitors.

On the 27th February 2024, the lantern was disassembled for cleaning after being brought upstairs with the rest of the collection. I give it praise, it was one of the easiest lanterns to take apart. Given the plastic canopy, the rusty exterior screws had nothing to fuse to, so they never actually seized. The lantern was also treated to new screws.

The tough canopy stains still remained, but I like when a lantern shows it's age, so I usually only restore one if I already have another of the same type.

I will say though, unlike all of the other components, that lamp-holder was a pain to remove. I had to be so careful not to snap the clips, but at the same time apply enough force to pop them out.

A picture depicting the lantern fully re-assembled post-cleaning.

Note that, while the video below shows the lantern running SON-T, this was later changed to a 70W SON-E lamp.