Hi David, Colin is quite correct. Can I just emphasise though, that the ballast you use should be of the leak transformer type, and these generally indicate...
Hi Colin, Mike, Thanks, I will find out if there are any spare 180w SOX gear spare at work as they are never installed anymore. Regards David ... the ... due ...
Happy New Year to everyone, Just in case you're at home today with nothing to do, I thought that I'd let you know that the MCSL website has had its first...
Hi David The Best Ballast I found is the old hilips L5200 as they have a built in Capacitor see Here, failing this a L4135 with seperate 20uf 300v Capacitor ...
A happy new year to one and all. I have been catching up on my reading and working on a huge update for the website... but it's not quite ready yet. However,...
Hi Simon, It's always interesting to hear how companies 'were' back then - I think we're slowly starting to put the jigsaw together though there's still more...
Hi Claire, I'm sure I've seen that HW-505 somewhere before! How did you manage to 'unblue' the photograph? I've got some Philips 57w PL-Ts arriving soon (from...
Hi Claire, That unknown posttop lantern 10 is a Philips HPC 137 or SPC 137 lantern. The name depends on the lamp, HPC is for mercury vapor and the SPC for SON...
Hi All Here are my first updates for 2007 to The Colin Grimes Collection, they are Powerplus 9w 4U Compact Fluorescent Lamp with SES cap added to Fluorescent...
Hi Mike, Sander, Thanks for the use of the picys Mike; I never did get to Bailey Street to photograph that example, so it's a good job you did. I used the...
Hi Colin, I was given the lantern after seeing it thrown on top of a pile of old lanterns at a streetlighting depot. I was quite surprised to see it lying...
Hi Claire, You say the depot was in South Yorkshire. Where was it? The only depot I've ever seen is in Sheffield where you can see a huge old GLS lantern on an...
... It looks wierd. I'm not gonna say what I thought it looked like at first! But then I thought it looked a bit like those mushrooms in the Mario games! it's...
Hi Dan, What a display! Watch out MD! You have a beautiful back garden Dan and it must be transformed after dark. I particularly like the blue, 'spiral'...
... And just as you start to put it all together... something else comes along to upset the apple cart ;-) I hope it'll all get sorted out in the end, but for...
On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:55:40 -0000 ... Thank you Simon; I too would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2007. Here's to some great collecting! ... ...
Hi John, Thanks for your kind comments. I'm very lucky to be living where I am and to be given the freedom to "crimbo up" the house, the location were in is...
Hi All I bought two of these Lamps from Maplin Electronics, they are 12v MR16 LED Dichroic Lamps, designed to replace 12v 20w Dichroic Lamps as used in...
After reading something about rail travel on the west yorkshire pte website (wymetro), I saw a picture of settle rail station. it had GEC Z8260's along the...
... MR16 LED Dichroic Lamps, designed to replace 12v 20w Dichroic Lamps as used in Display/Downlighting, they work fine on a 12v AC supply via Lighting...
Happy new year to all on the Streetlighting u.k group From Colin F. Over Christmas I started dating an old flame of mine again from 20 odd years ago , she is...
It ain't half a biggun how would you like to polish it for me ;-) Yours cheekily Colin Registered office: Siemens Hearing Instruments Limited Registered no:...
Ooo Er Missus!!! ... From: Colin Fowler To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:37 AM Subject: [StreetlightingUK] Can you...
Last week I had to go to Sheffield, returning on the 01:45 coach the following morning. Suspended over the central reservation of a stretch of the M1 were...
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