... It looks like the REVO Solaris - although beware! Phosco did something very similar. The REVO catalogue I'm referring to looks like it originated from the...
Hi Simon - <It looks like the REVO Solaris - although beware!> Thanks, that's good enough for me! <There's still two or three Dioptrions in Worcester> - after...
Hi all - Happy New Year! Stumbled across a mercury installation yesterday at Llantwit Major - about 20-30 GEC Z8591s on octagonal CU concrete columns with...
Hi All As far as I know there are still a couple of Dioptrions in Worcester. I managed to get mine OK from the lighting engineer but despite persistant...
Hi Simon/all - I'm pretty sure the lanterns at Central Hill/Crown Dale were Revo Hyperions, having looked at Jon's site (another wonmderful rescource, of...
... That's it -Kent House Road. And if Penge is in Surrey, then it's the border - but I'm not sure it is. Croydon is definitely in Surrey though. ... I never...
Hi Simon - Kent House was definitely the county boundary - that's where its name came from. (I made regular visits to Penge when first in London - being a Ryde...
Happy New Year to all at the Streetlighting UK forum! I hope you all had a peaceful and happy Christmas. I have been pretty quiet since joining the forum the...
Hi John Is that Alpha 5 the SLI version then? It will be quite rare if it is, If there is more than one i,m sure I could tempt you with a swap!. The sources of...
... My grandparents also lived on another boundary road. Elm Road was a short road which ended promptly at a recreation ground. Although short, on the left...
Nice to hear from you Bob. Yes, the lanterns are the 140W linear LPS version fitted with Thorn lamps. I am assuming that they are Alpha 5's from what I...
Hi John, Derby also has some Linear Alpha 5s - they've not worked for years, but they might if new lamps/gear could be obtained. You can see them at...
Thanks Mike, I'd already spotted your pickies of the Alpha 5s on your site. It's nice to see old lanterns like these surviving, though some in a better state...
Hi John, Some are quite badly deteriorated and one is missing but there are one or two that may operate again given some TLC! I'm pleased that they have been...
Hi all - just returned from 2 days in Pembrokeshire. Highlights include: - finding several 50s style class A Stantons in Pembroke and Pembroke Dock - both the...
chris gale <cpg.corwynt@...> writes ... Have a squint at the source (literally!)- MH will appear as a definite point source and hurt the eye to look at-...
Thanks, Phil - I did visit the Urbis website, and CFL wasn't mentioned in the specification for Sapphires, as it was for WRTL Iris's which I spotted using CFL...
HI ALL . Do any one know what happen to this web site http://spiffworth.net/lighting/ . It is not there any more and it has been like this for some days. ...
... The Alpha Five is an odd one. Despite being very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, it's largely disappered completely. Obviously down to it being an SLI ...
Hi Simon, There's a few Alpha 5s around Stirling where I'm working at present. They too run 135W SOXs now. They are nice examples. Some appear to be original...
Hi Tim, My webhosts were really rotten and pulled the plug on me w/o any warning or explaination. I have a new domain now but no website building software, so...
Hi John, [...snipped...] ... One reason for dual lamp lanterns was a safety measure - if one bulb failed, then the other would act as back-up - this was given...
Hi Simon, I hadn't thought of the safety issue - obviously the life of incandescent lamps is considerably less than discharge lamps. I hadn't realised that the...
chris gale <cpg.corwynt@...> writes ... Only that most CFLs are low wattage, less than even the smallest MH lamp usually used for road lighting, and...
Hi all, I'd like to introduce my new photo album on the group site. It shows the type of lamps I run at home, including my Thorn Beta 5 35W SOX, which is...
Hi Chris, Sounds like there's some good stuff left in Pembrokeshire! I've been planning on a visit to Pembroke for a while, to get some photos for my site -...
Hi Ian - Yes, I'd recommend a visit to Pembroke (AND Pembroke Dack!) quite soon, before the Clearmains are cleared away! I tried taking some photos of them,...
Hi Matthew - particularly enjoyed your Wrexham photo - is that a Revo? ... of columns with that kind of bracket. Do they still remain with other lanterns, or...
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