Thanks to all for the replies -- now I have a Beta 5 at close range I can study its performance much more closely than when it's several metres over my head! ...
Hello, I have posted a couple of pictures of an old mercury lantern in my new folder 'Chris-E'. Its a bit distnat and not a great pic, but could it be a GEC...
Hi Chris after referring to Simon's site it looks like a Z5580 B...fitted with what seems to be a glass refracting bowl. That's one badly spalled column! ...
Hiya, I guessed it from the site you mention too! The column is bad, but thats probably cos its an abandoned old council street lamp on some wasteland...must...
Hi Richard - Powys is generally fairly well down the road of going from Low to High Pressure sodium, I think - including in the main street of Welshpool now if...
... It certainly looks like a Z5580 B - but there's something about the canopy that looks weird. It could just be the light, or the angle - any chance of a ...
... Hash: SHA1 All main routes through Welshpool, as well as a large part of other roads in the town centre, have been high pressure sodium since a few years....
Hi all, I lost my Yahoo account and had to create a new one (this one I've always had as a backup but I create another one for my other address). Simon can you...
Hey, I'll be able to get a better pic if I manage to get it down without falling to my death!! Have any others on here found abandoned, but still standing...
Hi Chris, I've seen a few abandoned lanterns on my travels. Probably my favourite is the classic 'winch' LPS in Carmarthen, pictured second on the page at...
<the classic 'winch' LPS in Carmarthen> I saw another of these in Whitland last month - just off the main road. Don't know whether that one works...? Chris G....
<abandoned, but still standing lanterns> around Cardiff and the Valleys there a quite a few - old GLS lanterns from the 50's long abandoned on electricity...
Hi Chris - was in Whitland a while ago and didn't notice anything interesting.. will have to go and have another look! I don't suppose you know of any unusual...
Hi Ian - the Whitland 'winch' light was on the right going out of town towards St. Clears - in a haulage yard or similar I think... Lampeter - just a few old...
... Here's a few from my site- http://www.vt4c.demon.co.uk/mancarpk.htm http://www.vt4c.demon.co.uk/leigh.htm http://www.vt4c.demon.co.uk/peel.htm There's...
Hi all - the two lanterns outside Anerystwyth Town Hall (mentioned in reply to Ian's post) were (or are?) similar in design to those in Phil's Manchester Car...
Hi Mike.D/ All I know your a bit of a wizz when it comes to gear and electronic bits. In my Thorn catalogue, it offers the 'Piazza' SON bulkhead fitting: ...
Hi Davy, They recommend using external ignitor lamps for sensitive areas, as the restrike time is generally less than 1 minute, whereas lamps with internal...
Hi Mike, that's great..makes sense really now! We sometimes fit SON-E lamps when the ignitor fails on a SON-T fitting and cant be easily replaced. (e.g P567) ...
Hi there, Has anyone on here tried designing and buliding their own ignitor circuit? I fancy having a go, but don't have enougth knowledge to design it...
Hi Chris, I've designed quite a few ignitors mainly for SOX and SON I'll see what I can do. Best regards Mike ... From: Chris [mailto:cmmdr_umbro@...] ...
Hi there, That sounds really cool! It's good to be able to build things right from scratch then see it all working. I'm imagining it's quite difficult to...
HI ALL. Does any one know of any CU PHOSCO P103A lanterns about ? This is a top entry type of the post top CU PHOSCO P107/24 SEVEN lantern . There were some...
Hello! I ahve now got the abandoned GEC lantern and uploaded pix to my folder Chris-E. Not sure if this is the model number or glass bowl part number, but...
Hi Chris great work!! I see you had to saw through the tube...not surprising after a few years of rain on the thread!! According to the oracle that is Mr...
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