Hi All Does anyone know what type of gasket was used on the G.E.C. Clearmain Z8420 Street Light, as the origional is missing and the glass is moving loosely...
HI Simon I like the Green salvaged GEC Lantern to me it looks like a Open type Brookvale but I have NO Info/Catalogues etc to help Identify it Re the Z5354...
Arc voltage for H36GW-1000/DX is 265 vertically burning, 252 horiz. and lamp current is 4A vertical, 4.3A horizontal. You'll need 375V to start the lamp. ...
Hi Phil Thanks Mate I did have a feelling it was a High Voltage Lamp it reminds me of the old HV 1000w GEC Truelight MBF/U lamps which were designed for use on...
Hi all, It's taken a little longer than I'd envisaged due to a slight technical hitch (the RCD tripped when I tried to power up last night!), but I can now...
Hi Simon, [Of the GEC Z5640/43 series] It's interesting how they state that refractors are not needed for SOX operation, and yet Phosco allowed for two such...
Wow what a brilliant job, now thats what I call a clean and change, what are you doing this summer I have 29K lanterns that require attention LOL. Fantastic...
Hi Mike Nice job on your G5 mate, what a nice looking lantern. The L.P.Sodium version wasn't that common either was it, I think I,ve only ever seen one once,...
Hi Mike, The twin-refractor P107 SOX lantern, as used in Edinburgh, does have the clear bowl. The later versions have a refractor ring. I think the twin...
There used to be a lot of CU crescents dotted about Leighton Buzzard (only one remains), and there's still one in a village nearby called Silsoe (as far as I...
Very nice rare GEC crescents there Scott and Pete. As to that Group a merc I've seen that myself but cant remember where. Its a GEC Universal Difractor. Cheers...
Hi All I guess It's back to the Drawing Board as No One knows what I can use on the GEC Z8420 Street Lantern to secure the Glass and make it weaterproof Colin ...
Hi Scot, The Group A mercury lantern looks very similar to several lanterns installed at Rolls Royce's Victory Rd site (John T, Davy and Steve R will know the...
Hi all, Colin; Nick, thanks for the kind comments! To keep page loading times down, I decided to omit the barrage of verbal abuse I thrust upon the lantern...
Hi Mike I too cannot find it listed in any in my Atlas 1962 , BLI 1967 or Thorn Calaogues from 1972 to 1997 only the GLS/MBF and later versions with SON Lamps,...
Hi Colin, you could try buying some draught excluder tape!! you know the foam type stuff that people usually use in their doorframes to stop air blowing...
Hi Mike, great restoration there! Is the power system in your house the sort where the whole house has an RCD main switch, or mcb/rcd's for each circuit?...
Hi Scot, That group A merc looks like a GEC design, going by the "diffractor" style bowl and mesh! regs, Chris ... concrete ... of the ... been carried ... i'd...
From my other passion - rebuilding old railway coaches - comes another possible solution. There is a useful material which comes in strip form and is based...
Hi Chris/Mike, I would hazard a guess from the age of Mike's house that the CU fitted is of the split load type, meaning an RCD trip should only affect the...
Nice photo's mate. The columns and brackets are in superb condition too by the looks of it. We still have a few of the same ZP.... GEC columns surviving around...
Hi. So, nobody knows anything about this vintage lighting contraption? I thought someone would. :c) ... From: Richard To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com ...
Hello All, I would guess if the Main RCD tripped there is excessive earth leakage from a ballast somewhere. Potentially this is a shock hazard if the leaky...
... you're camera next time you're down this way Scott. ... I remember the tour of Portsmouth mentioned at the collectors meet last week. "Iridium, Iridium,...
Hi Steve It's getting Saph, Saph and you've guessed it Saph around these parts but still a bit of interesting stuff surviving at the moment here too. Both you...
Hi Colin! Gosh, I've not been on ehere for ages!!! Anyway, unless your arrow signals has a stamp on it with Traffic Systems Cooperative (small and round at the...
Hi Richard it is an old timswitch for turning on gas lamps. the control valve would have bolted on to the clock case, pity you dont have the vallve as well....
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