Hi Colin I shall be the first to post I have left streetlights_l as why people are there to cause trouble and Amy has explained what has happened with your P C...
Hi All I have added some of the rare lamps which were used in Streetlighting in to the folder called Discharge Lamps I have in My Collection they include a Old...
Hello Colin I was doing a Wiring job in Formby this morning and When I was driving home this afternoon I noticed A male cycling up Fleetwoods Lane by the...
Hi Lee Yes it was me you saw carrying the streetlight It was ripped out form Merrilocks Road in Blundellsands and a fellow streetlighting collector got it for...
Hi Colin Glad you are pleased with the Gamma 6 canopy To undo the grub screws you can first use WD-40 failing that soak them overnight in a drum of Diesel or...
Hi All Recently there are Streetlighting replacements going on within the Sefton area of Merseyside UK they are Crosby, Netherton, and Bootle as there are a...
Hi I've just joined your little group as it seems a bit more uk oriented,i must warn you's however i work on streetlighting for a local authority and am the...
Hi All I too agree with Robert as it is a shame that loads of streetlights get dumped I have manage to get streetlights from local council yard skips wich are...
Well thanks for the welcome,i'm based in South Cumbria and was previously employed by Websters. Your welcome to any old lanterns or parts as its good to see...
Hi Mack I think a lot of people were previously employed by Websters, they are about to lose the contract here in Sussex too. As Phil said, if you start...
... Hmmmmm..... Lucidors. Big fat gear-in-head versions or skinny gearless ones? 35W or 90W? Interested collectors need to know ;-) Spent some of the weekend...
Hi Simon I like to thank you for the catalogues you done for me and Also for adding a link to the group to your website manage to get some streetlights last...
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Phil Macbean
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Mar 4, 2003 12:42 am
Simon Cornwell <scornwell@...> writes ... I remember visiting the South Lakes about 15 years ago...dunno if that counts as South Cumbria(!)...and...
Hi guys, ... No problemo. ... It looks like those Philips MI26s will take over the world! - if it wasn't for the Thorn Beta 5. Incidentally my Philips MI55 GT...
I don't think Phillips lantern numbers refer to the lamp size,i think its in relation to the ballast serial mumber as our mi36's have bsx36 ballasts and the mi...
Hi Simon I may be able to solve the MI55 querry this may origanall might have been a MI50 lantern with a gear tray from a MI55 lantern which uses a 70w SON-I...
Hi Sander I recall an electrician in St Helens called the Thorn Beta 7s and GEC Z8496s etc turtles as the shape of them, they look like a turtle with a lamp...
Hi All Those 18W SOXs were originals but they are listed in the 1985 catalogue as MI 51s to special order only. I have one too so thet cant be that rare. ...
Hi Alexander Are they the MIE and the MAE series of lanterns for SOX-E lamps as I have the MI26, MI36 and they have a BSX355 ballast SX72 ignitor and a 6.5uf...
Hi All I manage to get time to photograph these huge lamps From Left to right 1 a 1000w SON-E Lamp 2 a 2000w HPI-T Lamp 3 a 1000w MBF/U Lamp In front is a 60w...
Hi Colin Our later mi series are the same gear as yours but we have earlier examples which cover the e series lamps,the ma60 your after are lying all over the...
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Phil Macbean
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Mar 5, 2003 12:52 am
C J <colin75uk@...> writes ... Where did you get those from? They're a bit large for general streetlighting use...or are they? Is it just high mast...
Hi phil The Son-E I got from a fellow Streetlighting collector The 2000w HPI-T and MBF/U came from a Streetlighting depot in Runcorn I think they said that the...
Hi Colin and Bob, Thanks for the explanation. I get a little bit wiser :-) Al the best Sander ... GEC Z8496s etc turtles as the shape of them, they look like a...
Hi All Some Lighting engineers call the Eleco/ Davis GR100/150/200 lanterns have been called Gondelers due to the shape of the bowls and I heared the old ESLAs...
