Hi All I decided to Destroy All of my Collection with a JCB!, APRIL FOOL! OK it's been a while since I last updated my Site anyway I have added the following...
Hi all, Just when you thought that the PFI here was going well, it turns out that there's been a slight blunder...namely that a stretch of new columns have...
... temporarily donate 14 35W SOX lanterns to the cause - just Beta 5s and that sort of thing; nothing special. The lanterns are really required as soon as...
Am I right in thinking the differences between the Thorn Beta 79 and 99 is that the 79 has the lamp holder near the gear tray, and ran smaller wattage lamps...
Mike, I will have a look. Regards John ... From: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com [mailto:StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Mike Barford Sent: 01...
Pete, I don't suppose you know where my Eleco HW851 open top-entry lantern came from? It looks like something that might still be operating in West Sussex....
Continuing with the lantern location thing, I don't have the email address for Pete Greenall. Would somebody be able to email me his contact details. I thought...
You'll have to get some photo's there by the sound of it Steve. Colin F. ... From: sotonsteve1987 To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 01,...
hmm, sounds like an April fool to me.... ... out that there's been a slight blunder...namely that a stretch of new columns have been installed in the wrong...
Hi all Have spoke to a very helpful lady on Cheshire C.C. Highways today about the rare Z9481a in Styal I am after saving. She told me that they had received...
Maybe Mike'll finish up having to lend them his Esla Simon ;-) ... From: phosco152 To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:36 PM ...
Hi all, Yep, Simon's quite right - the story was completely made up! Thanks for all the very generous offers though - very kind of you! I was going to add that...
Oh no !!! and it was all a joke after all, Oh Blimey, I think Pete Owen's all ready on his way up to your place with his Hiab lorry to pull your Esla out of...
Looks like i'm the april fool, never thought it was a wind up :+) Well thats what it's all about, By the way, i have just acquired a box of brand new 55w THORN...
Hi Jamie, My Beta 79 which I bought from Davy take a 100w SON lamp with the lampholder at the front of the lantern (by the bowl clip). It is definitely a '79 -...
Following the death of 180w SOX a few months back, 135w SOX in Southampton is now a thing of the past. The last installation situated on the A3024 Bitterne...
Hi Steve. Crawley is now another road closer to Group A sox extinction too and 180w sox has virtually dissapeared now, this particular road (Ifield Avenue)...
Colin, its interesting that up in Crawley the board put disconnection certs in the base. Down here SE just joint the cable. Sometimes they don't even bother to...
Hi All I have just uploaded 4 new pictures to the Colin F's folder on the group of the only Mayflower radio controlled switching installation I know of in...
I wondered what that NEMA cell was. Why didn't they just fit Mayflower RF NEMA cells instead, rather than blanking the NEMA socket and drilling for an aerial?...
Hi Steve This installation was originally individually photocell switched lanterns and has recently been converted to mayflower mate. Before the raise/lower...
... lanterns and has recently been converted to mayflower mate. ... OK, but still, there are Mayflower RF cells that plug straight into NEMA sockets. phosco152...
Hi, It might be the Harvard Leafnut system, which interfaces to their electronic HID ballasts. Have a look at www.leafnut.com I don't know how well these RF...
Possibly I guess John, I don't know to be honest. It's a fairly recent conversion. ... From: dominey_john To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...