Hi Col, Surrey just keeps on turning up these great little finds, just when you think you've seen everything on your patch something else...
I`m new here, just signed up, good morning everyone! A couple of questions regarding these GEC Boats. Mine is currently undergoing restoration, and I`m...
Hi Colin, If you go to the bottom of the Auto switching page and click on the Zodion logo it will direct you to all my zodion cells. In there you can see the...
Roger Many thanks for the information on the Exeter Cranford which fills a significant gap in my knowledge of the history of gas street lighting. I'm very...
Hello Chris and Welcome Re the GEC Z9484 fist they were made with a 60w SLI/H lamp see HERE , the Catalogue Number was Z9494 and they were used in...
Hi Andrew I see the old SS2 when I clicked on your new link, they were a 4 pin photocell for Motorway and Tunnel Lighting for Dual Switching espeically...
Hi, Many thanks for the welcome. Whoops - first post and spot the deliberate mistake! Numbers were never my strong point - I did mean Z94*8*4 in the subject...
Hi Colin, Thanks for the info on the SS2. Is the super SS6 a more efficient version of the SS6? I have a spare Blue SS6 PEC if you would like it? Regards, ...
Hi Andrew Thanks let me know what you want for the Blue SS6 photocell and I can send payments etc. All the Best Colin ... From: Andrew...
... Some wonderful old street lights there. A real shame they've all gone. The brackets in many of the shots lack any ornamentation (e.g. finials or...
Hi Chris No Problems, re the Anti Vandal Bowls they wer placed on street lights from the 1970's onwards as local youths used to smash ...
Hi Chris, Just had a look at your web site. There are some fascinating items on there. I to collect christmas lights and other electrical bits and pieces. ...
Hi John, I visited the Etruria Industrial Museum near Stoke on Trent the other day and noticed that the outdoor areas were lit with the Philips 18W SOX units...
Hi Andrew, It'd be interesting to see if Kevin Allen at Incatron has come across the SS2 before - he doesn't have any examples pictured on his site. Looks as...
Hi Simon, Ah, so that's the Stanton 10! I can't help thinking that the chap carrying the AEI column would look so cheery today - after all, he'd now have to...
Hi all, Jamie - the song is called 'Climb It' by the New Vistas (as opposed to the New XPs I suppose..!); I've never heard of them either! Steve - some of the...
Hi Mike, Yes I'm sure you're right. The GEC Wembley of that period is not unlike Suggs classic Rochester design. I have visited your site, Bob's and all the...
Hi Simon, Thanks for this. The two REVO Lodestars were actually situated, not on a pathway as the pictures suggest, but on a long flight of steps between two...
Hi Peter, I agree with you, there must have been a number of local manufacturers out there. In Exeter another foundry: Garton & King also made a windsor style...
Hi Roger The lamp with the 'big chimney' as Simon puts it above the Seeboard sign is this one, Its a nice early GEC Wembley. luckily I had a spare globe for it...
I bought one of these last week-end, the 2 foot daylight colour version. It arrived earlier in the week and I have now been able to try it out. Took a load of...
Hi, Thanks! Sorry that it`s horribly out of date, I havn`t touched it for years so it shows nothing of the fluorescent tubes, discharge lamps, lanterns and...
Hi Chris I agree, the quality of your photos are excellent under the LED tube, I may invest in one myself as like yourself I am a Keen Lamp collector...
Dear Bob, This is great news! I'm so glad it was saved and having a bowl for it is a real bonus. Best wishes, Rog. ... sign is this one, Its a nice early GEC...
Hi Chris; Colin Do you know if these LED tubes are available in the 8W (300mm) size yet? I'd be interested to convert one of the signlights/bollards I've got...
Mike, I havn`t ever seen them that small, and I do wonder if it could even work at that size. It would probably be tricky to fit the LEDs and power supply...
Hi Chris, Excellent test, the LED tube really works well! The main problem is the bypassing of the ballast, which will guarantee a big *BANG!* if a fluorescent...
... Take a look at: http://www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/manufact/gec/cat/cat1964- 10/index.htm Basically the exterior was stove enamelled whilst the interior...
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