Hi all, this is most interesting. I think I've seen some lamps like this used in a shop, also in Cardiff indoor market iirc. Does anyone know which London...
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sotonsteve
sotonsteve1987
Jan 1, 2012 10:00 am
The PFI contractor can change their mind if they wish. Comes down to money at the end of the day. In my local PFI they probably aren't using LED because it is...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 1, 2012 2:09 pm
Hi All i remember seeing on WRTL Web site birmingham was Doing a PFI with WRTL LED lanterns do you know if they are Still using them? as for the Induction...
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we1sbach
Jan 1, 2012 3:43 pm
Hi all - just found this site by accident, full of old street-lighting: http://inacityliving.piczo.com/?g=44843738&cr=7 Catenary lighting very much to the...
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sotonsteve
sotonsteve1987
Jan 1, 2012 4:29 pm
Birmingham are using WRTL Stelas for side road applications, and WRTL Airtraces and Arcs for main road applications. Strangely, a lot of the Arc installations...
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we1sbach
Jan 1, 2012 5:00 pm
I wonder if the WRTL Luma has put in an appearance? A couple of experimental ones have appeared on the IW. The catalogue shows three panels, but the one at 8m...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 1, 2012 9:24 pm
Last time we were in birmingham they were replaceing some columns with dark green QSM's on 10m columns. I have never seen WRLT LEDs lanterns in use but I have...
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nelboy001
Jan 2, 2012 3:47 am
Interesting. When firefox decided not to be confused by the large number of images on the page, I was able to see a few interesting pics. One of them had a GEC...
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sotonsteve
sotonsteve1987
Jan 2, 2012 7:07 am
Dark green columns and Holophane lanterns sounds like Solihull to me....
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we1sbach
Jan 2, 2012 9:49 am
Hi - glad you could see at least a few. Amongst them is one shot taken by the corporation to show the effects of new lighting - SOX lighting on large-braketted...
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we1sbach
Jan 2, 2012 9:55 am
Wow - had no idea Holophane were still in action - have they had a recent resurgence? Nice range of lanterns on their site - the "Factor" LED lantern is...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 2, 2012 10:47 am
Yeah, if you use this address and put it in google you'll see some roundabouts put the little orange man over the roundabout and you'll see the holophane qsms...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Jan 2, 2012 10:51 am
... That photo has always struck me as rather odd. As only one phase has been connected, and as the lanterns are cut-off (they're Wardle Liverpools) then the...
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phil4444uk
Jan 2, 2012 10:52 am
Almost exactly a year ago, I took some pics of a run of inductions near Shepherd's Bush in London. At the time I didn't know what they were, but looking at...
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we1sbach
Jan 2, 2012 11:03 am
Thanks Phil - I remember now you put a link to this on the group before. I must try and get there sometime. These would do nicely on main roads, where CFL is...
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we1sbach
Jan 2, 2012 11:05 am
Yes, I was surprised to the effect was quite so well-defined back in 1955. LPS lanterns seem to feature as cut-offs less often than MV or HPS it seems, at...
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sailormoon_01_uk
sailormoon_0...
Jan 2, 2012 3:06 pm
Hi Guys  the link shown is only on part of the website, for the home page see http://inacityliving.piczo.com/?g=27070738&cr=7 re the Street lighting it...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 2, 2012 5:19 pm
Those Induction Lamps must be made by INDO & the Lantern too. one thing is They don't tell you the Model name of the Lanterns on there Site. Came by a Davis...
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nelboy001
Jan 2, 2012 8:43 pm
... Yes, Holophane have been very popular in recent years. In York they've been installing QSM's Since August 2006 - as the road where I used to live was the...
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nelboy001
Jan 2, 2012 8:45 pm
The large post tops I mentioned are ones I said look similar to the Metrovick ones at Southport - as there has been somewhere that confirmed the Southport ones...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 2, 2012 9:15 pm
the QSMs here are in a Dark Grey colour. your right on the QSMs failing early some in Milton keynes had that happen to them not that many the other Lantern...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 3, 2012 4:47 pm
Hi all, I was talking to Jamie P on he's website and he said He found somewhere that actually Does have electrodeless lamps - it turns out he's been there many...
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stephen_furley
Jan 3, 2012 5:02 pm
East Croydon bus station is lit by Enduras. When first opened it had metal halides uplighting onto reflectors mounted above them, but a few years ago these...
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sotonsteve
sotonsteve1987
Jan 3, 2012 8:28 pm
It's not Birmingham who uses green columns and Holophane lanterns, it's neighbouring Solihull....
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James
james_carl60
Jan 3, 2012 9:11 pm
looks like these lamps have been around for a few years then. i never knew The clock faces at the Houses of Parliament are lit by Philips QL Lamps. i wounder...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 3, 2012 9:20 pm
Ah you would be right i looked on Google street view and Birmingham itself doesn't have these Green columns and Holopphane Lanterns but like you said Solihull...
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nelboy001
Jan 4, 2012 12:37 am
... The street I used to live in was the first one here to get QSM's fitted, and they've been reliable and so were probably on magnetic gear. But on the street...
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James
james_carl60
Jan 4, 2012 4:34 pm
Hi All, Today I saw that the Stacey bushes industrial estate has had all it's Davis GR 100s on 8m columns and SOX topost global Lanturns on 5m Fabrikat...
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stephen_furley
Jan 4, 2012 4:56 pm
... CP-Lighting sell the full range of both Philips QL and Osram Endura electrodeless lamps, but you won't like the prices of them....
