Hi Chris "Is this casual replacement normal?" you ask. I have looked into the market with exactly the same question in my campaign to see the speedy demise of ...
Fascinating! So when you say 'legally wide open' this is from claims from people who've had (say) a motor accident and are looking for someone to sue? Have the...
Hi Phil, Yes the lawyers have caught on! TRL informed us last year that the concept of a road "accident" is past history. Nowadays if there is a crash someone ...
Nothing changes. Some of the 1930s critism of street lighting was the size of authorities' boundaries, the light sources used, and the varying different...
Hi Simon "What light sources are supported by the new CP..." The new CP gives acceptable colour rendering values for various street types. The lowest it gives...
Oh yes nearly forgot to mention There is a current get-out clause in the glare categories. The new code is more stringent making SOX all but unusable but the...
Hi Tom, This all seems to mean that older streetlighting schemes will be replaced fairly aggressively. Up here in Newcastle, there is a huge PFI contract on at...
Hello Tom, If we can't have SOX - lets have mercury instead! - No only joking! I'd much rather see greater us of CDM lamps, the light is very pleasant,...
Hi Michael, You speak many a word of truth in your email. Although I make no bones about my dislike of low pressure sodium light, the flip side of the same...
Heh, so clear mercury won't be making a comeback, but coated...well why not? ;-) Interesting also that most of the current legal situation as you describe it...
Hi Phil, Clear mercury is still used in some parts of the USA and Japan. Derby City Council use them to light the parks and cemeteries, they show up grass and...
Hi there Does anyone have any images of vandal resistant or crime hardened street lighting products. Ideally I am looking for images with street lights with ...
Hi Tom I think BEI? in Wales make the vandal cages so they may have some pictures. I live in Eastbourne-what is a vandal?! Bob ... From: Tom Webster To: street...
Ha Ha I agree! Charles Endirect also make lantern guards. A while ago some railway ZX1s were vandal proofed by having fetching square pieces of expanded wire...
Hi Tom/all, I know of some Beta 5s here that are on columns with extensions welded on, and they have cages over the bowls. Whether this stops the little...
Hi Mike, [Derby City Council use them to light the parks and cemeteries, they show up grass and greenery very well.] Yes, they do use them - they're Iwasaki's...
Hi Tom If JLT Engineering has a web site they may have images etc I havent seen any Vandal proof streetlights but in the very Rough Areas I have seen lighting...
Hi Mike D and Mike B Clear Mercury Lamps are hard to come by due to the Metal Halide lamp, This is what killed off the 250w and 400w MB/U, when a ignitor was...
Hi all, I've just realised something - namely that my ESLA has been working for an entire year today - and I didn't even buy it a birthday cake! I've not had...
Hey Mike I had the pleasure earlier this year to experience the wonder that is a clear merc. lit street in Los Angeles (surely the spiritual home of mercury...
Hi Mike, That streetlight of yours is probably the finest example I have ever seen, and it is great that it has been in a year, and I had the chance to see it...
... Looking through the catalogues, it's difficult to find anything designed specifically to be vandal resistant. In fact, vandals didn't seem to exist before...
Hi Phil, Yes, The council buy them from Iwasaki UK, though they generally take a while to arrive as Iwasaki don't seem to keep these in the UK very much which...
Hi there everyone who has sent me suggestions for the vandal resistant luminaires. Many thanks so far, some interesting images however, not quite what I am ...
Hi Phil I have dug out my Old AEI and Philips Catalogues the problem is the MAT/V is not listed buth the following lamps are shown under Mercury, MA/V MA/H,...
HI All Ive been informed there are some ELECO GR551s in Rock Ferry on the Wirral with cages over the lanterns to stop vandals damaging them When I have chance...
... Just check the Siemens catalogues. According to James' site: "MAT Mercury-blended lamps were manufactured solely by Siemens Bros. of Preston - however that...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
