I recently took down a huge 7' Lucy swan neck (complete with Holophane lantern) that I'd put up in my parents' garden. As the swan neck was so large, and as...
Hi Tim Not sure I entirely agree with your surmise on lamp wattages for given mounting heights especially with the new CEN lighting code of practice that has...
Check this out Its a 600w Side silvered High Pressure Sodium Lamp I won on Ebay, it looks like a Alpha 3 streetlight fitting see Photos attached and photo...
Hi Claire The only place I've seen using Alpha 2000's is Blackpool I and a fellow collector went to a contractors, Fred Smith Electrical (I don't know if they...
Hi Jamie Most Austrailain Streetlights are the same as the UK due to Philips, Thorn, GEC, Eleco, REVO etc had suppliers there due to it used to be part of the...
... fellow collector went to a contractors, Fred Smith Electrical (I don't know if they still maintain their streetlighting) and I got a maroon Coloured Alpha...
... There's some more interesting half- obscured SON lamps on the Stefan's Lichtparade site- http://www.stewavelight.de/lichtparade.htm -- .phil. -- Phil...
HI Phil Yes I know the site as Stefan's a member of lamps and lighting he sent me a photo of a huge lighthouse bulb which he has on his website main page I was...
Hi Bob/Mike/Phil Disregard the last message as 250merc has bought it I atach a photo of a street in St Petersberg Russia showing one of these Sodium Reflector...
Hi all Regarding Reflux, I have a sample here that I picked up on a trip to Czech Republic some 10 years ago. The idea seems intrinsically interesting but is...
Hi All Does anyone have any information on this lamp, see photos attached, on the cap it says "MAZDA made in England" also "100v 5000w Ref No 82-0901" All the...
Hi All Since there is interest in the Unusual HPS lamp it is made by Reflux in Russia the website is http://www.reflux.ru/index.php?id=1&lang=en Although mine...
Hi Adam, Sadly this little lantern and bracket disappeared some time ago to a post-top Vectra 1 on a sleeve. I would agree with you that it was a variant of...
Hi John, Nice to hear from you. What a shame... have the rest gone aswell? There were two "caged" older style Beta 5s next to it, and a "caged" P152? that was...
Hi Colin,Claire,Everyone, The replacement lanterns on the road scheme where I got my Thorn Pilote lantern and the one for Mike was Alpha 2000's. There must be...
Hi all I came across this lamp today, it's a slimmer and lighter SL lamp I guess as it says SL-E on the lamp it uses a electronic Ballast rather than the...
Hi Colin, Are these lamps as in the first photo still being made, and if so where do you pruchase them? Personally I prefer the old ones with conventional gear...
Hi Adam There are two of the conventional gear ones on ebay at the moment. No 3879691332 Cheers Bob ... From: Adam lachlan To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com...
Hi Adam Yes you can still buy, the older SL lamp they are slightly skinnier than the one in the photo I too am looking of the older lamp which has a black...
Thanks. Shame they're only ES cap! Adam http://clerkbyron.com/lights ... Hi Adam There are two of the conventional gear ones on ebay at the moment. No...
Hi Adam Most electrical shops sell a BC to ES adaptor they even have ES to BC adaptors they come in handy if you want to run a Gamma 6 with a Filament or...
Hi All Here is another unusual Compact Fluorescent lamp it's a 9 watt Blacklight PL lamp see phot attached and http://www.freewebs.com/fluoro/ All the Best ...
Hi All I won five Atomic Hollow Cathode lamps on E-bay, which have just arrived, I am unaware of the elements in them as I only know of two which are common in...
HI. I can remember the old black type being shown on TOMORROW WORLD tv programme in 1979-1980-1981. PHILIPS started to sell them in 1981 and I bought the SL9...
... Er...Bismuth, Cobalt, Tin, Tantalum, and Gold- Platinum- Silver. There's O-level Chemistry for you ;-) -- .phil. -- Phil Macbean Manchester, UK ...
Hi Tim Yes The SL was the First Compact Fluorescent lamp ever made The PL lamp first cme out in 1981/2 in 11 watts later on the lower wattage lamps were made,...
Hi TLM and Phil I have looked at the lamps they are as follows Au-Pt-Ag lamp has a 2 pin Octal valve base Bi lamp has a 2 pin Octal valve base Na lamp has a 2...
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