Hi All Yesterday I recieved a Thorn Precicnt lantern, Philips 1000w HPLR-N (MBFR/U) and a Thorn 400w Mercury Ballast when a Phil visited. I can safely test the...
Fantastic pictures Chris! Any chance of posting them in the 'files' section instead? That way we could see them full size, rather than the daft small size...
Hi Chris, Good to see ESLAs other than my own one working! How effective are they at lighting the surrounding area? Mine does a fairly good job as the driveway...
Hey Mike I've been following the progress of this, and was quite enjoying it all when I suddenly realised I didn't know really what an embellishment kit was!...
Hi there, I have posted a couple of them in a bigger size in the files for you. Can't do too many as group is getting rather full!! Glad that you like them...
Hi there, It was nice to see them running in the village for me. I'm not sure who maintains them though...may be the villagers! They are OK at lighting the...
Hi Phil Although I have a modern column with a Embellishment kit fitted the ladder bar is missing anyway I have added a photo called street lights in my album...
Hi Phil, Yes, I've just put a picture in the Mike D album. An embellishment kit consists of a set of bolt on parts which make a modern column look old fashion....
Hi Guys, just thought I'd let you all know of my good fortune today. Two of my streetlighting colleagues popped round earlier with a Beta 79 lantern they had...
Hi Mike, well done with that embellishment kit- a piece of good luck for once! best wishes, Davy ... From: Mike Docherty [mailto:mike-docherty@...] ...
Hi everyone, Glad to see that everyone is getting on well acquiring new stuff! I have posted a picture of a lantern in my folder 'Chris-E'. Its called...
Hi Chris, there was discussion on these lanterns a little while back. Its a Phosco P235 or P236 lantern- depending on the size of the shoe...i'm sure somebody...
Hi Davy, Yes I'm really pleased with it! - Many thanks to yourself and Bob! I also went to my local wholesaler today, and he will sell me a nice new Stainton...
Hi Chris It's a Phosco P236 lantern with Integral Gear, I noticed it's unusual as it has a GRP Canopy and aluminium Gear compartment, the ones in my old...
Heh, thanks for that Mike (& Colin) ! ;-) All is clear now...I'd just assumed that you ordered a column in the first place with all that stuff already on...
... Thanks for that Chris- those big versions of the nighttime pics are amazing! I've got one as my desktop wallpaper now :) Interestingly enough- and I hadn't...
Hi Phil, No I guess they aren't really worth that much, but they are very nice aluminium castings, which I guess have a fairly limited market, hence the high...
Hi Mike/James I wonder if you can help I tried to test the 400w MBI/BD lamp from Bishop Lighthouse using the Parmar ignitor but it does not strike I don't...
Colin, The only medium wattage MH lamps you can strike on a 750V ignitor are Philips HPI and Sylvania HSI-TX. Almost all other types, including the Thorn/GE...
Hi James Thanks, I tried a Vossloh Schwabe Z400 Super Imposed Pulse ignitor as they are ideal for 100 to 400w SON and 70 to 400w Metal Halide lamp. and the...
Hi Colin, The original Thorn ignitor used with these lamps used to produce 1.1kV pulses of long duration, at a repitition rate of 1 per cycle, the Parmar...
Hi Mike I thought this myself when they used the three wire ignitors they were wired, the Red one wire went to the Live, the second Pink wire went to the lamp...
... Hash: SHA1 ... For mercury ESLAs, see http://www.the-gog.org/Streetlighting/Around_North_Yorkshire-2.html I've just updated my site with photos from North...
... It's Parish lighting (so owned by the local Parish instead of the local council). As modern streetlighting is now so expensive, they tend to run the same...
... Actually your ESLA should light your driveway, and your neighbour's driveway and your neighbour's neighbour's driveway - with some light being thrown back...
Hi Simon Didn't ESLA's use 80/125w MB/U lamps with Pearl bulbs as they were first introduced in the 1930s in street lighting I know the MB/U seem to look...
Hi Richard I notied you mentione they were converted from GLS to MBF/U I am just thinking that may be they have just insered 160watt MBFT or ML lamps in them...
Hi Mike, Don't worry!- It probably isn't faulty... This is a problem that older Sangamo timeswitches can suffer from. The motor used on these early units is...
... The ESLA catalogue featured on my website dates from the late 1930s (the reclassification of the wattages of various discharge lamps by ELMA dates it to...
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