Hi Mike/Clare modern Beta 5's have also a Sponge type seal at the spigot which reduces dust and moisture, making it totally enclosed and weatherproof, I.P 65...
Hi Mike and Colin, Neither lantern is fitted with a NEMA socket, although the donor lantern has had a mini-cell retro fitted at some point in the past. Not...
Hi Clare the blackness is caused by heat from the lamp and Gear, Also with petrol/Diesel Vapour and other pollutants causes this blackness inside the lantern,...
Hi Mike some times this is missing as it is a pain to feed the supply cables through it I known the council to dig this out with a screwdriver thus the is no...
Hi Steven, Did the articles say whether or not the columns were to be renewed? Did "white light" get a mention? If so, you're probably right about the Arcs....
Hi Colin, This Beta 5 lantern has no drill holes in it; it was the donor lantern that had been drilled for a mini-cell. The lantern has now been stripped down...
It did mention "replacement street lighting" - though in theory they could use the existing columns in Morningside Road and Portobello High Street and fit new...
Hi Claire I too are not a keen fan of this lantern as it's the most common lantern used, but it's the only lantern which has been around for 40 years it...
Hi Mike, My older style Beta 5 is a mk16 and is undrilled and the IP is 23. Adam http://clerkbyron.com ... Hi Claire, If the lantern you are renovating has a...
Ugh... no more bracket butchery please, can't they repect the beauty of them? Perhaps I better go round taking mad snaps for my website banner when I come up...
Don't worry Adam, there are still plenty of Turtles around (Leith Street/Leith Walk/Chambers Street/George IV Bridge etc). What I was meaning is that the...
Hi Steven/Adam, I think that the columns both in Morningside and Portobello are likely to be replaced. It will be interesting to see whether Urbis or C U...
Hi Adam, I think there's one of the columns that yo mentioned still in place on the Meadows. It also has two GLS bulkhead lanterns fitted to it. It stands...
Due to continous Troublemakers, Liars and people who constantly E-mail me with Slanderous Remarks, and other problems, I have decided that I may Close Down my...
... E-mail me with Slanderous Remarks, and other problems, I have decided that I may Close Down my Website's and leave the Group's, and Close my Email account....
Hi All, after reading a message from one of the members of the group I was surprised to hear of abusive mails and treatening mails etc. I'm as much a part of...
Hello to all fellow streetlighting fans out there. My name is Stephen and although I have'nt got a web-site I have been interested in Streetlighting all my...
I spoke to the owner of a reclaim yard in Kent this weekend. He'd recently had a pile of old brackets (from which my ESLA bracket was carefully selected) but...
Hello Stephen and welcome to the group! I wonder if, like me, you were surprised there are so many like-minded people out there! Many of us cannot remember a...
Simon Surely thats better than the reclaim man saying -' Ummm I have got a very nice ESLA its a 3 way acute angle one ,very special and I did sell a normal 2...
Hello Stephen, A very warm welcome to the group! - It is always nice to come across another 'like minded person'. You'll find that whatever your levels of...
... Not such a bad idea you know! Has anyone tried this route- presenting a risk assessment to a council when they tout the 'health & safety' (or 'you're weird...
Hi Everyone, Just thought you would like to know I have a new lantern in my collection. Its a Thorn Gamma 6 and it was very kindly given to me by Davy Warren...
Hello Mike, Thank you for replying to my first ( and nerve-wracking!) group E-Mail.Since going on-line a few years ago I have been amazed how many other people...
Sad indeed Simon However, with the imminent WEEE directive which will cause all sorts of disposal problems, now is the time to make yourselves known to the...
Welcome Stephen We're all a bit loopy around here. Leastwise my wife is convinced of that as whenever we go on holiday I end up photographing street lights and...
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