Hello Colin Hope you covered the Lamp with Glass before you lit it, as they are made from Quartz Glass and emit Harmful UVC Radiation, Brian ... From:...
I'll add my compliments to the ones that have gone before! ...and something I meant to ask you- great sharp closeups on your site- what camera are you using?...
... Naughty, naughty! Other bad things to do: 1. Explain, at length, to every salesperson in the room that SOX is the future. 2. Go to the Thorn stand, stoke...
Hi Simon, Firstly, your suggestions for other things not to do almost made me fall off my chair with laughter - I propose you make some kind of risk assessment...
You could also add: 10. Get your car manufacturers and your light manufacturers mixed up, and call a Thorn Civic a HONDA Civic. Steven ... in fact ... Opalo" ...
Hi Steven, Can you think of any more? 10 (a) Industria VAUXHALL Vectra (b) ROLLS Royce Thompson (c) Thorn HONDA Civic Not forgetting MAZDA (imagine if BTH...
Thorn ALFA ROMEO ALPHA(SUD) One? (With Opticell as standard. Quick off the mark, great performance but very prone to rust in later years...) On another tack...
Dont forget the Triumph (Dilomite, TR7's) etc now Thorn Triumph Street light Brian ... From: Adam lachlan To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
Lancia, like Thorn used Greek letters for naming their products. There were some in the 20s-30s. Later in the & 70s & 80s names like Beta, Gamma, Delta were...
Which now lights up the streets to great Acclaim... Steven ... Street light ... lamps out of low wattage SOX?). There are probably more that I can't rmember...
Hi All, Can anyone identify who these columns are made by? They are common in Plymouth, and have certain traits which suggest they are made by the same company...
Hello Davy They look like Fabrikat Tubular Steel Columns with Internal Brackets, the http://www.freewebz.com/plymouthlighting/5Abridwell3.jpg is the same as in...
Hi Mike, With your knowledge of control gear, could you give me a date for this GEC Z1640 choke? I may have asked you before! but I'm trying to find out when ...
Hi Davy, These chokes were made for a long period of time, but I would suggest that yours is probably from the early 1970's if it was fitted with the lanterns....
Hi Mike, Interesting to know that - I bet the bosses at PARMAR couldn't have believed their luck when they were asked to make control gear for GEC! The modern...
Hi Richard Thank you for posting this article. Very interesting! I was aware of controversy surrounding the Stoke on Trent and Dudley projects, but not the...
Hi Phil My reply I posted a few minutes ago. An interesting extra snippet of info though. At the same time as HORS 251 on lighting as a crime deterrent came...
Hi Simon and everyone Having just come back from the conference I can report that I did not see the Holophane entry ( I saw the Q here signs but did not bother...
Hi John Research into opportunistic crime (burglaries etc) not from the lighting industry has shown that the majority of crime occurs within 1 mile of the...
Hi Simon Just wanted to say, your email below made me laugh. Especially point 7. Best Regards Tom Webster ... From: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com ...
Hi Mike I would suspect that the newer Parmar ballasts are a somewhat cost reduced version of the originals, so the build quality and components used may well...
Hi Tom Stick around, when we get all the power cuts this winter because of the run down/selling off of the supply industry we'll see if crime soars in the...
Hi Bob, A couple of problems with your idea. When the power cuts occur it frightens the willies out of the criminals and puts them on hold for a while until...
Hi Tom, 1939, the commencement of the Second World War, and only 7 years since visitors to the Hague were amazed to be lit from head to toe in strong yellow...
Hey guys Lots of fascinating points here- just a couple I picked up on... ... Of course that argument has great merit, but the more I read about all the...
Hi Tom The other flaw in my argument is that if we accidently turned off the supply to the speed cameras then millions would die because they would no longer...
Hi Mike This is an argument that is currently plaguing local authorities. Many made a strong case for SOX on the energy saving ticket in the last 30 years and...
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