The reproduction teardrops lights used in MIDTOWN nyc are soo ugly because they contain bucket lights inside of them, and due to the fact that they are...
Do any of you have an average age a fixture would last? I mean we hear talk about utilities putting up new lights all the time, but however I still see lots...
Is there a site with pics of older AE fixtures? The reason I ask is because I am trying to determine who made these lights on a road I take to school...
Manufacturers don't publish life expectency for luminaires but they include a 5 year warranty (at least GE does). Actual life varies greatly but many older...
... Yes I see them all over, some I have to wonder if it's intentional since there's buildings with rows of wall packs burning uselessly 24/7. It bothers the...
No kidding....it's even worse when it's your utility company's substation that has the dayburning outdoor lights.... I think with the streetlighting, often...
I also think it's ... Many times they can not work on something unless they are directed to do so. So if they are driving to a job and pass something broken,...
yup. Thjey need work orders. Unless it's something like a downed HV wire arcing, they drive right by. They can make a note of it tho, and submit it than get...
Hi all, Dayburners are quite common in the UK as well - I tend to report them if they're in my local area as our engineers usually only sort them if they're on...
HI. When I see lights on during the day, they waste money and I report them to the county council. I knew of one light which was on during the day for about ...
Hi Tim, [The light is a 12M metal post with a URBIS ZX3 lantern with a SONT bulb with a SELC 841 nema socket photocell] I'm surprised at how unreliable the...
I was wondering what park is located behind the little cover right behind the diffuser door? My question is because an old GE fixture went dim for 1 night,...
When I was looking through some of the albums, I came accross some old fixtures that were said to be the models without the thumb latch? to open it up....
Yes, It sounds like iether a M-250 POW/R door or a M-400 POW/R door "GE" normaly all the electrical componates are located in that area and makes it cheaper...
... normaly all the electrical componates are located in that area and makes it cheaper and easier to repare rather than chang the entire luminaire. Yes it is...
... The ballast and igniter are mounted to the inside of that door, sometimes (as in the case of mine) the photocell is there too and looks through a clear...
That light is an M-400A POWR DOOR and the photocontrol is called an ASTRODOME. This is pretty vintage GE stuff if it has an Astrodome photocontrol. If it's HPS...
Easy. I have a few early non-thumb latch GE M-250's, an M-1000, and a few M-400's including a rare 1959 model still awaiting shipment to my house from...
... ASTRODOME. This is pretty vintage GE stuff if it has an Astrodome photocontrol. If it's HPS it probably has the old autotransformer-reactor ballast...
Hello all. My name is Brian and I'm located near Detroit. I'm new but I've spent a few days reading the archives which have been interesting as well as...
The dog collar sounds like a great idea! Paint it well, as the polyethylene plastic will degrade fast in the sun! But sounds doable! I have made shields for...
Hello Brian and welcome to the group! There are quite a few knowledgeable people within the group and there is plenty of information floating around (as you...
Hi I work on Streetlighting for my local authority and there are many reasons for lighting that dayburns and many ways of dealing with this problem. I can...
Thanks Rick. I was thinking about the long term durability of that plastic....It survived my Doberman....lol.. Will it survive a Home Depot HPS lamp? Not...
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