I got my bike working today, the one I've built up myself. I decided to take it for a loop round the city (and at the moment I'm regretting it, as after 4 months of no cycling at all, I'm out of shape - so I'm worn out and my butt is sore!)... anyhow, part of the loop took me past the Chapelfields estate - which in itself is usually a place I don't enter as it's up a hill, not on a through road, and a dodgy area.
Today I saw an odd glimmer out of the corner of my eye as I passed a road end, so investigated at the next road....
File comment: SOX, SON, and a nice pleasant white light... which is new.
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When I saw the inital glimmer which made me do this divert, I had a hunch as to what it was... and I was right. These are 10m columns with Phillips Residiums on top! These will most likely be 80w PL-L, replacing 90w SOX. They will be fairly new, as there are no used 80w PL-L lamps in the lucky dip bins at the depot, and also because I went round this way on a bus a few months back and they weren't there then.
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If this is a trial, then I hope it is adopted... as it'd be nice to see the back of SON lighting! Especially as 100-150w replaces 90w SOX.