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Author: | Urbis Saturn Land [ Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
The lanterns are on CU Concretes columns. |
Author: | Gramma6 [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:34 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
Urbis Saturn Land wrote: Great, I know exactly the ones you mean now. We used to have identical installations on the A585 through Thornton-Cleveleys, long-gone now though! I'm surprised those are still in place, concrete columns on a busy roundabout like that are quite rare these days! |
Author: | Urbis Saturn Land [ Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
Something unusual has happened in Brighouse near to the council offices. There is a 1950's Stanton column there but instaed of having an Alpha 3 stuck to the end of it it now has an Arc but stangely this makes the column have more of a 'rounded' appearence. I remember when these Alpha 3's were Mercury lit then in 1998 they were converted to SON. In which ruined them as i prefer Mercury to SON. |
Author: | Urbis Saturn Land [ Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
In Luddenden, on the outskirts of 'fax has GEC type lanterns, they have a flatish canopy with a deep bowl and are top entry. |
Author: | Stelmer [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
Witnessed a night time failed lamp replacement round Mexborough by Doncaster Council at around 8pm today. Guessing they did most of the area. Also spotted a streetlighting survey vehicle on the road towards Worksop after the Treble Bob roundabout at J30 M1. |
Author: | mazeteam [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:57 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
I don't know if this will be a trial, or the future of York's streetlighting for the next few years... But these Urbis Sapphires are about to be installed in Mill Lane, Wigginton. Attachment: DSC05857.JPG [ 90.55 KiB | Viewed 17427 times ] Okay, so the lantern of choice may be moving away from Holophane towards an egg-shaped lantern (which it's been a while since the Arc was in favour about 8-10 years ago)... but why would they change so suddenly? Attachment: DSC05858.JPG [ 94.38 KiB | Viewed 17427 times ] Yep, York's getting COSMO! I think these will either be 60w or 90w, depending on the SOX lanterns they are replacing... I think the SOX lanterns are 55w, and if this is the case then 60w CPO will be used. And it's not just a through road that is getting Cosmo: Attachment: DSC05859.JPG [ 79.78 KiB | Viewed 17427 times ] Attachment: DSC05860.JPG [ 59.44 KiB | Viewed 17427 times ] Yeah... they're only ZX1's, not exactly brilliant1 but hey, they look a bit different to normal ZX 1's on the outside, and they have 60w Cosmo lamps. Quite why 60w is needed, I'm not sure. And I thought Morritt Close was fairly close to where I live, and it is - in between where I used to live and now live. Take a look on streetview: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 94,,0,3.46 And yes, they will be replacing those rather odd looking post-top QSM's! I wonder if there's any boxes in that depot with the name of my street on, followed by a lantern type and "60w Cosmo" written on the side? It's not very often that you get to know the future lantern choice before it's been installed...! |
Author: | Indust [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
Couldn't they just reuse the QSMs? They only look about 5 years old! (Unless it was down to gear failure of course...) |
Author: | sotonsteve [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
Indust wrote: Hello, we're talking about councils here! Even gear failure is no excuse with the quick change gear trays you get nowadays. |
Author: | Gramma6 [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
It does seem a bit strange! You would think they would use the cosmo lanterns to replace old SOX lighting rather than relatively-modern QSMs! I didn't think the ZX1 was still in production anyway, they seem a bit old-fashioned to me |
Author: | sotonsteve [ Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:30 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Yorkshire |
Gramma6 wrote: Well, they have written ZX1 on the box, but the lanterns inside are ZXU1s. |
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