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Westinghouse OV-15
Here's me holding my OV-15. I figured getting my first Westie was the perfect time to upload a pic of myself :-)
Keywords: American_Streetlights

Westinghouse OV-15

Here's me holding my OV-15. I figured getting my first Westie was the perfect time to upload a pic of myself :-)

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File information
Filename:OV-15_Pics_001.JPG
Album name:HPSM250R2 / My Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:Westinghouse, 1968?
Model Number:OV-15
Wattage:175
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapor
Filesize:155 KiB
Date added:Mar 23, 2014
Dimensions:1600 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:250 times
Color Space:sRGB
DateTime Original:2014:03:23 14:49:17
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Time:1/50 sec
FNumber:f/2.8
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:5 mm
ISO:800
Make:Canon
Max Aperture:f/2.8
Model:Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=17215
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rjluna2   [Mar 23, 2014 at 10:20 PM]
Hello, HPSM250R2 Very Happy Nice to see your face.
HPSM250R2   [Mar 23, 2014 at 10:26 PM]
Thanks. Very Happy
streetlight98   [Mar 23, 2014 at 11:03 PM]
Hey Ryan!
HPSM250R2   [Mar 23, 2014 at 11:05 PM]
Hey Mike! Laughing
streetlight98   [Mar 23, 2014 at 11:13 PM]
GullWhiz   [Mar 23, 2014 at 11:30 PM]
Nice addition it's always exciting to get new fixtures ....give me date code of your Westy and I can date it..

Just looking at it it does look pre 1970 as the design of the body is very slightly different on the 70s ones your ballast looks similar to my August 1968 250 watt Silverliner.....the 1970s ones the ballast is located differently with different terminal connector
streetlight98   [Mar 23, 2014 at 11:38 PM]
I think it's May 1968... He gave me the date code and I had told him but i guess you forgot Ryan? I'm pretty sure it was "EB" if you want to double check that. Is it true that you just add two years to the GE date code to get the Westinghouse? that's what i had done...
GullWhiz   [Mar 23, 2014 at 11:53 PM]
EB. Mine silverliner is May 1968 too it has EB not sure why I said August but you got it right Smile
streetlight98   [Mar 24, 2014 at 12:00 AM]
Oh cool they're the same age? I was trying to figure out the voltage of this light for him since the fixture label is gone and the ballast label is worn. It's not 240V, at least i don't think it is. It uses a neutral so my first guess is that it's 120V but the ballast label LOOKS like it says 208V. Is there such a thing as 208V with 120V PC? I know with 240V you can do that. Almost all the mercs in the Rhode Island and Southeastern MA area had 240V reactors with PCs wired for 120V.
xmaslightguy   [Mar 24, 2014 at 12:56 AM]
Cool MV streetlight you have there!
HPSM250R2   [Mar 24, 2014 at 01:22 AM]
@Mike, Since the ballast label was worn, I didn't want to put a date manufactured for it til we were sure of a date. But it did look like EB.
DimBulb   [Mar 24, 2014 at 02:48 AM]
Very cool!!! I've always wanted an OV-15!!!

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