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Lighting Epic Fail [original title: Fixed But Something's a Bit Wrong...] Here's the same pair of B2255s seen in [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-2435]this pic[/url] fixed up but they somehow managed to leave the cap sticking out of the B2255 that had the open door in my other pic. [img]http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] [b]Here's a close up of the tag:[/b] [url=http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss50/joseph_125ON/Gallery%20of%20Lights/3617cbb5.jpg][IMG]http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss50/joseph_125ON/Gallery%20of%20Lights/3617cbb5-1.jpg[/IMG][/url] Keywords: American_Streetlights

Lighting Epic Fail

[original title: Fixed But Something's a Bit Wrong...]

Here's the same pair of B2255s seen in this pic fixed up but they somehow managed to leave the cap sticking out of the B2255 that had the open door in my other pic.

Here's a close up of the tag:
stuff_2_004.JPG stuff_2_001.JPG P9010512.JPG DSC03734.JPG DSC03977_Parking_Lot_Lighting.JPG
File information
Filename:P9010512.JPG
Album name:joe_347V / American Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:Sylvania Powerlite, October 1978
Model Number:B2255
Wattage:400w
Lamp Type:High pressure sodium
Filesize:152 KiB
Date added:Sep 02, 2010
Dimensions:1600 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:302 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2010:09:01 18:32:43
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/200 sec
FNumber:f/7.3
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:11.2 mm
ISO:100
Light Source:Unknown: 9
Make:Olympus Imaging Corp.
Max Aperture:f/3.6
Model:FE47,X43
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=3286
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GullWhiz   [Sep 02, 2010 at 04:26 PM]
Somebody report it!
TiCoune66   [Sep 02, 2010 at 11:22 PM]
Okaaaaayyyyy... that is kinda HARD to miss as a lineman Laughing
joe_347V   [Sep 03, 2010 at 04:23 AM]
Yeah this is really hard to miss as a lineman since the light should have nothing sticking out the bottom. Rolling Eyes

@Niall yep it's lighting a parking lot but I don't know who services it though.
LilCinnamon   [Sep 03, 2010 at 06:34 AM]
EPIC FAIL. That's all I have to say about this xD
TiCoune66   [Sep 03, 2010 at 11:54 AM]
Yeah, that's definitely an EPIC FAIL XD
gailgrove   [Sep 03, 2010 at 12:00 PM]
The title should be change to Lighting Epic Fail Laughing
joe_347V   [Sep 03, 2010 at 05:37 PM]
Fixed the title Razz
gailgrove   [Oct 13, 2010 at 08:33 PM]
You know I wonder they just had a really long stick (maybe a hot stick) and just pushed the door closed from the gorund, that would explain the capacitor sticking out, still no excuse though Rolling Eyes
joe_347V   [Oct 14, 2010 at 01:40 AM]
Yeah probably, it would be kind of strange to leave the cap sticking out if you were closing it it up in a bucket truck. Rolling Eyes
GullWhiz   [Oct 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM]
Maybe a drunk lineman Laughing
mercuryvaporrocks   [Oct 15, 2010 at 12:33 AM]
That's what you call laziness. Laughing
joe_347V   [Oct 15, 2010 at 04:01 AM]
"why get in the bucket when I can close the light up from down here, (closes door with hot stick) oh wait something sticking out but maybe the owner won't notice" Laughing
gailgrove   [Sep 21, 2011 at 11:02 PM]
Come to think of it the light with the hanging cap must have a replacement ballast, I don't think Powerlite ever used dry plastic capacitors in their fixtures.
joe_347V   [Sep 22, 2011 at 12:32 AM]
Maybe it was a HPS refit from mercury, and you're right both of my Powerlites originally used metal caps.
gailgrove   [Sep 22, 2011 at 12:56 AM]
Possibly, I have noticed that cobras in parking lots tend to be re-ballasted if the ballasts die as opposed to the entire fixture being replaced.
joe_347V   [Oct 06, 2011 at 06:29 PM]
I've gotten a shot of the fixture tag and it's a 400w HPS light from '78, also the dangling cap has been stuffed back in.

---[22 Sep 2011 at 01:00]---
Hmm, I guess a closeup shot of the fixture tag on the bottom will solve this mystery if the text hadn't faded away yet, like what happened to this McGraw. This B2227 on the other hand had a legible tag.
streetlight98   [Oct 11, 2011 at 08:15 PM]
Hmm. Cool how the tags are external. BTW, what does GTE stand for?
joe_347V   [Oct 11, 2011 at 08:17 PM]
General Telephone & Electronics, I believe they owned Sylvania at one point.
streetlight98   [Oct 11, 2011 at 08:21 PM]
Cool. So three companies are on this light. Very Happy
joe_347V   [Oct 11, 2011 at 08:26 PM]
Yep:
GTE
Sylvania
and Powerlite Devices. Very Happy

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