Thanks! For a lamp, i have an ED17 Sylvania /DX lamp with a mogul to medium adapter. It's my only brand-new 100W merc. I want the most light i can get in the backyard. If all goes as planned, 175W MV wil light my backyard by the end of this summer and a new pole too. Still need to get my hands on a darn 1-1/4" EMT conduit bender. I don't want to spend 200 bucks on one to only use it once. Those prebent elbows they sell aren't long enough to allow you to remove the door. that's not a huge issue with the light in my room but if it's outide and 8-9ft high, I'd like to be able to remove the door to decrease weight when installing/removing.
Thanks! Yeah It really captures the cool hammertone finish. You can clearly make out the glare shields too which is nice since I couldn't really capture them lol.
Thanks Andy! I did before i removed it for my party but i haven't used this since it's been reinstalled. The next family gathering outside and this will be used. Maybe if I'm in need of some NEMA head ambience I'll come outside and light it up one night. Somtimes I'll just come outside after supper, plug it in while it's still light out, read a book under it and wait for the light to come on and wait for it to get totally dark out and then go inside. I'll have to try lighting this with the clear lamp installed...
LOL well I have to get some first. It comes on earlier than any of the street lights but I purposely put my least sensitive PC on this light so that it comes on before it gets dark. That way the light level in the yard is more consistant rather than have it get really dark before the light clicks on and then having the yard get brighter again. if the PC was on a higher pole it would probably be more sensitive since it would see more sun before it ducks below the tree line.
It's a ED17 /DX Sylvania (made in China). The photocell is a 1989 Ripley Sunswitch, 120-277V. You can always tell a Ripley PC because the window is squared instead of tombstone shaped.
Okay that's interesting to know...awhile back member VICNASTY1989 on YouTube and I were wondering who makes the PCs that are like 4" tall...do you know?
It depends. The newer ones currently made with the numbers printed on the sides with the tapered sides are made by Intermatic, but tall white PCs with straight sides and no print on the sides are 1960s Ripley PCs.
IIRC, I saw an older Intermatic once and it was just as tall but it had a grey casing like a regular PC. The photoeye was aimed out from the side though a 3/8" or so round window.
Not all. I think most are but some have a two-second delay or something. My PCs are mostly electronic or electromagnetic relay. Most are the latter. The one above is an instant repsonse 120-277V electromagnetic relay Ripley Sunswitch from 1989.
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@ Andy; my only thermal PC is a 1991 Ripley.