Here is one of the best light distribution designs for having to mount lights lower under high voltage lines over the road (pole spacing, arm length, 3 pole heights depending on interference distance from lines above, symmetrical on each side of the road). The contractor didn't implement it with consistent parts, note how one side of the road has some different luminaires and aluminum arms with different bends.
Neat! I haven't seen those in use yet. nteresting how they used 115,125 OVX and OVZ all together. I guess they just used whatever lights they had in stock
There's a similar setup on Bayview/407 where some powerlines pass over it. The lights were originally installed by MTO for York Region and originally were all FCO HPS M-250R2s in varying wattages but over the years, OVZs, OV-15s, Durastars, 125s have been mixed in a spot replacements.
Nice, 1up for your side of town using FCO. I never understood why all and any lumes there were converted to FCO, models not meant to FCO are, and I imagine none have FCO reflectors. Amazing though since the random variations of flat glass sizes required were all fitted.
Me neither. I only like the FCO 125's except the Powerlites that were converted to FCO look awful. I noticed that York deliberately changes the refractor's of older lights to FCO.
Hmm i guess putting FCO glasses in drop lens lights is better than replacing the lights. Once LED comes the only option is FCO so they wont have to worry anymore.
@Mike, i was tired. I meant reflector not refractor. Like none of the converted lumes to FCO probably have FCO reflectors. One thing I like about my side of town is as random the use of FCO is, it's only with fixtures designed to be FCO.
A lot of FCO lights actually use the same reflectors now. The drop lens version of the OVF (the OVD) uses the same reflector. The GE M-400 and M-400A drop lens and FCO both use the same reflector too and the 115 and 125 use the same reflector for drop lens and FCO. Some lights like the GE M-250R2 and M-250A2 and OVZ/OVH use different reflectors for drop lens and FCO. Older reflectors that are drop lens such as Westinghouse silverliners and older powerlites would have messed up distribution like you mentioned.
Yeah, York Region (Richmond Hill and Vaughan in particular although the latter is mostly LED now) has some B2227s, B2255s, OV 15s and OV 25s converted to FCO by sticking a piece of flat glass in.
Well Hangin' I shall take and post a proper picture soon, I won't reveal everything! I don't collect lights so I like to think my advantage here is being a source for the latest sightings... But if you find them in Brampton and get a pic before me, by all means I encourage it haha!
I will say it was a fun discovery. I was biking by a new residential development, and observed an example of how FCO is used for new cobrahead installs. The messed up thing was for the first time ever I was baffled to see large fixtures in a low level residential area (OVF's)!!! I figured something had to be up, so I looked under them and there were LED light bars where I expected a reflector! I even noticed some had more LED's in them. Interesting how they didn't use OVH's, I have a theory why though, and it has to do with brightness and fixture consistency.
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@Mike: thanks for the great update on what lumes are using as reflectors, learn somethin new every day!
Markham was still mostly drop lens until 2009.
I will say it was a fun discovery. I was biking by a new residential development, and observed an example of how FCO is used for new cobrahead installs. The messed up thing was for the first time ever I was baffled to see large fixtures in a low level residential area (OVF's)!!! I figured something had to be up, so I looked under them and there were LED light bars where I expected a reflector! I even noticed some had more LED's in them. Interesting how they didn't use OVH's, I have a theory why though, and it has to do with brightness and fixture consistency.