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They don't Get Much Browner than This...
This is my brownest lens. This thing is cracked up in several pieces. I superglued it together again and it lives. It's an early Formed Plastics, from the 60s probably. Notice how it's smaller than a typically FP lens, almost looks like a AEL lens, but hads the same pattern as a current FP lens. With a /DX lamp, the color is pure yellow like a yellow traffic light lamp. With a clear lamp the color is a deep lime green, like an older plastic green light lens.
Keywords: American_Streetlights

They don't Get Much Browner than This...

This is my brownest lens. This thing is cracked up in several pieces. I superglued it together again and it lives. It's an early Formed Plastics, from the 60s probably. Notice how it's smaller than a typically FP lens, almost looks like a AEL lens, but hads the same pattern as a current FP lens. With a /DX lamp, the color is pure yellow like a yellow traffic light lamp. With a clear lamp the color is a deep lime green, like an older plastic green light lens.

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Album name:Mike / My General Electric M-250R1 (1974)
Keywords:American_Streetlights
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Date added:Nov 24, 2014
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DateTime Original:2009:03:27 02:22:12
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Focal length:28.8125 mm
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Make:Vivicam
Model:V5024
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rjluna2   [Nov 24, 2014 at 11:55 AM]
Now combine with expiring capacitor and aging MV bulb, you got yourself greenest street light fixture Very Happy
streetlight98   [Nov 24, 2014 at 07:57 PM]
Or run a clear 175W merc on a 100W ballast (to get the same effect as a bad cap). When I get bored of the M-250R1, I'll put up my 100W MV M-250A and stick this lens on it with a dimmed out lamp and see what it looks like. I don't have any worn 175W mercs so I can't get that effect with this fixture.
rjluna2   [Nov 26, 2014 at 11:23 AM]
Have fun! Very Happy

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