Nice light. We've never used NEMA heads here but it'd be cool. We don't use AEL here anymore. The last AE lights were installed back in the 80s-90s when T&B still owned AE.

Mercury Nema's are still prevalent on side streets here...though recently those are starting to go as well....AEL's were used alot here a while ago,then for years GE became the prevalent brand...now AEL's are once again becoming popular replacements.

Most new lights here are GE. An OVZ may be used for 1 out of 25 new lights. The state used to use the OVF, but now they're switching to FCO M-400s

AELs has gone popular in NC, MD, Delaware and NJ in a select electric companies!!! Even the STATE of MD started using AEL Model 325s and some has sag lens!

Mass DOT started using the 325's on all the interstates around here this year!

Here's the funny thing Tony, MD state since the 80s mostly uses smaller fixtures for 250 watt (like 90% of the state lights are 250 watt HPS anyway) and they are either mostly GE M-250R2 FCO or OVX FCO...but now...since just a few months ago..those AE 325s are popping up like crazy...with a few exceptional installations....and some intersection installations have AE 325s with SAG LENS!

That's like the same thing that happened here. The state would either pop up M-250R2, 115, OVZ, and OVX fixtures all at 250 watts. There are also existing OV-15 lights up as well, now the 325's are make a scene.

Cooper's are sparse in comparison to the AEL and GE's we have here....the question who really makes the best fixture overall?

Depends. Each fixture is better than the others at something. Overall i think GE is the best. The second best is AEL.

I prefer AEL over GE!

i agree with Antstar85.

I third that! I like AEL, they seem to have the largest number of features and are the best quality for the price.

The AE 115 design os extremly similar to the orginal AE 13-000! The latch hasn't changed much, except for less metal fill......

the AE 13-000's didn't have Plastic Lenses eh?...and the design of the glass was diffrent too?

That's why he said similar.

They still make AE 115s with drop glass lens, they get installed around here from time to time with the Westinghouse Style Refractor

yes i know he said they were similar....that's not what i was asking...i was Asking if the glass pattern on the original was diffrent and if they offered plastic refractors back then.

I don't think plastic was used back then, but i may be wrong. The older glass lens was different, yes. it was more rounded.

Actually plastic lens were used!!!!!!

I had a GE Form 101 from 1965, it had everything except the PC and Lamp orginal!!! It was a GE Bucket light with VERY BROWN refractor...close bottom and it had a chain attached the the fixture and reflector! Sadly the refractor didn't survive the collection, it was soooooo brittle and very brown with a bit of green in the plastic!

Also the original GE M-250 from 1959-1960 had a plastic refractor!

Plastic gumballs existed too, I have seen browned out gumballs!

I was refering to cobrahead refractors. The poly ones existed, not sure of acrylic. I should have been more specific....