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My 2013 Cooper Lighting OVZ
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Got this for free from Craigslist. Got four lights total. Two I bought for $30/each and the other two were damaged so they were included for free. The light above was one that was "damaged". The seller accidentally dropped them this morning moving them out of the shed for when I picked them up this evening. I was originally just buying two anyway, but he said I could have the broken ones for free to use for parts or whatever since no one else would probably want them.
The only thing wrong with this light is the glass is gone (shattered into a zillion pieces when he dropped it...) and there's a hairline crack on the front of the door that I don't think will be an issue. The light is in great cosmetic shape, given it was in use for around three years (or less) and works fine. I'm gonna try to get a replacement glass for this and make it complete again.
BTW, this is what National Grid (my electric company) currently uses for 250W lights. This actually is a National Grid light. It came from Providence as a result of their LED changeout. The guy selling these had gotten around 10 lights from his friend, who works for the electrical contractor who won the bid to changeout Providence's lights. He said his friend was keeping them and stripping them for scrap but he was only getting around $9 a light so it wasn't worth it so he gave the rest he had saved to the Craigslist guy.
Very friendly guy too. He offered to have his friend keep a lookout for any lights in particular since I told him "I collect these things". I told him if his buddy comes across any mercury vapor lights to save them and I'll buy them from him. I told him to tell his friend that the MV lights will either have a blue sticker on the door or no sticker and have a white bulb instead of clear and will likely be wired with 3 wires instead of 2.
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Yeah I was thinking about sticking in one of those FCO glassed you gave me in our trade until I can get a replacement glass. They do make flat glass not-so-FCO OVZs with the same reflector so it wouldn't technically be "wrong" like sticking a flat glass in the M-250R2 would be (since the M-250R2s use different reflectors).