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GE M-250R Crimefighter 
A GE M-250R 175W mercury vapour Crimefighter from circa late 60's.

Made in: Hendersonville, NC USA

Manufactured: February 1968

Voltage: 120/240

Current: 2.0A @ 110 - 120V  1.0A @ 220 - 240V

GE M-250R Crimefighter

A GE M-250R 175W mercury vapour Crimefighter from circa late 60's.

Made in: Hendersonville, NC USA

Manufactured: February 1968

Voltage: 120/240

Current: 2.0A @ 110 - 120V 1.0A @ 220 - 240V

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Filename:DSC09373_General_Electric_M-250_MV_Crime_Fighter.JPG
Album name:lite_lover / Street Light Fixtures In My Collection
Company and Date Manufactured:General Electric
Model Number:C729G001
Wattage:175W
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapour
Filesize:338 KiB
Date added:Dec 05, 2021
Dimensions:2592 x 1944 pixels
Displayed:119 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2020:02:19 15:50:12
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Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/200 sec
FNumber:f/9
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:18.7 mm
ISO:100
Light Source:Unknown: 0
Make:Sony
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joe_347V   [Dec 06, 2021 at 12:09 AM]
Nice light, was this the one you had from a few years ago that you ended up restoring? BTW, I recently learned that Princess Auto sold these in their surplus section back in the day. They still streetlights now too, I bought a Roadfocus RFS there a month ago.
lite_lover   [Dec 11, 2021 at 07:35 AM]
Thanks Joe! No this is another one I found locally on Craigslist. It was in pretty good shape, just gave it a new paint job. The top housing on the other one was pretty much shot, just the bottom door and glass was good. I had it set up to swap with the bottom door and reflector from the M-250R that I got from Jace. I had some literature that Princess Auto sold mercury vapour lights back in the day, I wondered what type they sold, that's cool info you recently found out! Yes I noticed they recently had 38W Philips Roadfocus streetlights in their surplus, I also bought one of them.
joe_347V   [Dec 24, 2021 at 08:05 AM]
Ahh cool that you were able to find another one. Looks great with the new paint job. Did this come with a lamp? I think the Princess Auto ones originally were sold with a clear Sylvania girder frame lamp. That's what mine came with.

Anyway here's the link to the catalogues. I saw several models of streetlights. One looked like a Powerlite mini gumball sold as a 300w incandescent light, another was a 100w MV OV-10, there were also 400w MV and 1000w MV cobraheads in several years but I couldn't identify the model from the catalogue drawing.

Nice to hear you got one of those 38w LED Roadfocus streetlights too, for LED lights they're pretty nice and they're 3000K too which I prefer over 5000K for streetlighting.
lite_lover   [Dec 28, 2021 at 08:38 AM]
Thanks! No it didn't come with a lamp. That's cool you got one with the original supplied lamp. Thanks for the link! Wow that's cool they had them for sale for quite a length of time! The Roadfocus is a nice little fixture, I might get another if they go on sale.
joe_347V   [Jan 08, 2022 at 06:39 AM]
Ahh. Here's the lamp that came in mine. I saw another seller with another 175w Crimefighter that had the same lamp from the same era so I figured these were probably all sold with these lamps.

Yeah, it's really cool they had them on sale for so long. BTW the Roadfocus is on sale in their latest flyer too so you might want to grab one if you're still considering a second one.
lite_lover   [Jan 10, 2022 at 07:16 AM]
That's a nice vintage lamp that came with yours! Yes I noticed the RoadFocus fixtures are on sale. I placed an order online from the local store for one incase someone grabbed them before I could get there. That was a good move because the store was out of stock not long after I ordered it. It should arrive tomorrow.
lite_lover   [Jan 24, 2022 at 03:58 AM]
The Latest Roadfocus fixture I purchased came with the Tyco Electronics photocontrol, I assume the PC was taken out/lost out of the first one I got.
joe_347V   [Jan 31, 2022 at 06:52 AM]
Ahh nice to see you got one with a photocontrol. I'm guessing it's probably the same one that's supposed to come with these.
lite_lover   [Jan 31, 2022 at 08:04 AM]
Yes it's the Tyco Electronics 8090-VFS photocontrol.

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