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G.E. M250R1
Here is my newest addition to my collection! A G.E. M250R1! This is actually dual-wattage. It can either be 100 watt mercury vapor or 175 watt mercury vapor. Because the connectors on the ends of the wires to switch it to 100 watts seem pretty brittle and the wires are kind of corroded, and because I got this with the original lamp that was installed in it, I will probably be leaving it as 175 watt. The lamp is nicely dimmed-out too! I even got it with the original photocontrol from 1988!
Keywords: American_Streetlights

G.E. M250R1

Here is my newest addition to my collection! A G.E. M250R1! This is actually dual-wattage. It can either be 100 watt mercury vapor or 175 watt mercury vapor. Because the connectors on the ends of the wires to switch it to 100 watts seem pretty brittle and the wires are kind of corroded, and because I got this with the original lamp that was installed in it, I will probably be leaving it as 175 watt. The lamp is nicely dimmed-out too! I even got it with the original photocontrol from 1988!

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Filename:New_Lights_010.JPG
Album name:HPSM250R2 / My Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:G.E.?
Model Number:M250R1
Wattage:100, 175
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapor
Filesize:309 KiB
Date added:Aug 18, 2014
Dimensions:1600 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:195 times
Color Space:sRGB
DateTime Original:2014:08:17 18:28:30
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Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Time:1/20 sec
FNumber:f/3.2
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:7.015 mm
ISO:800
Make:Canon
Max Aperture:f/3.2
Model:Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS
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streetlight98   [Aug 18, 2014 at 01:36 AM]
Nice! That's not the original PC though because they stopped making the M-250R1 in 1985. Unless the fixture was sitting in their stockroom a while. What's the date code on the label in the fixture?
HPSM250R2   [Aug 18, 2014 at 02:27 AM]
Thanks Very Happy . The date code looks like EH.
streetlight98   [Aug 18, 2014 at 03:35 AM]
Ah EH is May 1972. Smile
HPSM250R2   [Aug 18, 2014 at 09:23 PM]
Cool! Well at least now I know how old it is. Thanks Mike Very Happy
streetlight98   [Aug 18, 2014 at 09:52 PM]
Yep! It's about two and a half years older than mine, from October 1974.

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