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ITT Model 25 FCO inside. Man that ballast is HUGE! For just 250 watts High Pressure Sodium 120 volt?? This was avter I did a hefty vaccum of the inside, it was COVERED in dirt! At least most of it is cleaner now, BUT, dirt still wants to fall out of the gasket. There seems to be two ignitors in here just like the other one. If both of them work I can use the extra ignitor for my 125 400w HPS ballast that lacked a working ignitor! The old ignitor mounted on the fixture is branded "ITT" While the ignitor not mounted anywhere (just hanging loose) but connected in the circuit is branded "AEL" so I guess that ignitor was replaced during service. The lamp was bought at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, (a different one, not the one I got that florescent fixture) for only TWO BUCKS! Woah. Two dollars for a 250w HPS lamp? That looks brand new? o.o Keywords: American_Streetlights

ITT Model 25 FCO inside.

Man that ballast is HUGE! For just 250 watts High Pressure Sodium 120 volt??

This was avter I did a hefty vaccum of the inside, it was COVERED in dirt! At least most of it is cleaner now, BUT, dirt still wants to fall out of the gasket.

There seems to be two ignitors in here just like the other one. If both of them work I can use the extra ignitor for my 125 400w HPS ballast that lacked a working ignitor!

The old ignitor mounted on the fixture is branded "ITT" While the ignitor not mounted anywhere (just hanging loose) but connected in the circuit is branded "AEL" so I guess that ignitor was replaced during service.

The lamp was bought at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, (a different one, not the one I got that florescent fixture) for only TWO BUCKS! Woah. Two dollars for a 250w HPS lamp? That looks brand new? o.o

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Filename:DSCN5034.jpg
Album name:Lil'Cinnamon / My Lights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:ITT
Model Number:Model 25 FCO
Wattage:250w
Lamp Type:High Pressure Sodium
Filesize:707 KiB
Date added:Oct 17, 2011
Dimensions:2999 x 1408 pixels
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DateTime Original:2011:10:17 17:33:37
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streetlight98   [Oct 17, 2011 at 11:55 PM]
What's up with the reflector? Shocked Different colors.
LilCinnamon   [Oct 17, 2011 at 11:58 PM]
Oh that is grey paint to diffuse the optics because this is an FCO fixture, so there was no refractor, just flat glass. Which is missing from the fixture.
streetlight98   [Oct 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM]
The door missing too? It looks like only some of the reflector is painted.
LilCinnamon   [Oct 18, 2011 at 12:06 AM]
Again it's to diffuse the light.

And if you look at my other picture you will see it with the door closed.
streetlight98   [Oct 18, 2011 at 01:03 AM]
Yep. I didn't see that pic when i commented.
LilCinnamon   [Oct 18, 2011 at 02:27 AM]
I tested this out, and it works! 8D Even with the old ignitor.

If this is to ever fail, I probably will replace this with my 400 watt 125 HPS ballast. Even so, I now have an ignitor FOR the 125 ballast! Thank you Xcel energy for putting a second ignitor in this while the first one still worked! 8D
Form109   [Oct 18, 2011 at 02:29 AM]
can we see it lit?
joe_347V   [Oct 18, 2011 at 04:13 AM]
Nice catch! and Restore does tend to price HID lamps cheaply, I've gotten them for as low as 50 cents before there and sometimes if you're lucky vintage lamps will show up too! Very Happy
LilCinnamon   [Oct 18, 2011 at 04:21 AM]
Heh. There was a 200 watt High pressure sodium lamp there! I was surprised. I didn't get it though cause I have no ballast for it.

It's funny, the lamps had a "$10" sticker on them and yet I got this one for 2 dollars.
joe_347V   [Oct 18, 2011 at 04:24 AM]
Restores sometimes price oddly, I know of one (the one that sold me this)that sometimes prices by the lot if you buy a lot of stuff.

I've also noticed them charge you a lower price than what's on the tag too.
LilCinnamon   [Oct 18, 2011 at 07:23 PM]
Restores are awesome. xD I am going there lots of times, and there is a new one opening where I go all the time! That's a yay!

Anyway.. It's weird that the old ignitor was still conected to the balast only by the middle wire, while the other ignitor (Which was a two wire ignitor) was connected.

If I unwire this I probably won't be able to put it back together. xD This is only labeled by numbers not by where they go. xD There was a wiring diagram but only a small piece was on and I took it off. (you can see it attached on this picture)

Also Jace said I scored with the ballast! This ballast is a more expensive but better regulator kind! It has three coils and Jace said that it can keep the lamp from cycling. Too bad it uses more wattage because of ballast lost. But he said these do last longer! This HAS been in service since the 1980's. And still works in 2011!

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