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General Electric M-250 R2 Open. Here one is open. Looks like for a 100 watt HPS light this sure has a big ballast. Looks like a CWA ballast with a capacitor. Funny thing is, LOTS Of M-250 R2's on this street were missing doors. Most were not but lots were. I wonder if people took them off on purpose. Keywords: American_Streetlights

General Electric M-250 R2 Open.

Here one is open. Looks like for a 100 watt HPS light this sure has a big ballast.

Looks like a CWA ballast with a capacitor.

Funny thing is, LOTS Of M-250 R2's on this street were missing doors. Most were not but lots were.

I wonder if people took them off on purpose.

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Filename:DSCN6595.jpg
Album name:Lil'Cinnamon / Colorado Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:General Electric
Model Number:M-250 R2 FCO
Wattage:100 watts
Lamp Type:High Pressure Sodium
Filesize:211 KiB
Date added:Nov 20, 2011
Dimensions:1000 x 661 pixels
Displayed:81 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2011:11:19 16:19:07
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Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/320 sec
FNumber:f/4.2
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:18.9 mm
ISO:100
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Make:Nikon
Max Aperture:f/3.2
Model:COOLPIX S51
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=9609
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streetlight98   [Nov 20, 2011 at 10:40 PM]
The poles might be a little to shakey for them... This looks to be a multi-tap ballast. and that's a sylvaina lamp. Smile
NiMo   [Nov 24, 2011 at 04:27 AM]
These luminaires are very notorious for losing their doors. National Grid and NYSEG uses them and I see a lot of doors and optical assemblies missing.
LilCinnamon   [Nov 24, 2011 at 05:46 AM]
I see more of these lose doors in Denver than anything else. Even though this fixture is in Colorado Springs.

Jace told me that Geoff notices more 115's lose their doors there than the M-250 R2's. Here is a different case.
streetlight98   [Nov 24, 2011 at 03:12 PM]
Most of the M-250R2s here are from the early 90's to the early 2000's. The newer ones loose their doors more than any others. I wonder, if the hinges could be redesigned so that if the latch comes unhooked the door won't fly off as easy? Possibly a higne keeper?

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