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M-250R in front of my grandparents' house 100w MV. This was so dim that barely any light at all reached the ground. After seeing some mercs in my area get replaced, others relamped, I took my chances and reported it. I figured there's more of a chance they'll relamp this now than there will be as time progresses. To my delight, it was relamped (wow it's so bright now!) and it got a new PC too. It appears to have two wires coming out of the arm, but I need binoculars to be positive since the wires were bundled together. Keywords: American_Streetlights

M-250R in front of my grandparents' house

100w MV. This was so dim that barely any light at all reached the ground. After seeing some mercs in my area get replaced, others relamped, I took my chances and reported it. I figured there's more of a chance they'll relamp this now than there will be as time progresses. To my delight, it was relamped (wow it's so bright now!) and it got a new PC too. It appears to have two wires coming out of the arm, but I need binoculars to be positive since the wires were bundled together.

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File information
Filename:gol13012_002.JPG
Album name:Mike / Outdoor Lighting
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:GE | 1970's
Model Number:M-250R
Wattage:100
Lamp Type:MV
Filesize:589 KiB
Date added:Jan 30, 2012
Dimensions:1536 x 2048 pixels
Displayed:84 times
Color Space:sRGB
DateTime Original:2009:03:26 17:22:00
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Time:1/250 sec
FNumber:f/2.8
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:28.8125 mm
Light Source:Unknown: 0
Make:Vivicam
Model:V5024
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=10532
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GullWhiz   [Jun 05, 2012 at 04:33 PM]
This arm, looks like a GE arm....the 60s and on style....but a closer look will help me make sure....
Antstar85   [Jun 05, 2012 at 04:51 PM]
Yeah it's a GE arm, we have a ton up in our system.
streetlight98   [Jun 05, 2012 at 09:32 PM]
This one has a higher rise than the ones used in the old Narragansett Electric territory. This is old Blackstone Valley Utility territory. Oddly enough though, the poles all have metal strips that say N.E.Co on them, which means Narragansett Electric Co. Also, this a 70's fixture though. Are you sure this isn't a 70's arm too?
Antstar85   [Jun 06, 2012 at 02:02 AM]
The arm may very well of been installed in the 70's when the fixture was installed, but these style arms were introduced in the late 50's or early 60's from what i've heard.
streetlight98   [Jun 06, 2012 at 02:31 AM]
That makes sense, as a lot of utilities buy stuff in giant numbers and it doesn't all get used for a few years. I'm not sure, but I'd guess that there were incandescent lights on this street previously.
GullWhiz   [Jun 06, 2012 at 03:41 AM]
In my area a lot of those arms are only 30 inches and 4 feet.....anything larger is a truss arm......and we have GE versions too.....those GE arms, (the orginal fixture) tend to be GE NEMA head, GE M-100, GE M-250R, GE M-400 I haven't seen GE M-1000 watt on those, usually they are found on 4 foot as the smallest from what I have seen, but there seems to be more 30 inch for the GE arm, and the 4 foot tend to be HAPCO brand and Line Materials arm....and a few various...

I once was given a 1963 GE NEMA head with original GE arm (the arm has a GE logo on the top mounting of the bracket) My first GE M-100 came from a 30 inch GE arm too!
streetlight98   [Jun 06, 2012 at 08:36 PM]
There are galvanized steel versions of this arm near me too that were installed with 50W HPS M-250R2 during the change out. It seems most of the arms in the old NECo territory are HAPCO, but these arms, HAPCO tapered elliptical, and a different style tapered elliptical (with a triangular mounting plate) are found in Blackstone Valley Electric.
streetlight98   [Nov 09, 2014 at 04:43 PM]
UPDATE: On my grandparents' street, all the lights on their block have been replaced with HPS lights, including this one. I assume the whole road was switched out but I can't confirm it, since my grandma only specifically said her block. I'm sad/angry/confused because there was no reason to replace these lights, as they were all nice and bright, as I've reported them all over the past few years and eventually got every single one relamped. So I'm rather frustrated that they still replaced them all for no reason whatsoever. Mad

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