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A Brand New Shiny AEL
Replaced a long standing Mercury Nema.
Keywords: American_Streetlights

A Brand New Shiny AEL

Replaced a long standing Mercury Nema.

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Filename:SONYSLR_1331.JPG
Album name:Form109 / Streetlights and Parking Lot Lighting in Tyler,Texas
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:American Electric
Model Number:Series 115
Wattage:100
Lamp Type:High Pressure Sodium
Filesize:374 KiB
Date added:Sep 09, 2011
Dimensions:1804 x 1293 pixels
Displayed:211 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2011:09:08 17:08:40
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/160 sec
FNumber:f/7.1
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:55 mm
ISO:100
Light Source:Unknown: 0
Make:Sony
Max Aperture:f/5.6
Model:DSLR-A230
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=8305
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GullWhiz   [Sep 10, 2011 at 04:07 AM]
The AE 115 design os extremly similar to the orginal AE 13-000! The latch hasn't changed much, except for less metal fill......
Form109   [Sep 10, 2011 at 07:51 PM]
the AE 13-000's didn't have Plastic Lenses eh?...and the design of the glass was diffrent too?
streetlight98   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:16 PM]
That's why he said similar. Wink
GullWhiz   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:18 PM]
They still make AE 115s with drop glass lens, they get installed around here from time to time with the Westinghouse Style Refractor
Form109   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:20 PM]
yes i know he said they were similar....that's not what i was asking...i was Asking if the glass pattern on the original was diffrent and if they offered plastic refractors back then.
streetlight98   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:25 PM]
I don't think plastic was used back then, but i may be wrong. The older glass lens was different, yes. it was more rounded.
GullWhiz   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:30 PM]
Actually plastic lens were used!!!!!!

I had a GE Form 101 from 1965, it had everything except the PC and Lamp orginal!!! It was a GE Bucket light with VERY BROWN refractor...close bottom and it had a chain attached the the fixture and reflector! Sadly the refractor didn't survive the collection, it was soooooo brittle and very brown with a bit of green in the plastic!

Also the original GE M-250 from 1959-1960 had a plastic refractor!

Plastic gumballs existed too, I have seen browned out gumballs!
streetlight98   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:34 PM]
I was refering to cobrahead refractors. The poly ones existed, not sure of acrylic. I should have been more specific....
Form109   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:44 PM]
seems nothings as good as glass.
streetlight98   [Sep 10, 2011 at 08:47 PM]
Agreed.
Antstar85   [Sep 10, 2011 at 09:01 PM]
I actually like AELs Acrylic lens alot.
streetlight98   [Sep 10, 2011 at 09:03 PM]
I never said i didn't like them, glass has a better lifespan than plastic
Antstar85   [Sep 10, 2011 at 09:32 PM]
We have acrylic lens on fixtures that have been up since the 60s in fantastic condition.
streetlight98   [Sep 10, 2011 at 09:41 PM]
60's? Most likely they were replacements. most plastic lenses before the 70's were polycarbonate. Glass is more classic looking. Glass is shiney and looks like new after years.
Antstar85   [Sep 10, 2011 at 10:06 PM]
Well they are ploy then, but the fixtures I worked on from the 60's are original, just browned out a bit and still in good shape.
GullWhiz   [Sep 10, 2011 at 10:19 PM]
Michael, the GE M-250 catalog specifies a Poly plastics.....

I am not sure when acrylic came out...but Acrylic are much easier to break than the poly...the poly is stronger, but they are more prone to yellowing than the acrylic
streetlight98   [Sep 10, 2011 at 10:30 PM]
@ jace: that's why i said "most plastic lenses before the 70's were polycarbonate." Wink Once a polycarbonate lens yellows, it becomes more brittle than acrylic. I like the color of mercury vapor light passig through a browned out lens though.
Form109   [Sep 11, 2011 at 03:39 AM]
is there anyway to remove the yellowing or is it a permanent physical change in the plastic itself?
streetlight98   [Sep 11, 2011 at 02:09 PM]
I think it's a chemical change with the UV light and the plastic. I have wondered if bleech could remove the "stain" from the lens, but i don't have any plastic lenses, just glass. You know what happened to my last plastic lens Shocked Embarrassed
Form109   [Oct 17, 2011 at 12:32 PM]
a quick observation....im noticing alot of AEL 115's popping up as replacements...for a while we had gone all GE M250R2....but the table's are switching in AEL's favor it seems...prehaps contract ended?

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