Temporary and Permanent Traffic Signals and Streetlights.
Here's a shot of some temporary traffic signals and streetlights along with some new King Luminaire K833 reproduction teardrop fixtures on a city street in Brampton. You could also see the unused new signal mounted so that they are facing away from traffic since they 're not in service yet.
Hmmm......how many wattages are they and are there house side reflectors in them? One of my friends told me if its 150 watt and higher, and it has a house side reflectors, it tends to have a early failure!
250 watt with 400 watt with metallic house side reflectors...even worse...
Trust me...it's NOT always about the quality of lamps....here's a story....a friend of mine had a Powerbracket HPS ones back in the late 70s early 80s....he put a WESTINGHOUSE BRAND HPS in...and decided to use a gumball refractor with a house side shield....it didn't even last 2 days! The lamp died!
pretty nice looking setup....i even like the way the temp setup looks,in the US in most cases out of service (or new unactivated) signals are typically covered by a bag like cover.
If they can not be turned away from the road way (like the temp lights) we still cover them They are nice but this is the cr@pist area of my city and they aren't great quality (many lights stopped working and or cycling a few months after being installed, this was really a waste of money
One odd thing that seems to get done here quite often (like here) is that they will put a city owned and maintained street light over a private entrance, I am still mystified as to why they do that
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ALTOS = A Lamp That Often Stops(Working)
Trust me...it's NOT always about the quality of lamps....here's a story....a friend of mine had a Powerbracket HPS ones back in the late 70s early 80s....he put a WESTINGHOUSE BRAND HPS in...and decided to use a gumball refractor with a house side shield....it didn't even last 2 days! The lamp died!