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1981 Fisher Pierce Photocell
This one was a dayburner so i stuck the cover on the guts of a Fisher Pierce Sun-Tech photocell so this is probably the only 1980s electronic Fisher Pierce Photocell out there lol. It was originally a 120-277V electromechanical PC.
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1981 Fisher Pierce Photocell

This one was a dayburner so i stuck the cover on the guts of a Fisher Pierce Sun-Tech photocell so this is probably the only 1980s electronic Fisher Pierce Photocell out there lol. It was originally a 120-277V electromechanical PC.

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Album name:Mike / My Photocells
Keywords:Gear
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Date added:Sep 01, 2014
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GEsoftwhite100watts   [Feb 28, 2015 at 04:24 AM]
Kinda like seeing spiral CFLs in vintage fixtures like my 1940 vapor/explosion-proof incandescent, or F32T8 Altos in a vintage preheat 4' fixture! Laughing (All combos many people dislike but I find amusing and kinda cool myself).
streetlight98   [Feb 28, 2015 at 08:30 PM]
I suppose. Every time I go to pick up this photocell I use way too much force because it's a lot lighter than I expect, with the electronic guts instead of the electromechanical relay gears instead.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Feb 28, 2015 at 09:04 PM]
Laughing With something that small!
Yeah imagine if all the sagging yardblasters and shoeboxes in America were modified with cheap electronic photocells and electronic gear/ballasts so they didn't sag anymore! Laughing
streetlight98   [Feb 28, 2015 at 09:13 PM]
Yeah the mounts are pretty bad on those yardblaster arms. A top bolt would be much better. I have a couple 60s photocells and they have some serious weight compared to later PCs!
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Feb 28, 2015 at 09:16 PM]
Interesting, I didn't know that about the 60s units.
streetlight98   [Feb 28, 2015 at 09:19 PM]
Yeah twistlock PCs first came out in the 50s IIRC. By 1970, the internal gears were shrunk down to about the size they remained until electronic PCs took over. That's why older PCs (like the one on my M-250R in most of its photos) have taller cover on them, though that PC in particular is a "transition" PC made after the components were shrunk down but before they started using the shorter covers.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Apr 03, 2015 at 06:16 PM]
Interesting, never knew that!
streetlight98   [Apr 03, 2015 at 07:24 PM]
Yeah that PC has a tall cover but "short guts" that would fit in a smaller unit. My other tall Ripley originally had the full-sized guts but it was a dayburner and I wanted to keep the guts original for display so I stuck some "short guts" inside my other tall Ripley so both work now.

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