Ian, I put the voltage of the luminaire under "file information", just below the picture

I guess you can't light this up sadly, unless you use a dryer cord. I guess Texas uses 480 volts on their lights, which is surprising.

I bought one too and you'r right that bad boy is very heavy. I rewired mine to 240 volt.

Are you going to post any pics of it? Even though it probably looks exactly like mine lol

Sure, I also have some nice floods I scored from work I'd like to post. My OVW is exactly the same as yours. Did you see on the ballast wiring label how to change it from 480 to 240 volts?

Yeah. Maybe I could change it to 240 and use the dryer outlet in the garage to fire it up. It's just a pain since the outlet is behind the dryer. Maybe I'm just lazy.

Or you could install a dedicated 240 v receptacle and get yourself a cord and male plug. Then you could easily plug in any 240v light any time.

well, i have an idea, you could change out the ballast, by putting the same wattage, and but with different volts input, but if you have any 400w HPS Ballasts that go on 120v, you could change the ballast out, and it should work for house current.

Very true, I was just thinking to keep everything original. And if you come across any other 240 v lights you wouldn't have to worry about changing the ballast especially in vintage lights.

I'm saying, you could, you can keep the capacitor, and ignitior original to the fixture, but if you want to operate it in 120v, is what I mean.

Yeah but George is saying it's preferred to keep the fixture 100% original if it's NOS or vintage. If you change the ballast you can't use the same capacitor since odds are the replacement ballast will need a different capacitor value. And since ballasts generally come with the required capacitor and ignitor, it is best to use the supplied components.

I could install a 240v outlet, but this isn't my house lol. When I get my own house I could probably do that.
I like to keep my lights as original as possible. So I probably will not change out the ballast. And like Mike said, chances are the capacitor will have to be changed out too. The ignitor would possibly work.

If you really wanted to, I suppose you could remote ballast it and wire the remote ballast to the lamp socket.

Why? Then all it is is a shell of a huge street light.

Bypass the ballast in the fixture, not remove it. If you removed the ballast then there would be no point in remote ballasting it. But if you remote ballast it, you can leave the existing ballast in and just connect the socket to the remote ballast instead of the integral one. The fixture stays original and you can light it up!

Yeah I could do that.
I wouldn't have to remove anything from the fixture. All the electrical gear could stay inside. All I'd have to do is disconnect the lamp socket wires and attach them to an external ballast.

hmm, thats a good idea.

I would like one of these fixtures but my parents won't really let me buy one... I mean it's big and expensive. I am probably gonna pass the opportunity to get one. Do you think these will ever show up again?

Who knows. I mean they're kind of rare since Cooper only makes them for Texas. Not a lot of people have access to them. They could pop up on eBay again. But they also could not. I'd say if you really wanted one, go for it now while you have a chance if you have the money for one. These opportunities don't come around often. And they're really not a bad price. I've heard from a supply house I contacted in Texas a few years back, the price of these OVW's, and they go for way more.

Well, I was thinking of getting one though. But, you might be right, they are expensive, and they could go a higher voltage other than 120v.