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My M-400A2 on my Light Pole
this was a royal PITA to install on this lol. At first i was like "oh this will be easy it's a power door. I'll just install the power door after i bolt the fixture" Well, i installed it and couldn't get it to be level. all it did was sag down. So i installed it on the stopper, making it tilit upward. still not level but at least it's not drooping... The M-400As and M-400 split doors always tilted upward anyways because of the rocker. So i finally get the light moutned perfectly and find out the power door needs about another two inches for the hinges to drop in place so i have to loosen the fixture and turn it sideways so the pole is not in the way and i can slip on the power door, holding the power door in one hand and supporting the fixture in the other. Then i got it on, connected the two wires, installed the refractor, and all done!


removal was easy. I removed the refractor, opened the power door and disconnected the power leads, unbolted the fixture, shut the power door, and pulled it right off! I only did this for the pic. Not how the pole is leaning forward compared to the wall in the background. Then look at the pic i psoted with my RMA on it. With the RMA the pole is level with the wall in the background, as it should be.
Keywords: American_Streetlights

My M-400A2 on my Light Pole

this was a royal PITA to install on this lol. At first i was like "oh this will be easy it's a power door. I'll just install the power door after i bolt the fixture" Well, i installed it and couldn't get it to be level. all it did was sag down. So i installed it on the stopper, making it tilit upward. still not level but at least it's not drooping... The M-400As and M-400 split doors always tilted upward anyways because of the rocker. So i finally get the light moutned perfectly and find out the power door needs about another two inches for the hinges to drop in place so i have to loosen the fixture and turn it sideways so the pole is not in the way and i can slip on the power door, holding the power door in one hand and supporting the fixture in the other. Then i got it on, connected the two wires, installed the refractor, and all done!


removal was easy. I removed the refractor, opened the power door and disconnected the power leads, unbolted the fixture, shut the power door, and pulled it right off! I only did this for the pic. Not how the pole is leaning forward compared to the wall in the background. Then look at the pic i psoted with my RMA on it. With the RMA the pole is level with the wall in the background, as it should be.

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Album name:Mike / My General Electric M-400A2 (1997)
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:General Electric | 3rd week of 1997
Model Number:M-400A2 Powr/Door
Wattage:Originally 400, now 320
Lamp Type:Originally HPS, now PSMH
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Date added:Sep 03, 2013
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joe_347V   [Sep 04, 2013 at 12:26 AM]
Shocked Shocked You put a medium fixture on it. Razz
A_lights   [Sep 04, 2013 at 12:48 AM]
Looks good!
streetlight98   [Sep 04, 2013 at 02:17 AM]
Thanks! I did it just for the pic. Razz It would be too bright and i'd be afraid of it blowing up anyways. Razz Laughing Plus i didn't trust that thing to hold up overnight. I didn't want to get crushed like a bug if my craftsmanship decides to take a break and the light falls down onto the bed. Shocked the good thing is the bed would save the light from getting damaged. Laughing
joe_347V   [Sep 04, 2013 at 03:50 AM]
Yeah, I probably won't trust mounting a medium fixture for a long time on your display pole.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Sep 04, 2013 at 04:45 AM]
I think you should try putting the RMA on a timer so it wakes you up in the morning!
streetlight98   [Sep 04, 2013 at 08:50 PM]
LOL yeah I could stick it on a timer. Laughing
joe_347V   [Sep 05, 2013 at 03:00 AM]
Maybe you should replace the switch that controls the arm with a timer. Razz
streetlight98   [Sep 05, 2013 at 03:27 AM]
i could just get one of those plug-in timers and plug the timer into the wall and plug the whole light stand into the timer. Razz
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Sep 05, 2013 at 02:54 PM]
That's what I was thinking...it would work really well if that RMA is slightly buzzy.
streetlight98   [Sep 05, 2013 at 04:27 PM]
no the RMA is no louder than a F40T12 light fixture which is another reaosn i like it. a little buzz but not annoying liek the M-250R1 Laughing
joe_347V   [Sep 05, 2013 at 07:51 PM]
That's pretty quiet for a HID light. Mine range from nearly silent to very loud lol.
streetlight98   [Sep 05, 2013 at 09:12 PM]
Yeah most NEMA heads are very quiet. Probably because there's really no fixture pieces to vibrate to make it loud. just a small cast housing and then the bucket latches tightly onto the fixture. It starts off noisey like it's almost clearing its throat (if you want to think of it that way lol) but after the lamp sucessfully makes an arc the ballast quiets right down and by the time it's done warming up it's just a mere hum.

My OVC is nearly silent but i would be worried if a tiny little choke was loud lol. My M-250A is quiet and so is my OV-10. My M-400 and M-250R1 are my loud lights and go figure, they're NOS lol. The M-400A2s have a little buzz to the but nothing major.
joe_347V   [Sep 06, 2013 at 03:28 AM]
Most of mine buzzes slightly when I run them except for my 70w MH ballasts which are pretty quiet and my 50w F-Can ballast which is almost silent.

My NOS 250w Advance MH ballast is pretty noisy though.
streetlight98   [Sep 06, 2013 at 11:56 PM]
Yeah I've never had a quiet Advance ballast lol. Advane ballasts are good stuff though. Very overpriced on 1000Bulbs though. for instance, look under a random higher wattage HID ballast list on 1000Bulbs.com and an Advance ballast costs like twice as much as any of the other ballasts. Confused
joe_347V   [Sep 07, 2013 at 01:03 AM]
I'd say around 1/2 of my HID ballasts are Advance lol. The reason I have so many is cause I bought a ton at Rona (they were on clearance) back in 2009. My 70w HPS Advance ballasts are fairly silent though.

The only large brands of HID ballasts I don't have is Universal, and GE.
streetlight98   [Sep 07, 2013 at 01:08 AM]
I have mostly OEM GE ballasts. For fluorescent ballasts my RS ballasts are mostly green labeled Universal Therm-O-Matic ones. Pretty solid ballasts!
joe_347V   [Sep 07, 2013 at 01:13 AM]
I think mine are mostly Advance Razz, I have one Universal 2x F40 RS ballast but it looks a bit ratty (and rattles) so I never tested it yet.
Antstar85   [Sep 07, 2013 at 01:19 AM]
You see a bunch of these on the Mass like and they are 150 watt HPS.
streetlight98   [Sep 07, 2013 at 01:20 AM]
hmm i wonder why they didn't use small sized fixtures. I'm thinking of either converting this to 250W HPS or 250W MH/MV.
joe_347V   [Sep 07, 2013 at 01:32 AM]
Well, I'm a more of a MV/MH fan but I guess 250w HPS would be a closer match to the fixture size.

I wonder if they used 150w HPS medium fixtures on the Mass Pike to have a more consistent look or to standardize the type of fixture used.

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