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I Was Surprised to See this Installed...
A Cooper OVZ. Yeah... not too uncommon, but NGrid is GE crazed. This is 250W HPS. It was installed sometime in Novemeber and replaced a non-working M-250R2. The lens is glass but is not the typical Cooper/AEL glass... I was also surprised that NGrid fixed this one. I've reported a bunch of lights that they just don't seem to want to fix. (GRRRRR) NGrid uesed to have great customer service but in the past year it's gone steeply downhill. It sometimes takes up to three WEEKS for them to even confirm my outage report! 
Keywords: American_Streetlights

I Was Surprised to See this Installed...

A Cooper OVZ. Yeah... not too uncommon, but NGrid is GE crazed. This is 250W HPS. It was installed sometime in Novemeber and replaced a non-working M-250R2. The lens is glass but is not the typical Cooper/AEL glass... I was also surprised that NGrid fixed this one. I've reported a bunch of lights that they just don't seem to want to fix. (GRRRRR) NGrid uesed to have great customer service but in the past year it's gone steeply downhill. It sometimes takes up to three WEEKS for them to even confirm my outage report!

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Album name:Mike / Outdoor Lighting
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:Cooper Lighting
Model Number:OVZ
Wattage:250
Lamp Type:HPS
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Date added:Nov 10, 2012
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Model:V5024
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joe_347V   [Nov 11, 2012 at 06:51 PM]
I saw my utility use a GE fixture once which is odd since my utility usually uses AEL or Cooper fixtures.
streetlight98   [Nov 11, 2012 at 07:19 PM]
Yeah maybe this was left over on a lineman's truck and was never installed. I'll have to check if the hinges are new or old. They look like the may actually be older from the pic. Anyways, the glass looks like one used on a Powerlite, which is very odd since that style glass was never used here from my knowledge except by the unistyles and they were in small numbers and most have plastic lenses. anyways, it looks pretty cool with that glass IMO. I also noticed i caught the signals on yellow which is something i very rarely happen to do. Laughing
NiMo   [Nov 29, 2012 at 02:01 AM]
National Grid usually switches brands every few years. And yes, it is a new light. Redesigned hinge and the "bucktooth" latch are the giveaways.
mercuryvaporrocks   [Nov 29, 2012 at 04:16 PM]
My power company started using GE street lights in 2011.
streetlight98   [Nov 29, 2012 at 08:02 PM]
National grid has had a long-term contract with GE since they moved to the states. They cancelled the contract with GE when they moved their facilities to China since the lights were not worth the cast aluminum they were made from and moved to Cooper (i don't know why they choose cooper since they're lights are pretty shotty too) then they renewed their contract with GE when GE moved their manufacturing back to the states. I'm guessing maybe they had a shortage of 250W fixtures since NGrid has been fixing up many of RIDOT's freeway lights that haven't worked in years and this means LOTS of replacement light. If it doesn't light with a new lamp (as well as a PC and refractor and occasionally a door if needed) then it's replaced with no questions asked. I never understood why they wouldn't change out plug-in ingitors, but now i realize those things are so fragile that the lineman wearing his gloves would likely have to go through three or four new starters to get one in without breaking it. Laughing
Antstar85   [Nov 29, 2012 at 10:47 PM]
I was driving through a National Grid town on a way to a job today and noticed a OVZ with this exact lens. Looks like National Grid may be back to Cooper again.
streetlight98   [Nov 29, 2012 at 10:59 PM]
I'm guessing this was Mass? To be honest, i liek this lens much better in the OVZ than i do the previous lens. OVX is probably a different story though... Since the OVX has a more boxier appearance overall, so the older more squared off lens probably looks better. I'd liek to see 115s with this style lens but then if that happens we'll no longer be able to get replacement lenses for our Westie OV-15s and L-150s. Sad I wonder if cooper will use this style lens on the canadian silverliners...
Antstar85   [Nov 30, 2012 at 05:58 PM]
Yes mass it was, I have already seen an OVX with it, it's not that bad looking, I'll try to get a photo next time I'm in that area.
NiMo   [Nov 30, 2012 at 08:54 PM]
@Streetlight98. Lithonia will continue to use the Westie style glass.
streetlight98   [Nov 30, 2012 at 10:02 PM]
Lithonia still makes the cobraheads? I noticed they vanished off Lithonia's website a year or so ago. (Or do you mean AEL?)
joe_347V   [Nov 30, 2012 at 10:52 PM]
Anyone have pictures of the glassware, I'm not that familiar with what type does AEL use and what type does Cooper use.
mercuryvaporrocks   [Nov 30, 2012 at 11:41 PM]
I saw a Cooper Lighting OVZ with a GE M-250R2 glass refractor in Shaler Township, PA.
streetlight98   [Jan 19, 2014 at 10:52 PM]
EDIT: you can see the streetview here, before the M-250R2 was replaced by the OVZ.

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