here is a AEL 327 on my company's building in Springfield. The door failed a few months ago breaking the lens. Someone decide to just place a new lens in it and tape it up thinking that 3M 33 black vinyl Tape would do the trick. Well looks like round two is about to happen. Good thing is I told building Maintence about it so Hopefully they will fixt it right.
I am not sure, I'm currently working out of another district so I'm not able to see this fixture much. The last time I saw it was in February and it was still out.
It depends. Some hinge designs are very poorly designed like the hinges on the GE M-250R1 for example. If you close the door and you're not very careful and gentle, one of the hinges can bind up and snap off, since cast aluminum is very brittle.
In this case though it looks like the latch is to blame though, not the hinges. i always thought the AE latch was kinda cheesey but I don't see more AE latch failures than I do with any other brand. Coopers and GEs have their share of lach failures too. The 90s-present M-250R2s seem to be the worst with loosing doors though I see M-400R2s and newer M-400s loose doors too.
I believe the early 2000s Coopers were also known for their bad hinges.
I wonder why they stopped making fixtures with door keepers. The Powerlites had either a clip or a screw at the hinge which keeps the door from popping out as easily.
Yeah the pre-2004 coopers had bad hinges though I think the hinges on the OVC, S, and M were good, as I've never seen one with bad hinges.
Yeah AE/ITT and GE also had door keepers and I think Westinghouse lights had some sort of tab. I guess they figured if the door fell off, people would either have to buy a new door and lens or just replace the fixture.
Yeah I like the hinge keeper that is on my model 13. It's a metal clip thing. I'd still like to order a new AEL 327 but when I recently got a price on one, it was in the mid $800 range. I plan on trying to get one in the near future.
Yeah that way if the door pops open for whatever reason, just go up in the truck and shut it. Don't need a replacement door or a new fixture. I've seen my local electric company tape M-250R2 doors onto 113s before though lol
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do the hinges need to be lubed up every so often?
In this case though it looks like the latch is to blame though, not the hinges. i always thought the AE latch was kinda cheesey but I don't see more AE latch failures than I do with any other brand. Coopers and GEs have their share of lach failures too. The 90s-present M-250R2s seem to be the worst with loosing doors though I see M-400R2s and newer M-400s loose doors too.
I wonder why they stopped making fixtures with door keepers. The Powerlites had either a clip or a screw at the hinge which keeps the door from popping out as easily.
Yeah AE/ITT and GE also had door keepers and I think Westinghouse lights had some sort of tab. I guess they figured if the door fell off, people would either have to buy a new door and lens or just replace the fixture.