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what type of streetlight is this?

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bryantm3:

--- Quote from: rjluna2 on June 04, 2012, 11:06:38 AM ---Hi bryantm3, welcome to the Gallery of Lights :)

The one you have seen such at the gas station, I have seen them mostly at the gas station.  Here is one I have it posted at Gas Station Fluorescent Fixture, but it is now long gone. :(

These are 8 footer VHO bulbs and mostly they are fitted with PowerGroove bulbs.  Does that answer your question?

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i've always thought these were some of the most unique streetlights. does anyone know, i mean this is kind of vague since i'm not talking about one in particular— if i found one of these fixtures at an abandoned gas station and got it from them, if it hasn't been lit in years would it even be possible to restore?

thanks for the quick responses guys!

Jace the Gull:
yep possible! Very possible to restore them! In fact they could still be working! I know a few around my area....some out some works....I will find the one you described and take a pic and tell you more if I can....just give me time...

joe_347V:
While i haven't seen the V-shaped type in service here, here's a couple of pics I took of ones still in use in Ontario:

These light a country road but some have since failed and have been replaced with HPS lights.



I'm not sure who made the one is the first pic but the ones in the bottom pic were made by a Canadian company called Powerlite in the 1960s.

Oh and it's definitely possible to restore them, in fact they still make the HO/VHO ballasts and lamps that they use and the sockets for them are still made too.  

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