the main streets around my work they have replaced all the hps with led's now it seems hps is on it's way out also ! i asked the foreman after telling him why and such id like one he was a real nice guy he said i don;t think the city will miss just one ! came from the main entrance
Nice find, luckily our old street light contractor did refurbs on all there old lights so they don't get scraped! But the new company scraps everything I'm trying to save a Unidoor 400 that just lost its refractor (and I'm sure they won't replace it ) from being scraped then I can just use a 125s refractor on it
The state always puts up new lights on projects where new lighting is installed or the lighting is redone, but they will save and refurb lights they take down and use them as replacements for failed or damaged lights.
Nice, cool to see that you saved this nice fixture from being scrapped, I like the styling and the design of the older lights too.
I've seen the utility company here occasionally install older refurbed lights before but they mostly just install a new one and most likely scrap the old one.
Noticing the Bail latch on the front, yes this is an M-400 A2 FCO. One of the early ones. The M-400 A1 FCO had the spring latch then when they introduced the very-similar M-400 A2, they changed the spring latch to a bail latch and moved the PC forward a bit.
Ahh. I didn't know if the M-400A FCO had the bail latch like the 70's M-250R1 did. strange how the M-250R1 had a bail latch but the M-250A, M-400, and M-400A didn't. The M-1000 seemed to have kept the 60's style "PUSH TO OPEN" latch though.
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I've seen the utility company here occasionally install older refurbed lights before but they mostly just install a new one and most likely scrap the old one.