Made in 2001. 250W HPS 120V. The other one is identical except for being made in 2002 and having a different style NEMA tag. The other M-250R2 is in fine shape and will just be repainted.
If you use a heat gun or a hairdryer you might be able to remove the labels intact before you scrap the housing. Probably can't do much with them though aside from displaying them.
Actually I'm thinking of just getting a new door and refractor for this M-250R2. The crack in the housing is very small and I can probably fill it in with epoxy and file it down and then repaint the housing and it wouldn't be super noticeable. The door is junk though since the refractor tab broke off so the door can't hold a refractor anymore.
Oh that one I found on the ground and melted the refractor? lol. I actually traded that with Darren. I'm not sure if he still has it or not. It came off a BVE light (FCO M-250R2, but NGrid replaced the FCO glass with a drop lens) from the mid-90s.
Ahh, I forgot that you traded it with Darren. Also kinda interesting that they replaced a FCO glass with a drop lens. Wonder how the distribution was like since the FCO GEs used a different reflector.
The distribution with the FCO reflector and drop lens is better than the drop lens reflector with a flat glass. The FCO reflector and drop lens combo makes a pretty even distribution pattern IMO. My guess is that the drop lens reflector is cheaper to make (simpler design) so they make both? I always wondered why they didn't just use the FCO reflector for everything. I've never compared the FCO reflector/drop lens combo next to the OEM drop lens M-250R2/M-250A2 though so I can't make a side-by-side comparison but I'd say the difference is negligible. The M-250R2/A2 drop lens reflector with a FCO glass is TERRIBLE though. It makes a "V" of light on the ground, the vertex of the V facing the house side and the top points of the V stretching across the road onto neighboring property. Without the refractor, the reflector is horrible lol. But it was engineered to be used with a refractor so that's why it's so bad lol.
I have to say though, GE M-250R2s definitely produce more glare than Cooper OVZs. The Formed Plastics lens is the only one on the M-250R2 that doesn't make it very glarey. The Lexalite refractors are very glarey from a certain angle as you approach the light in your car. There's a specific angle where the light is crazy bright, no matter the fixture it's on: AE 113, M-250R2, OVZ, etc. The OVZ with OEM refractor is not glarey at all and with the newer oval glass, the light pattern is superb. Better than GE's that's for sure. The Cooper plastic lens is so-so though. GE wins IMO with the plastic lens. I like the Formed Plastics' performance best though. Little side glare and fairly even pattern regardless of the fixture it's used on.
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I have to say though, GE M-250R2s definitely produce more glare than Cooper OVZs. The Formed Plastics lens is the only one on the M-250R2 that doesn't make it very glarey. The Lexalite refractors are very glarey from a certain angle as you approach the light in your car. There's a specific angle where the light is crazy bright, no matter the fixture it's on: AE 113, M-250R2, OVZ, etc. The OVZ with OEM refractor is not glarey at all and with the newer oval glass, the light pattern is superb. Better than GE's that's for sure. The Cooper plastic lens is so-so though. GE wins IMO with the plastic lens. I like the Formed Plastics' performance best though. Little side glare and fairly even pattern regardless of the fixture it's used on.