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$Westinghouse OV10 Here's a Canadian Westinghouse OV10 that I picked up off the a local seller. It unfortunately doesn't have the glass but it did come with a 1980s Canadian Sylvania 250w /DX cleartop lamp. All the other hardware seem to be all present too. No ballast, but I have a 175w can ballast lying around. I was thinking of either getting a flat piece of glass cut for this or use a piece of UV stabilized acrylic and then derate the wattage to 100w MV. It's shown here with a Cooper plastic refractor as a mockup. The riveted nameplate on it reads: "WESTINGHOUSE OV10 LUMINAIRE STYLE 721D406608 LIGHTING GRANBY QUE"$

Westinghouse OV10

Here's a Canadian Westinghouse OV10 that I picked up off the a local seller. It unfortunately doesn't have the glass but it did come with a 1980s Canadian Sylvania 250w /DX cleartop lamp. All the other hardware seem to be all present too. No ballast, but I have a 175w can ballast lying around. I was thinking of either getting a flat piece of glass cut for this or use a piece of UV stabilized acrylic and then derate the wattage to 100w MV.

It's shown here with a Cooper plastic refractor as a mockup.

The riveted nameplate on it reads: "WESTINGHOUSE OV10 LUMINAIRE STYLE 721D406608 LIGHTING GRANBY QUE"

File information
Filename:	IMG_3410~0.JPG
Album name:	joe_347V / My Streetlight Collection
Company and Date Manufactured:	Westinghouse Canada, 1950s
Model Number:	OV-10
Wattage:	175w
Lamp Type:	Mercury Vapour
Filesize:	340 KiB
Date added:	Sep 22, 2021
Dimensions:	2465 x 1643 pixels
Displayed:	125 times
Color Space:	sRGB
DateTime Original:	2021:07:30 16:39:22
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Exposure Mode:	0
Exposure Program:	Program
Exposure Time:	1/100 sec
FNumber:	f/3.5
Flash:	No Flash
Focal length:	40 mm
ISO:	800
Make:	Canon
Model:	Canon EOS REBEL T3
URL:	http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=25975
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lite_lover

[Sep 26, 2021 at 09:14 AM]

Nice find! Cool

The Cooper Refractor does look like the original Westy refractor at first glance.

joe_347V

[Sep 27, 2021 at 06:32 AM]

Thanks! Yeah, if only there was a way to secure it in place using the stock hardware. Looks decent for a indoor display though. Clamshells are also super rare to find in my area.

lite_lover

[Oct 05, 2021 at 09:23 AM]

Used to see a few OV-10's around here in the Lower Mainland up until the HPS change over in 1992.

joe_347V

[Oct 09, 2021 at 04:25 AM]

Interesting. I'm still wondering where might was once used. The 400w sized clamshells used to be common on main roads in Toronto until the early 90s. The side streets where the smaller clamshells would have been used typically used those Powerlite/LM mini gumballs or the cuplight style 125w MV lights.

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