Here's a bunch of Powerlite R47s mounted on some direct buried sectional steel poles which from what I've seen have a tendency to lean over in one direction after some time.
Direct buried poles in my area is MORE common than GULLS! Perfect example here, in the picture on the link, the only the ones with tapered E arms and has fiberglass poles are the ones direct buried....the others are mounted differently and are older installations...also for the galvanized steel poles in my area, look at the shorter pole with the GE sag lens that one is also direct buried and is everywhere in my utility land as well as the fiberglass poles
Yep they kept the fixtures, there wasn't any reason to replace them, the poles and fixtures day's are numbered anyways, the road is to be widened shortly
Yep it's gone, replaced by a 50 foot concrete pole 8 foot arm and 400 watt OVX. The other poles like it just down the road was also replaced, it would of been cool to get one of the fixtures but I guess that won't happen... Oh, and these where direct burial poles, they had cut the base off the other one and it was left laying beside the new pole.
I think they must be, otherwise I don't see why contractors wouldn't use the 125 or OVD instead. They are also a bit lighter so they are easier to install but other than that I can't see why they are used so frequently.
The contractor doesn't stock refractors, don't forget here we have one "maintenance" contractor that relamps, replaces cobras, replaces single poles (after accidents) and things of that nature. Then the city bids the other large jobs (group lighting "upgrades") and other things like that to other contractors. And a third set of contractors (which could be the same as the ones that do group upgrades) are contracted by developers to install lights in new neighbourhoods. Anyways, back to the refractors, the maintenance contractor doesn't stock them, they just salvage them from the cobras they take down for scrap. That means if they don't have any used refractor on the truck the fixture will be replaced regardless of age. I also saw a brand new 115 go up with the refractor of the R37 it replaced, my guess is they broke the refractor on the 115 and gave it the old refractor from the R37, that entire pole was replaced less than two months after that with a new concrete pole and another new 115.
I doubt most contractors here stock more than a new PC and lamp on the truck so if it needs more than a new lamp/PC they usually junk the fixture and put up a wonderful 115/OVF/OVX.
I also haven't seen any newly installed direct buried metal poles, the new ones are all bolted to a concrete base.
but the Idea is pretty cool though,and anyone know how big the foundation for a Non-Direct Burial Pole is?
Can't remember what the lumes were back then back then but I believe that only the intersections were lit.