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Cooper UCD Small Shoebox [url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102661519/Lighting/GoL_Pics/Extra%20Pics/COL_IMG_9700_L.JPG]Full Size Collage[/url] Here's a NOS Cooper UCD shoebox light I found at Restore. They said they didn't test it but since it was brand new I decided to buy it anyways. Ballast inside is a 120/240v CWI with the famous Cooper Cube ignitor. It came with a Holophane drop lens that looks similar to what my R47 used. The PC socket is similar to the old Westy style with the separate plastic ring that clamps the socket in. Unlike most shoeboxes which bolt on a tenon mount, this one has a real 4 bolt slipfitter and so can mount on any regular arm. Interestingly the door is actually welded sheet aluminium instead of cast aluminium, the top housing is cast though. It didn't come with a lamp or a PC so I stuck in a NOS Sylvania HPS from 1992 and used a taped up PC to fire it up. It didn't come with a NEMA tag so I might slap one of mine on. Luckily I have a spare 7HPS tag. I also added a ground lug when I was wiring it up too as it didn't come with a ground terminal. I think most streetlights are like that though. The Cooper UCD is commonly used here as path lights and in some residential streets. Keywords: American_Streetlights

Cooper UCD Small Shoebox

Full Size Collage

Here's a NOS Cooper UCD shoebox light I found at Restore. They said they didn't test it but since it was brand new I decided to buy it anyways. Ballast inside is a 120/240v CWI with the famous Cooper Cube ignitor. It came with a Holophane drop lens that looks similar to what my R47 used. The PC socket is similar to the old Westy style with the separate plastic ring that clamps the socket in. Unlike most shoeboxes which bolt on a tenon mount, this one has a real 4 bolt slipfitter and so can mount on any regular arm.

Interestingly the door is actually welded sheet aluminium instead of cast aluminium, the top housing is cast though. It didn't come with a lamp or a PC so I stuck in a NOS Sylvania HPS from 1992 and used a taped up PC to fire it up. It didn't come with a NEMA tag so I might slap one of mine on. Luckily I have a spare 7HPS tag. I also added a ground lug when I was wiring it up too as it didn't come with a ground terminal. I think most streetlights are like that though.

The Cooper UCD is commonly used here as path lights and in some residential streets.

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Album name:joe_347V / My Streetlight Collection
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:Cooper Lighting, May 1996
Model Number:UCD70SC22D4GY "UCD"
Wattage:70w, 96w total
Lamp Type:High pressure sodium
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Date added:Aug 17, 2013
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streetlight98   [Aug 21, 2013 at 06:09 PM]
Hmm I don't recall ever seeing any fluorescent lit canopies unless you count on the sides to backlight the perimeter of the canopy.

Wow. Were those lights individually controlled? I saw some dayburning OV-20s.

And wow again! That's quite a variety! Yeah looks like it was all OV-20s at one point. Seems like they've replaced a few poles due to knockdowns too.
joe_347V   [Aug 22, 2013 at 05:46 AM]
Yeah I only seen pics of a fluorescent lit canopy as outdoor fluorescent lighting was already dieing out when gas stations got canopies. I remember back in the 1990s it was quite common for gas stations here to have no canopies and have either MH or HPS lights over the pumps.

Not sure if the lights are group or individually controlled though.

Yeah some of the poles in the 2nd lot have been replaced and I think there's probably around 10 different fixture models there too. Shocked Some of the poles have cobras but they still have ballast cans on them so I supposed the ballast died and they bypassed the ballast and put a cobrahead up. I'll have to get some pics sometime. Razz
gailgrove   [Aug 23, 2013 at 08:36 PM]
Nice, I've always like these cobra-boxes. Like Matt said they are very common here on pathways in Brampton, they are still getting installed too. I've also seen them in Oakville on residential streets. The reflector is exactly the same as the OVX from what I can see.
joe_347V   [Aug 24, 2013 at 12:48 AM]
Thanks Niall! I also added some weatherstripping on the door since the drop lens was too loose for my liking. Razz
gailgrove   [Aug 24, 2013 at 12:55 AM]
Speaking of loose lenses, when I was at my co-op we had to service a few of these located here. I guess they changed them, because the ones in the picture aren't the ones we serviced. Anyways, after almost having the bucket truck slide down into the river (it was January) the guy I was working with opened the light only to have the lens fall right out onto the path, it actually bounced once and then shattered into pieces. Rolling Eyes
joe_347V   [Aug 24, 2013 at 01:01 AM]
Rolling Eyes I'm surprised how loose the lenses are in these since they have three clips and screws holding it in. At least the hinge has a clip in it. Razz
streetlight98   [Aug 27, 2013 at 03:25 AM]
i wonder if this would have had the older style NEMA tag like my OVC or an Electromark tag...
lite_lover   [Sep 01, 2013 at 08:11 AM]
Cool fixture Joe,I don't think I've seen one of those before. Cool
Model25FanForever   [Sep 01, 2013 at 01:35 PM]
We have quite a few of them here now. They make flat glass versions too
streetlight98   [Feb 28, 2014 at 01:56 AM]
Oh, BTW, the FCO version of this is called the UCG. Cool
joe_347V   [Mar 02, 2014 at 04:47 AM]
Interesting, the case and the reflector are different though. The UCD uses a standard cobrehead reflector and is slightly rectangular.
streetlight98   [Mar 02, 2014 at 05:08 AM]
Yeah i guess maybe not the FCO version of this but the FCO cousin of this lol. does this have a submanufacturer on it?
joe_347V   [Mar 02, 2014 at 06:45 AM]
I don't think so, the ballast was unmarked though but I think it's Cooper because of the ignitor.
streetlight98   [Mar 02, 2014 at 03:31 PM]
Hmm. The terminal block doesn't look anything like what Crouse-Hinds/Streetworks uses so maybe this is McGraw-Edison or something? I guess this light is simply a "cooper light" lol.
joe_347V   [Mar 04, 2014 at 05:32 AM]
Hmm, I thought that was the standard Cooper terminal block lol, have any pics of the one you're talking about.
streetlight98   [Mar 04, 2014 at 12:08 PM]
here's the best i have. I know the new ones are black plastic but i think their 2-block like my OVC's.
Form109   [May 13, 2014 at 04:49 PM]
does the UCD have any relation to the ORL? is the ORL an evolution of this?
joe_347V   [May 14, 2014 at 04:52 AM]
It might related. I also heard that Cooper still makes them as a unlisted item sorta like the OV-15 and OV-25.
streetlight98   [May 14, 2014 at 12:07 PM]
Ryan (HPSM250R2) found out that the OV-15 and OV-25 were discontinued though. Sad All they make now is the OVW, which is basically a gray Canadian style OV-25 with a flat glass and an OVF reflector.
lightingfan8902   [Dec 22, 2018 at 10:14 PM]
Looks like a boxed up version of a OVX! Laughing

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