Rhode Island Rte. 37 in need of relamping

[Mike]

Well, a highway near me needs relamping from the west startign point to Exit 1B. The 250w M-250R2s were relamped a few years back and the highway is black again. They said between 30-90 days so lets see how long it takes.

[joe_347V]

I've noticed that some highmasts that were apparently relamped last month were already out.

[Mike]

It's always the same areas that end up with dead lamps too. The rest of the highway is lit with OVM, M-400R2 on the main highway and M-250R2 and OVS on the ramps and those are well mantained. i don't get it. 

[joe_347V]

I've seen the same thing too, a stretch of road here burns out so fast it's almost like the lumes eat lamps.

[Mike]

That's cuz you guys feed the fixtures altos. The fixture needs more protein to keep it full.

[joe_347V]

I've noticed most of the posts today are from us. O_o anyways my bet is on those 250w OVXs.

[Mike]

I noticed we both became lighting collectors now too. I'm glad the utility here and RIDOT aren't Cooper fans.

[joe_347V]

I wish my area are GE fans or even better requested that Powerlite designs were still made.

[Mike]

GE is king here.

[joe_347V]

MTO still like using GE but to a lesser extent than before.

[Mike]

RIDOT used Cooper OVF like crazy around the 2007-2009 era. The OVF are being spot replaced as they fail by FCO M-400. I personally think the OVF looks better than the M-400 FCO, but the quality difference is huge between the two.

[joe_347V]

MTO used to use mainly Powerlites, then GEs, then GE and Cooper, now GE, Cooper and AE.

[Mike]

RIDOT bassically used whatever Narragansett Electric and National Grid have used. The Grid of course doesn't use FCO though. Onlt the state does.

[joe_347V]

Peel region for the most part is drop, my area is drop/FCO, Richmond hill is FCO, MTO is drop/FCO, Toronto is drop.

[Mike]

When Blackstone Valley electric existed, they used FCO lights.