1   Lanterns/Fixtures / Vintage & Antique / Re: Why are street lights often used as parking lot lighting in North America?  on: Today at 06:45:39 PM 
Started by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA - Last post by Maxim
I would say the "replacement" for street lights in parking lots are shoeboxes.

I would think that most of these plazas w/ street lights were built in the 50s / early 60s before shoeboxes became popular products.
 2   Lanterns/Fixtures / Vintage & Antique / Re: Why are street lights often used as parking lot lighting in North America?  on: Today at 05:26:26 PM 
Started by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA - Last post by Lcubed3
Well, what else would you use? A yard light?
On the lots I have seen that use things other than street lights, it looks really weird.
 3   General / General Discussion / Re: Street lights mounted above water?  on: Today at 04:46:15 PM 
Started by LightsoftheWest - Last post by LightsoftheWest
Looks like a GE M-250R.

I've always wondered how lights were installed above water. It definitely wouldn't be easy to do so.
 4   Lanterns/Fixtures / Vintage & Antique / Why are street lights often used as parking lot lighting in North America?  on: Today at 04:38:10 PM 
Started by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA - Last post by WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
As a resident of the USA, I have noticed that it is quite common to see that older street lights were often used for illuminating parking lots such as GE M400, GE M1000, Westinghouse OV50, and Westinghouse OV20 cobrahead street lights. Additionally, I have also seen some Canadian members who have posted photos of street lights being used for parking lots lighting as well. Why was it so common for North American parking lots to use street lights as their source of illumination?
 5   General / General Discussion / Re: Street lights mounted above water?  on: Today at 02:50:45 PM 
Started by LightsoftheWest - Last post by Cole D.
I just remembered one, I’m not sure what it was but unfortunately it’s not there any longer.

Unknown cobra
 6   General / Off-Topic / Re: Severe weather never sleeps!  on: Today at 12:10:05 PM 
Started by lightinglover8902 - Last post by Maxim
Last night we had a pretty severe windstorm... sustained wind gusts up to 60mph... a lady in NE Philly died because a tree fell and hit her car while she was in it.

Around 45K people are w/o power currently. Half of my township is in the dark (not us, our cables are run underground) due to a massive oak tree falling and splitting a telephone pole in two. One of my friends got a video of what sounded like an arcing / cracking / popping noise which I assume came from an arcing transformer or wire.
 7   General / General Discussion / Re: Street lights mounted above water?  on: Today at 12:03:59 PM 
Started by LightsoftheWest - Last post by Maxim
NEMA Head

OV-15

Since 2016, the dock has floated a considerable distance away from the edge of the lake and detached completely from the boardwalk.
Anyone notice the teardrop and vintage arm to the right of the NEMA?? Beautiful.
 8   General / General Discussion / Re: Lighting in Abandoned Places  on: Today at 12:00:11 PM 
Started by Maxim - Last post by Maxim
"Abandoned or not , get caught and you're still going to jail !  :police: My friend's place in Norther Maine has sat empty for at least  45 years . The local cops and border patrol have all been told " If you see someone on the property , ARREST THEM !"

 Nothing is truly abandoned . Someone , somewhere , owns said property.
This is true, but I will say some properties are much more secured (and therefore cared about) than others.
There was a Christian Fellowship ("Knights of Columbus") center around here, which was abandoned due to an issue with the liquor license and its ability to be used to cater guests. Such a stupid reason... though, the power was and still is on, all of the exterior floodlights are powered 24/7, as are some interior lights. Ironic, because the roof is caving in and the first floor looks like an indoor swamp. Lo and behold though, there is an active alarm system just inside the door with a menacing little message stating, "Enter Code to Disarm" and a glaring red LED. Keep in mind that said door was cracked in at least four separate places- one more hit and the vandals would've gotten in. I think they too noticed the armed alarm system and ran faaaaar away. Maybe it even went off on them.

I would definitely say that the easiest buildings to get into are always the ones without power. If it's a known spot, don't even bother going– it'll very likely have motion detectors and deer cams all around which, when triggered, will notify authorities immediately. My kind of place is one in the middle of the rural countryside, preferably a small business or a commercial property. I don't really like abandoned houses (for the reasons WideLite mentioned) and also because they feel so much more personable inside. Like as if the person trespassing should not be able to see so deeply into someone's life- their bills, bday cards on the fridge, etc.

I'm also not a very ballsy kind of guy. I go with my best friend, who grew up in the middle of nowhere on 25 acres of land, so he isn't really afraid of anything. To me, danger is danger and I can't really scope out the "levels" of danger present from just a cursory glance inside.
 9   General / Off-Topic / Re: Major Apartment Plans  on: Today at 11:22:21 AM 
Started by suzukir122 - Last post by suzukir122
... I keep forgetting that a while ago, a best friend of mine offered to possibly help me in terms of the floating shelf idea. She doesn't know that I'm
specifically looking for 5"x 36" and 5"x 48" floating shelves yet, but there is a chance she might be able to help me find some for cheaper than the seller
I found on Ebay recently.
 10   Lamps / Modern / Re: Mysterious 3w T4 fluorescent lamps  on: Today at 08:47:44 AM 
Started by LightsAreBright27 - Last post by LightsAreBright27
@dor123 I have three different colours of T4 in 12w. But This 3w one is too short.
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