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									| I’d imagine the TC-1000 was probably very unreliable due to the heat accumulation with this style of fixture. |  |  
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									|  I'd assume it had some form of ventilation system in it . Besides the TC-400 was 34" tall by 28" wide and reccomended to be mounted at 18" and the TC-1000 was 48 1/2" tall by 39" wide and reccomended to be mounted at 25" . Plus , the TC-400R was designed to be used as a roadway streetlight . It'd be interesting to see photos of these installed somewhere .  |  |  
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									| I did. Neither were ever that popular, likely because of heat degradation like @Econolite03  said. |  |  
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									| Interesting finds!
 Yeah the TC-1000 was recommended to be mounted on a 25' tall pole. Which is pretty high up for a post top style luminaire. Interesting it uses a vertical base down lamp orientation as well instead of the base down orientation typically used for posttops. I suppose the ballast was in the top canopy as well then.
 
 The TC-400R probably was less glary compared to the TC-400. I've seen similar lamp placements in smaller lower wattage post tops but not a 400w onw.
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									|  Being that the TC-1000 is over 4' tall , is it possible that the ballast/cap is below the lamp like my 1000w A-1000 is ? https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5203&pos=53&pid=195886 |  |  
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									| That could be a possibility. I guess GE was banking on the fact that at 25', it would look a lot smaller than over 4' tall. |  |  
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									|  I just looked at the listing for the A-1000 and it's only 35 inches tall ! So the ballast probably IS in the bottom !  |  |  
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