Abandoned lighting « on: December 14, 2019, 12:24:00 AM » Author: Cole D.
What abandoned lighting is in your area? Here, I know of a field where an old restaurant used to be, are several Cooper OVX cobras. They've been abandoned for long time, probably at least 15 years I'd guess. At a field behind an antique shop (they used to use it for parking for a flea market, but it moved,) there are two abandoned NEMA heads on poles. I think Coopers. The wires were cut off ages ago and they are missing their reflectors and lamps. Also at another field that I think used to be a farm, there's an abandoned GE Powr/Bracket with the big refractor near a shed. The power lines and transformer were removed long ago. I had also seen in Google Streetview there was an old warehouse a few miles from that, where there is another abandoned Powr/Bracket. The warehouse is since been demolished. Finally, in my neighborhood, at end of street, there a tree farm which isn't used anymore, and there's an abandoned Cooper RMA NEMA head there, on GE arm, which is hanging by wires. Since the arm had come loose last summer.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #3 on: December 14, 2019, 02:04:07 AM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Many lamps and fixtures in my collection are formerly abandoned.... And I know of many more that are on my list of things to save.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #4 on: December 14, 2019, 04:31:49 AM » Author: AngryHorse
There were some linear sodium SLI/H fittings, mounted under two railway bridges in Northwich, about six miles from me, long forgotten and unlit for years, but when I was there last Christmas, I popped up to have a look, but they had all been removed! Whether they were scrapped, or stolen by collector’s  is unknown though???
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #5 on: December 14, 2019, 08:51:15 AM » Author: Cole D.
Quote from: fluorescent lover 40 on December 14, 2019, 12:59:05 AM Yeah, there is a GE M-250A 100w HPS that was dutifully lighting one of the houses. It is a rental light from the utility company. Everything on it still works. May not be worth it in your eyes, but I would like to save it. All the other ones don't work at night. This was the only one that actually worked in my area. I doubt they'd reuse it. I might try to save insulators as well (only brown colored ones and one of each of any newer type). Why? They're also going to replace the power lines with underground wiring. Also forgot to mention, there is a steel plant (still operational) with around 30-40 abandoned gumballs. When I read that, I was thinking they probably won't bother to remove the poles or lights, but if they are moving the lines underground that makes sense. Around here if a place get demolished, they just disconnect the lines, and eventually remove the transformer. But they don't remove poles or lights usually. Even PAL get left in place, they just remove photocell.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #6 on: December 14, 2019, 09:17:14 AM » Author: CreeRSW207
There was the Brinks bucket light, but it was removed. But there are 4 M1000s at an old motel.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #7 on: December 14, 2019, 02:12:34 PM » Author: Cole D.
I just remembered, there's an old place here that had a bunch of trailers sitting there and is abandoned. And there are two MV NEMAs, one on a long arm and one short, and an early GE 201SA NEMA there. Earlier this year there was a fire and it burned down the buildings and trailers and also melted the refractors on two of the NEMAs, but the GE one was undamaged. They are all still there but hadn't worked, in years.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #8 on: December 14, 2019, 03:03:36 PM » Author: Cole D.
Quote from: GE101R on December 14, 2019, 02:56:28 PM Going to get them? Not unless I see power company removing, which I don't think will happen anytime soon. Although, when the refractors melted it might have ruined the windings in the ballast too from the heat. Not sure on that. The lamps in them don't look burned though.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #9 on: December 15, 2019, 12:30:40 AM » Author: Silverliner
There's a pocket of 55w SOX street light fixtures on a building housing several auto repair businesses. None work. Never seen any lit since I moved here in 2007.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #12 on: December 15, 2019, 04:14:05 AM » Author: Silverliner
There's a string of abandoned series incandescent lights at the former Air Force base in Bell Gardens, CA. You can see them from I-710, but you can also access them from city streets on foot.
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	Re: Abandoned lighting « Reply #14 on: December 15, 2019, 07:32:16 AM » Author: CreeRSW207
There also some M1000s  near a scrap metal dealer.
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