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not many of these left in Blanco While i was on a 12 mile drive to Blanco, Tx for a subway dinner Spotted one of these American electric nema fitting. It 175 watt Lighting up main road on US281 in Blanco, Texas, I call them Hiway buckets Cause it lighting up main road. Now there only 6 of these left in service. Was Replace with SON 150 watt OVZ small cooper cobrahead lantern. Now led Steet lantern are now fitted when older street lantern when goes EOL. Also in This picture is a 25 KVA single phase 14.4 KV to 240/120 volt pole Transformer This is typical Distrobuition transformer supplying homes with 200 amp service Giving 240 volt for large loads and at same time provide 2 different 120 volt loads for lighting.

not many of these left in Blanco

While i was on a 12 mile drive to Blanco, Tx for a subway dinner
Spotted one of these American electric nema fitting. It 175 watt
Lighting up main road on US281 in Blanco, Texas, I call them Hiway buckets
Cause it lighting up main road. Now there only 6 of these left in service. Was
Replace with SON 150 watt OVZ small cooper cobrahead lantern. Now led Steet lantern are now fitted when older street lantern when goes EOL. Also in
This picture is a 25 KVA single phase 14.4 KV to 240/120 volt pole Transformer
This is typical Distrobuition transformer supplying homes with 200 amp service
Giving 240 volt for large loads and at same time provide 2 different 120 volt loads for lighting.

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Album name:Funkybulb / Mercury vapor
Manufacturer:American Electric
Wattage:175 watt MV
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Date added:22 Feb, 2018
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AngryHorse   [22 Feb, 2018 at 07:12 PM]
Ah, yes, the classical US bucket Very Happy , loosing these in America will be like us loosing Thorns iconic Beta 5 Sad
This also looks well looked after, that lamp seems pretty bright, like is recently been changed?
Funkybulb   [23 Feb, 2018 at 08:59 AM]
These can go on for about 10 to 15 years before they start to dim out. But new mercury lamps now days are chineese junk unless they bang in Iwaski lamp it last manufacture to make any decent quailty MV lamp here in the States. It about next best lamp to the old westinghouse MV
Andy   [23 Feb, 2018 at 09:30 AM]
One of my memories on my first visit to the USA was seeing these 175w mercury lanterns in service at night. It got me even more interested in mercury lamps than I already was. Very Happy
AngryHorse   [23 Feb, 2018 at 07:55 PM]
I have never been to the US, but it would have been cool to see these all lit at night in their heyday Very Happy
Ash   [23 Feb, 2018 at 08:11 PM]
And over here, we had a mix of classic lanterns. Some of them were in fact clones of GEC lanterns from the UK, and there was even the occasional UK-made lantern.... And others were really unique to here

And not without the iconic gearbox, seen accompanying all of them (nearly all were remote gear), audibly buzzing on silent nights

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