Looking a bit worse for wear...

I fitted this cheap generic 150w RX7 flood back in September 2014.

It only gets used now and again when extra light is needed in the back garden.

It doesn't look very healthy lol, the bracket is starting to rust and it has a bit of brewers droop. The paint is starting to flake off on the front but surprisingly the rear is fine.
Inside is pretty spotless when I checked today even though it did put up a bit of a fight trying to open the damn thing despite putting grease on the threads when I put it up.

Lamp is one of those nice uni-form type Osram Powerstars in 4000k flavour.

I actually quite like these floods and I've got a proper Made in England Siemens version which has proper powder coating in & out but that is too good to use hence why I got a cheap chinky one to put up lol.
I bet if I had used that nice Siemens one, it'd still look brand new...

Pic when first installed:
https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-98903

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fluorescent

[26 Feb, 2019 at 09:21 PM]

I've just scrapped three of these, they were in a very very poor state! Whilst the paint was still there, it had come away from the corroded alloy and was only holding itself together. All the screws had sezied in & the threads had turned to dust, they had been leaking inside, the brackets were rusted etc. Almost a shame as they are quite a neat & tidy design and the gear, although Chinese generic with "Germany Technology" (lol) written on it, worked fine & seemed to be of reasonable quality.

AngryHorse

[26 Feb, 2019 at 09:23 PM]

I know itâ€™s a bit late now, but did you copper grease the bolts? Rolling Eyes

fluorescent

[26 Feb, 2019 at 09:31 PM]

Should have grease from the factory or stainless threaded inserts lol. I got mine second hand ages ago, I've never actually used them but was thinking about tidying one up to install. After looking at them closer & finding all that, I changed my mind

FrontSideBus

[26 Feb, 2019 at 10:29 PM]

The proper UK made ones (pictured in my gallery) are really, really good fittings lol. Itâ€™s a shame the chinks decided to copy the design with such poor quality lol. I greased the bolts on this when I installed it but it still didnâ€™t want to play, electrolytic corrosion is unavoidable when you have dissimilar metals with water. I canâ€™t remember what the cover screw holes are like on the UK made ones but on these they are drilled and tapped straight through so water can get at the bolt from above. If they were blind drilled and tapped then that would alleviate the problem of water getting in from behind.

AngryHorse

[26 Feb, 2019 at 10:59 PM]

We have the above all over our Trafford site, NVC shit, every one I have re-lamped had to be drilled out, and nut and bolted Mad

AngryHorse

[26 Feb, 2019 at 11:03 PM]

Oh, and the ballast winding connections to the blocks tend to come loose, making you think the ballast is dead!! Rolling Eyes

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