Thats a nice lamp. Its got an almost identical support like thE GE SON E s

get them while you can. as it been over 10 years since ballast bans .

hello fsb, did this come from ebay? id be interested in one if there are more if poss could you share the link? thanks john

Yep US eBay but I got it about 5+ years ago lol.
Ballast ban? Can still get the lamps though eh? I can't see the failure rates of the existing gear being that high!
I've been tempted to try and import one of those US "yard blaster" style lanterns tbh.

So if you lived in the US, you could still use these in existing set ups?

I’ll have to see about getting hold of some clear or coated 175w Mercs. They will run on 150w SON chokes I believe?

Yes that correct u can use them to maintain the eixisting mercury fitting. they have not banned the lamps. i will come to a point the demand drop so low on these and start shutting down production lines. but lot of companies that maintain mercury Landscaping lighting are getting around the ballast bans. @ FSB they do make 277 V mercury Nema bucket. those are very rare. what cool about them is using a choke ballast plus 175 watt MV will work fine on 150 watt Son/ MH gear no problem. the 100 watt MV will work on 100 watt 8ft fluorescent choke. 50 watt would do fine on 58 watt fluorescent choke as well

I like they way some of them are open underneath, quite cool. I hope you approve of my M250 conversion to UK gear heh.

it neat. one way to enjoy it.

Surpised to see 480v control gear in a street light tbh!