Ansell bollard restored and installed.

The latest (and much needed) restoration is now finished. I was given this bollard light two and a half years ago (huge thanks) from Kev, and once made up an installation totalling around 50. The installation stopped working at some point, and all the lights were scrapped and replaced with LED alternatives, all before they realised an underground cable had failed, so overall a totally unnecessary replacement. In total, 3 were saved, and the years they were unlit certainly weren't kind. Corrosion was present over the whole light, and the gear tray, lamp holder and ballast had rusted. aside from the ballast which i replaced, this was all wire brushed off and treated.

Whilst restoration was underway, I made some tweaks which improved light output, reliability and also appearances. From factory, the lamp was positioned 80% inside the coned reflector, this being due to the lamp holder bridge being positioned upside down. This was immediately rectified, and now the whole lamp is above the reflector. Originally, the bollard was painted matt black, this also being the case inside the lamp area. sanded back, i painted it gloss white, a much more logical choice. The bollard was wired without an igniter, so by adding an ignitor into the circuit, SON-T, MH and even cosmo lamps can now be used. Finally, a colour change was in the air, instead of being repainted matt black, I decided to go for hammered silver. This alone transformed the looks of the bollard, giving it a very clean and modern look.

With all this now sorted, light outputs been increased by around 300X that of what it was from factory. Plans to install are already in motion, hopefully by next weekend I'll have this installed outside my shed, as the low level lighting is perfect for the use I need it for.