Crompton Crownlight

Many of you will have heard of the Crompton Churchouse bollard light, but this is the lesser spotted Crompton Crownlight. I picked it up from a car boot of all places, and it weighs an absolute ton. Dating from 1988, The bollard itself comprises of a rolled steel pole, with a steel cylinder welded on to house the cast aluminium light head and gear pot. As well as this bollard version, the same head could also be mounted at ground level, and another way I've seen these fitted is in the ceilings of underpasses, the latter looking really rather strange but interesting none the less. The plastic refractor is yellowed slightly, but the camera does well to hide this.

Overall, the light is in a bit of mess, with heavy rusting present over much of the pole, and areas of the light head have corroded away allowing holes to form. As a result, the gear area and wiring is in a bit of a mess due to water entering, with a fair bit of rust present on the gear tray, seized terminals, and surprisingly some burned wires too. A small anodised aluminium ring is situated immediately around the lamp, quite what function exactly this serves is unknown to me. Originally I thought it was geared for SON, so when I opened it and saw the 50w MBF sticker I was well happy, I really do think MBF suits these very well. Of course I intend to fully restore it, hopefully it'll then get put into service, with high prospects of being installed in our front garden. Ideally now I'd like to find the Churchouse to complete this range of bollards offered by Crompton.