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Remote monitoring equipment? Was fuelling up at a Tesco petrol station in Broughton, Flintshire when I noticed that every single Philips Mini 300 halide downlighter under the forecourt canopy had one of these fitted to it. Looks like a mini-photocell on the end of some conduit going into some sort of control box with a placard stating that this is remote monitoring equipment and must not be removed. Just what they hell are they monitoring?

Remote monitoring equipment?

Was fuelling up at a Tesco petrol station in Broughton, Flintshire when I noticed that every single Philips Mini 300 halide downlighter under the forecourt canopy had one of these fitted to it.
Looks like a mini-photocell on the end of some conduit going into some sort of control box with a placard stating that this is remote monitoring equipment and must not be removed.
Just what they hell are they monitoring?

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Slyspark   [19 May, 2021 at 03:07 PM]
How strange!
Oliver   [19 May, 2021 at 03:33 PM]
The Morrisons ones stay dim in the daytime and dim at night but they have a PIR which brightens up individual ones. Im not sure what those ones do other than the obvious such as maybe displaying on a panel / computer which ones are failed.
HIDLamp   [19 May, 2021 at 06:24 PM]
Doubt they'll be dimming a metal halide
Monitoring the output of the halide so they can try and prove how much better LED is
Ash   [19 May, 2021 at 06:42 PM]
My imagination goes towards "do something" solution to fufill a "we'll do something about it" promise, following an out of the blue customer complaint (possibly involving a hot restrike after a power interruption, and customer tripping/doint something stupid/getting scared while in the dark) ?
Oliver   [19 May, 2021 at 07:21 PM]
The box says it's for remote monitoring which is why I think it's to detect lamp failure.
Ash   [19 May, 2021 at 07:38 PM]
It seems so, but wouldnt the maintenance personnel (who come for scheduled checkup on the rest of the equipment anyway) be able to look up while they are there ?
AngryHorse   [19 May, 2021 at 07:54 PM]
There’s no other ‘run up’ lighting is there?, could this be a photocell that activates once the halide has run up??
FrontSideBus   [19 May, 2021 at 09:35 PM]
No other lighting under the canopy. They wouldn't need one on every single unit for that surely anyway?
Ash   [20 May, 2021 at 07:53 AM]
No and normally run up lighting is controlled electrically (current sense relay on the HID lamp) or by a timer anyway. This being under each lamp whispers "to ensure proper light levels", as if with one lamp out there is some danger that requires immediate attention
FrontSideBus   [21 May, 2021 at 01:39 PM]
It does seem that it's some sort of life test experiment, witch the hours each lamp does until failure being logged. Using them just to detect failures seems overkill?

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