"Saucer" lanterns

Gramma6 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:22 pm

Phosco152 wrote:

Over 90W, should be operated in the horizontal plane as the longer arc tube will have a greater temperature gradient across its length and which will prevent proper vapourisation if the arc tube is vertical. The u bend end may never get hot enough and sodium is likely to collect in the u bend resulting in insufficent sodium vapour in the upper part of the lamp.

Are the lamps horizontal in big SOX post-top lanterns then, like GEC Flying Saucer lanterns as I always thought the lamps in these would be vertical?

mazeteam · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:28 am

Yes, they are horizontal, and go lengthways across the inside of the lantern. Only the phosco P110 is a vertical SOX post top big enough of holding a 90w SOX lamp - however only 55w is the max catered for gear-wise.

Gramma6 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:39 am

So they only had one SOX lamp in a GEC Flying Saucer? Didn't the SON versions have 2 or 3 lamps in? I always used to imagine the SOX saucers had maybe 3 vertical lamps in before I read this thread!

Urbis Saturn Land · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:40 am

There is an abandoned flying saucer in Hartshead on which looks like it on a fibreglass column. It on an abandoned piece of land near to the Cleckheaton turn off (the buildings in the aerial photo have since been demolished). The only thing to remain is the column and lantern.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&q=HARTSHEAD&sll=50.997318,-0.103108&sspn=0.051857,0.153637&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hartshead,+Liversedge,+West+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.717731,-1.74171&spn=0.000384,0.001711&t=h&z=20

Lampman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:13 am

GEC Flying Saucer's could hold 3 SOX lamps in a triangle shape.

mazeteam · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:27 am

Yes, and the Phosco P222's could hold THREE 135w SOX lamps!

(I tried to post this a few minutes ago, but the site went down for me...)

mazeteam · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:28 am

Urbis Saturn Land wrote:

There is an abandoned flying saucer in Hartshead on which looks like it on a fibreglass column. It on an abandoned piece of land near to the Cleckheaton turn off (the buildings in the aerial photo have since been demolished). The only thing to remain is the column and lantern.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&q=HARTSHEAD&sll=50.997318,-0.103108&sspn=0.051857,0.153637&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hartshead,+Liversedge,+West+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.717731,-1.74171&spn=0.000384,0.001711&t=h&z=20

Interesting... just after the M62.
If the buildings have been flattened then the site is being redeveloped...

Urbis Saturn Land · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:57 am

I wonder what lamp it takes if i can i may rescue it. As the land has been like that now for the past 3 months.

mazeteam · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:11 am

And it's a GEC saucer then, not a Z5680 or Gamma 8??

Urbis Saturn Land · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:15 am

It looks more of a GEC than a Thorn.

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