- whilst some local house now has a rather large light over the driveway!
That's happened in Huddersfield station, one of the Albany's have water inside, pity it didn't flood the lantern as TPE would have to replace it.They'd only replace it with another one!
Yes, I'm not sure how the DW Windsor lanterns do it. I Personally would have a steel (rather than aluminium) canopy with the spigot welded in. Alternatively if the spigot was to be removeable it needs a flange and nut compression joint with a washer - bit like a water pipe going into a tank - rather than the very poor way Urbis have done it.It'd have to be very very tight, as the screw thread tends to get quite hard to turn once a few threads are into the bracket. I've greased mine up and it's still tight to turn. Maybe if a giant 'spikey' washer was used (I don't know the proper name!) where the spikes dig into the material when the nut is tightened were to be used, then the lantern could be screwed in.
It seems the council keep coming along and tipping the water out rather than replacing the lantern (dur!
). Surprisingly though the lantern still works and I've noticed it a few times illuminating it's dirty water with orange light! I wonder if some people think these lanterns are full of water intentionally, given the nautical theme of the area!
I wouldn't put it past some people! If the water were right up to the level of the lamp, it'd probably give slightly better light output, as the light would be projected through the water and bowl as though it were one solid object.
However, if the lantern is filling up with water then the seal has obviously failed on the optic, and so if a cheap fix is required, I'd just drill a small darin hole in the bottom of the bowl.
this is top view of mine when de-assembled. in the 9-o-clock position around the main entry you cans ee the arc where the rivet has gauged out a groove due to inserting and removing the light. (and yes I was fixing the light Jeremy Clarkson style!)
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This metal plate fits to the inside, with the big nut going around the thread from the bracket. in the 3-o-clock position you can just see my fix for the failed rivet. I had to dril out the top of the rivet that was through the spigot plate above the lantern, and this screw is just long enough to go through all the holes and bites in the spigot plate hole to hold everything in place.
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top view once re-assembled. You can see the top plate here, with the rubber 'seal' ring below. and you can also see the top of my screw poking through. Fixing this bit so the lantern would screw onto the bracket is probably the only part of this job that didn't involve using a hammer!
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It was much easier to fix the lantern when it was on the bracket... If I didn't have the bracket then I'd have had trouble getting the lantern straight.