deadendwaterfall wrote:
versalift09 wrote:
SilverRay88 wrote:
It was never a comprehensive rollout but it seems there were more converted than I thought at the time.
Plenty of MAs hanging on in Hull and North Lincs but all I think are SOX. Would love to proven wrong!
At the time it was a white light initiative rather than energy saving, and obviously LED is the king of everything now (apart from being interesting).
Was a rare and admirable moment of initiative and resourcefulness in a world obsessed by replace, replace replace!
Having seen SilverRay88's earlier photographs of the Beverley northern bypass / A1035 Grange Way, and noting that I had never laid eyes on a similarly clever conversion here in the south east, I travelled up to Beverley on a rare day off work in December 2015 to see these for myself. These photographs are nearly 2.5 years old, but are still worth uploading as a way of a permanent record.
A photograph of the A1035 Grange Way, which is lit along its length. These Philips gear-in-bowl MA50s look unremarkable here.
But as the evening draws in, these MA50s light up with white light instead of the familiar orange SOX glow.
Looking west along the A1035 Grange Way from its junction with Hull Bridge Road.
The fluorescent lamps - assumed to be 2 No. PL-L tubes placed end to end - were a perfect retrofit for the old SOX lanterns.
All in all, the retrofit was a very clever adaption.
Another photograph for the record. I understand that these lanters were on borrowed time when these photographs were taken in December 2015.
The view from the footbridge near Marchant Close at dusk.
One of the lanterns performing well at night.
Having said that, the new light distribution pattern was interesting.
Further along the road, some rogue warm white PL-L tubes could be found.
The next three photographs show approximately the same view in daylight, at dusk and at night:
A final view from the footbridge near Marchant Close:
Although LED has now got us used to seeing white light ubiquitously installed on main roads once again, this clever upgrade of old SOX lanterns to white light was a delight to see. It was such a shame it was never adopted more widely.
