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This is my collection of Street Lights.

They are listed in no particular order.

Street lighting comes in many forms, lamp types, wattages, designs, and, well the list goes on! Street lighting comes in such a veriety, that there are fellow collectors who have over 200 lanterns and are still a long way off having them all, and they're just British ones! I currently own 4 that are documented below, 3 are SOX which is the Low Preesure Sodium (or LPS) which gives out a golden light, 1 is SON which is High Pressure Sodium (or HPS) which gives out a light bronze colour. Not in the collection at the moment are the light sources of Mercury which is a blue/off white colour, Metal Halide which is white and CFL/FL which is Compact (or not!) Flourecent Light, which is simalar to the energy saving bulbs you use at home, and thus is also an off white.

Phillips MA90 90 Watt SOX (LPS) with internal gear (The gear consists of a ballast, ignitor and a capacitator). This lantern has a GPR Canopy and is Photocell controlled. This lantern, as are the next 3, curtacy of Colin Grimes. It takes a while to warm up, however it does throw out alot of light! Liverpool City Council still install these as casual replacements for SOX (LPS) so you don't get a mixture of SOX (LPS) AND SON-T (HPS) light sources. This lantern is the same size as a remote geared MA50, which is the same size, just has a larger length bulb, and so has no space for a gear tray. The smallest in the range is an MA90 remote geared. This is large though!

Phillips MI50 35 Watt SOX (LPS) with integral gear. This lantern was also from Colin, and is a Side Road, Side Entry lantern. This lantern is currently controlled using a Solar Enterprises Ltd electronical photocell. It uses a 35 Watt SOX tube and has a good light output. This is a very common lantern on the streets of Merseyside, along with the Thorn Beta 5 as shown later on.

This Thorn 35 Watt SOX Beta 5 is the most common side road lantern in use on the UK's road network. It has been altered and changed a great deal sinse it's early days. This one of the more recent designs of the Beta 5 and uses the same kind of specs as the MI50, Side entry and same gear. The bowls on the two are very much alike, however the latches on the Beta 5 are heavy duty plastic, and the MI50 has Metal clipps.

This is an Industria P2600 running a 70 Watt SON fitting, with ballast. This lantern's gear tray is wriddled with holes as it can accomodate many light sources and gears. This lantern has a fibreglass canopy and is probably from sometime duing the mid-late 1990s as it is an Industria model. WRTL sell industria lamps for the UK market. Fully fitted with a 70 Watt bulb, this fitting produces a great deal more light that SOX (LPS) however, colour rendering is not as ideal as the Metal Halide or CFL fittings.