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| File information | |
| Filename: | 1x36wNepean2.jpg |
| Album name: | Fluorescent Lanterns |
| Manufacturer: | GEC Australia |
| Model: | Nepean |
| Power Consumption: | 36w switch start |
| Working Voltage: | 240v 50Hz |
| Overall Length: | 5 foot overall |
| Light Colour Temp: | 4000K |
| Burn Position : | Horizontal |
| Comments: | I was cruising around Adelaide on Streetview looking for old streetlighting examples (Adelaide is a proverbial treasure trove for old GEC fittings) and saw this monstrosity. When I first saw it I thought 'what the hell is that'?! |
| Date / Code: | Up til 1980's |
| Country Of Origin: | Australia |
| Filesize: | 11 KiB |
| Date added: | Mar 22, 2012 |
| Dimensions: | 640 x 428 pixels |
| Displayed: | 116 times |
| URL: | https://allthingslighting.co.uk/atl/displayimage.php?pid=6920 |
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LOL what a bodge!! I thought it was an insulator disc stack for the overhead lines at first glance!
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I thought they were birds perching on it at first glance!!
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Lesson 1: How to make a sleek looking lantern look like (...)!
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What posable glare can you get off a 4 foot tube?
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Not much I would've thought, most glare shields are bolted to the back of the fitting but the back of one of these is where the least light would go anyway as it would all go to the sides.
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