The demise of Scunthorpe's LPS lighting

[pinkteddyx64]

@princechromey

Nice! We have progress - that LED should be much better than that old nasty SOX lamp next to it!

Do you think you'll be able to either (a) get the top off it, or (b) ask the people who remove it, to get the top off it? Because otherwise, those SOX lamps will get binned, and it'd be better to either use them in a personal project, or sell them on eBay
Though LPS is better off either as a very long fluoro tube light, or as an LED COB light

And that concrete lamppost has now gone.

[spotify95]

@princechromey

Nice! We have progress - that LED should be much better than that old nasty SOX lamp next to it!

Do you think you'll be able to either (a) get the top off it, or (b) ask the people who remove it, to get the top off it? Because otherwise, those SOX lamps will get binned, and it'd be better to either use them in a personal project, or sell them on eBay
Though LPS is better off either as a very long fluoro tube light, or as an LED COB light

And that concrete lamppost has now gone.

Phewee! What happened with the LPS bulb, were you able to salvage it or did they just bin it?

We need to salvage the old street lights if possible!

[pinkteddyx64]

@princechromey

Nice! We have progress - that LED should be much better than that old nasty SOX lamp next to it!

Do you think you'll be able to either (a) get the top off it, or (b) ask the people who remove it, to get the top off it? Because otherwise, those SOX lamps will get binned, and it'd be better to either use them in a personal project, or sell them on eBay
Though LPS is better off either as a very long fluoro tube light, or as an LED COB light

And that concrete lamppost has now gone.

Phewee! What happened with the LPS bulb, were you able to salvage it or did they just bin it?

We need to salvage the old street lights if possible!

They destroyed it.

[spotify95]

@princechromey

Nice! We have progress - that LED should be much better than that old nasty SOX lamp next to it!

Do you think you'll be able to either (a) get the top off it, or (b) ask the people who remove it, to get the top off it? Because otherwise, those SOX lamps will get binned, and it'd be better to either use them in a personal project, or sell them on eBay
Though LPS is better off either as a very long fluoro tube light, or as an LED COB light

And that concrete lamppost has now gone.

Phewee! What happened with the LPS bulb, were you able to salvage it or did they just bin it?

We need to salvage the old street lights if possible!

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

[pinkteddyx64]

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

Besides, it was starting to do that pinkish red thing even after fully warming up!

[spotify95]

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

Besides, it was starting to do that pinkish red thing even after fully warming up!

In that case, it would been no good as either the lamp or ballast was on its way out.

But even so, LPS is no good at all.

If you have an old LPS fixture then the best thing to do is shove either one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231621442437

Or one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262847692499

Or even one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142216488739

Into the LPS screw in base, remove all of the unnecessary stuff (such as capacitors and ballasts etc) and there you have, a CFL or LED equivalent to your LPS lamp.

[pinkteddyx64]

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

Besides, it was starting to do that pinkish red thing even after fully warming up!

In that case, it would been no good as either the lamp or ballast was on its way out.

But even so, LPS is no good at all.

If you have an old LPS fixture then the best thing to do is shove either one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231621442437

Or one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262847692499

Or even one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142216488739

Into the LPS screw in base, remove all of the unnecessary stuff (such as capacitors and ballasts etc) and there you have, a CFL or LED equivalent to your LPS lamp.

Earlier tonight as the LPS lamps were warming up on a road I was walking down, one suddenly started flickering slightly then switched off completely then never turned again. Your diagnosis?

[spotify95]

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

Besides, it was starting to do that pinkish red thing even after fully warming up!

In that case, it would been no good as either the lamp or ballast was on its way out.

But even so, LPS is no good at all.

If you have an old LPS fixture then the best thing to do is shove either one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231621442437

Or one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262847692499

Or even one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142216488739

Into the LPS screw in base, remove all of the unnecessary stuff (such as capacitors and ballasts etc) and there you have, a CFL or LED equivalent to your LPS lamp.

Earlier tonight as the LPS lamps were warming up on a road I was walking down, one suddenly started flickering slightly then switched off completely then never turned again. Your diagnosis?

Sounds like a ballast issue, as the light started up ok, but then cut out. I don't think that LPS has a dramatic failure mode at EOL (unlike CFL or incandescent, which either just go off or flicker and go off) so chances are the ballast ended up giving way, which resulted in the flickering and then staying out.

Either way, that thing needs coming down and replacing with an LED. Have you submitted a FixMyStreet report yet?

[pinkteddyx64]

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

Besides, it was starting to do that pinkish red thing even after fully warming up!

In that case, it would been no good as either the lamp or ballast was on its way out.

But even so, LPS is no good at all.

If you have an old LPS fixture then the best thing to do is shove either one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231621442437

Or one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262847692499

Or even one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142216488739

Into the LPS screw in base, remove all of the unnecessary stuff (such as capacitors and ballasts etc) and there you have, a CFL or LED equivalent to your LPS lamp.

Earlier tonight as the LPS lamps were warming up on a road I was walking down, one suddenly started flickering slightly then switched off completely then never turned again. Your diagnosis?

Sounds like a ballast issue, as the light started up ok, but then cut out. I don't think that LPS has a dramatic failure mode at EOL (unlike CFL or incandescent, which either just go off or flicker and go off) so chances are the ballast ended up giving way, which resulted in the flickering and then staying out.

Either way, that thing needs coming down and replacing with an LED. Have you submitted a FixMyStreet report yet?

As you would say if you caught me on TSR:

Reported.

[spotify95]

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

Besides, it was starting to do that pinkish red thing even after fully warming up!

In that case, it would been no good as either the lamp or ballast was on its way out.

But even so, LPS is no good at all.

If you have an old LPS fixture then the best thing to do is shove either one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231621442437

Or one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262847692499

Or even one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142216488739

Into the LPS screw in base, remove all of the unnecessary stuff (such as capacitors and ballasts etc) and there you have, a CFL or LED equivalent to your LPS lamp.

Earlier tonight as the LPS lamps were warming up on a road I was walking down, one suddenly started flickering slightly then switched off completely then never turned again. Your diagnosis?

Sounds like a ballast issue, as the light started up ok, but then cut out. I don't think that LPS has a dramatic failure mode at EOL (unlike CFL or incandescent, which either just go off or flicker and go off) so chances are the ballast ended up giving way, which resulted in the flickering and then staying out.

Either way, that thing needs coming down and replacing with an LED. Have you submitted a FixMyStreet report yet?

As you would say if you caught me on TSR:

Reported.

I hope you also recommended that they replace it with something else, such as an LED!

[pinkteddyx64]

They destroyed it.

Bah! You should have tried to salvage the old LPS light - though you wouldn't really want to light up anywhere with LPS...

Besides, it was starting to do that pinkish red thing even after fully warming up!

In that case, it would been no good as either the lamp or ballast was on its way out.

But even so, LPS is no good at all.

If you have an old LPS fixture then the best thing to do is shove either one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231621442437

Or one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262847692499

Or even one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142216488739

Into the LPS screw in base, remove all of the unnecessary stuff (such as capacitors and ballasts etc) and there you have, a CFL or LED equivalent to your LPS lamp.

Earlier tonight as the LPS lamps were warming up on a road I was walking down, one suddenly started flickering slightly then switched off completely then never turned again. Your diagnosis?

Sounds like a ballast issue, as the light started up ok, but then cut out. I don't think that LPS has a dramatic failure mode at EOL (unlike CFL or incandescent, which either just go off or flicker and go off) so chances are the ballast ended up giving way, which resulted in the flickering and then staying out.

Either way, that thing needs coming down and replacing with an LED. Have you submitted a FixMyStreet report yet?

As you would say if you caught me on TSR:

Reported.

I hope you also recommended that they replace it with something else, such as an LED!

No, because they are all going to be replaced eventually remember?