coleslaw wrote:spotify95 wrote:Well, we have some improvements at last for the Queens' Foyer!
As Ce Ce Peniston would say in this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npPfb_P3iMgWe're 4 years too late, but finally, it's happened to Queens!
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One of them looks broken off or is that one yet to be replaced? :lol: What type of building is queens foyer?
The ones that look to be "broken off" were in the middle of being retrofitted when I took the photos. They have since been converted to LED and put back up, and are now working.
Switching from Metal Halide to LED involves removing all of the guts of those fittings, since Metal Halide light fittings require ignitors, capacitors and ballasts in addition to the lamp. LEDs just require the lamp; all the circuitry is inside the LED bulb.
Obviously, all of the ballasts had burnt out, as had most of the caps and ignitors - so new internals were required if even to get them back to Metal Halide - which ofc, is very inefficient and maintenance heavy.
The name of the building is Queens Building - probably named so because it was opened by Her Majesty in 1993 - the foyer/concourse area of the building (across all 3 floors) is where these random, inefficient, non working metal halide light fittings are.
Most of the inaccessible fittings still remain as-is at the moment; they are due to be replaced within the next year.
Hopefully, I will be able to reclaim all of these metal halide fittings, since the overall plan (when all of them come down) is to put brighter LEDs in, in new fittings, and remove all old fittings. So basically, DMU might have saved me the hassle of converting some of the lamps to LED!
Oh, and the foyer looks nicer, brighter, and more appealing.