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Lamp Post wanted.
Would someone who has had experience of erecting a working Lamp Post
(The old fashioned street lamp, not a modern monstroserty) advise me of any problems you may have encountered. Thank you for your time. John ============================================ |
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"John" wrote in message ... Would someone who has had experience of erecting a working Lamp Post (The old fashioned street lamp, not a modern monstroserty) advise me of any problems you may have encountered. Thank you for your time. John When I installed one some years ago, the climate went downhill and it was wintery for several hundred years, and the land was ruled by an evil witch. Other than that, no problems. -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks for email address |
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Tumbleweed wrote:
When I installed one some years ago, the climate went downhill and it was wintery for several hundred years, and the land was ruled by an evil witch. Other than that, no problems. Wedding present, was it? :-) -- Howard Neil |
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from John contains these words: Would someone who has had experience of erecting a working Lamp Post (The old fashioned street lamp, not a modern monstroserty) advise me of any problems you may have encountered. Finding someone to come round at dusk and light it. You just can't get the staff these days. Janet |
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Howard Neil wrote in message ...
Tumbleweed wrote: When I installed one some years ago, the climate went downhill and it was wintery for several hundred years, and the land was ruled by an evil witch. Other than that, no problems. Wedding present, was it? :-) OT: I've submitted the above three postings to alt.humor.best-of-usenet. Nice work, lads! Mike. |
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On Mon, 3 May 2004 13:02:38 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote: The message from John contains these words: Would someone who has had experience of erecting a working Lamp Post (The old fashioned street lamp, not a modern monstroserty) advise me of any problems you may have encountered. Finding someone to come round at dusk and light it. You just can't get the staff these days. What him that made the world a little brighter, that old lamp lighter of long, long ago? |
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On Mon, 3 May 2004 11:51:56 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "John" wrote in message .. . Would someone who has had experience of erecting a working Lamp Post (The old fashioned street lamp, not a modern monstroserty) advise me of any problems you may have encountered. Thank you for your time. John When I installed one some years ago, the climate went downhill and it was wintery for several hundred years, and the land was ruled by an evil witch. Other than that, no problems. A gobal warning? |
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Lamp Post wanted.
John wrote in message . ..
Would someone who has had experience of erecting a working Lamp Post (The old fashioned street lamp, not a modern monstroserty) advise me of any problems you may have encountered. I'd be cautious about using a second hand vintage lampost, because there is a good chance that the control gear and lampholders may be at the end of thier life, and the lamps themselves may be expensive or difficult to get. If the daylight sensor wants changing, you might have trouble getting one with a high enough power rating (although you can always add a helper relay/contactor). On top of that new ones are designed to reduce light pollution, and hence achieve a lot more local lumens for your cash. Erretion is simply a case of providing a cable duct to the location, threading that through the slot in the base and concreting in place. Use proper armoured waterproof cable underground, not PVC twin-and-earth. Backfill cable manholes with sand to discourage rat damage. But the whole thing is full of potential snags: you need a reasonable size hole, so that the concrete base does not move around because of the leverage from the upright: at least a metre deep and perhaps a metre across: the vendor should give you advice. The nature of the surrounding soil must be taken into account. Then there is the problem of lowering it into the hole and hauling it upright, and holding it so while the concrete sets: I'd look at a small lorry with a Hiab crane. You need access to change the lamp. A ladder won't do it. You need to make sure the steelwork, and the lamp holder, are really well earthed. Some of the domestic type, as sold by garden centres and the like, are quite easy to deal with: although none of them address the light pollution issue. |
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