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Post by ST Andrew on May 30, 2024 11:21:06 GMT
Subject to planning
I'm sure I think when I first attended there were 36 lamps per pylon. Possibly down to 4 on a pole.
The iconic skyline will be no more.
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Post by reasonabull on May 30, 2024 11:28:45 GMT
Subject to planning I'm sure I think when I first attended there were 36 lamps per pylon. Possibly down to 4 on a pole. The iconic skyline will be no more. True, but they'll provide better and less costly lighting and avoid light spill to the neighbours. |
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Post by greekgod on May 30, 2024 11:47:41 GMT
Keep the pylons with dummy lights at the top. Place the LED strip lower down where it needs to go.
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Post by dadstaxi on May 30, 2024 12:03:19 GMT
Eiffel Tower has small lights all over it which at night light up and sparkle every 15 minutes. Tourist attraction. Do that with the pylons bring the tourists to the city.
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Post by reasonabull on May 30, 2024 12:15:30 GMT
Roads couldn't cope with the rush!
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Post by Incognito on May 30, 2024 12:41:36 GMT
Subject to planning I'm sure I think when I first attended there were 36 lamps per pylon. Possibly down to 4 on a pole. The iconic skyline will be no more. Pretty sure there were nine on each of the original (50's) pylons. |
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Post by eric on May 30, 2024 13:30:01 GMT
Nine 1,500 watt floodlamps per the book
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Post by White Lightning on May 30, 2024 13:46:54 GMT
They had already reduced the number of floodlights by the time I started going. Here is what they looked like in all their glory. Iron curtain numbers of bulbs.  |
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Post by Incognito on May 30, 2024 15:10:49 GMT
I think the original nine per pylon set were replaced in the early/mid seventies with new towers and possibly 16 lamps. They were again upgraded to the present set-up during GT's era.
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Post by greekgod on May 30, 2024 15:26:08 GMT
They had already reduced the number of floodlights by the time I started going. Here is what they looked like in all their glory. Iron curtain numbers of bulbs. View AttachmentLike a wet dream |
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Post by Gresty on May 30, 2024 15:45:20 GMT
They had already reduced the number of floodlights by the time I started going. Here is what they looked like in all their glory. Iron curtain numbers of bulbs. View AttachmentProper! |
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Post by Gresty on May 30, 2024 17:45:47 GMT
I've commented about this previously, but as a youngster, going to a midweek floodlit match, the grass always looked greener than in daylight, the players kit always looked brighter and to add to all that, the aroma of wintergreen oil* wafting up to the terraces completed the experience.
Those pylons will be missed.....
*Those of us of a certain age remember this. It wouldn't feature anywhere in our 'modern day' game.
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Post by ST Andrew on May 30, 2024 18:12:36 GMT
They had already reduced the number of floodlights by the time I started going. Here is what they looked like in all their glory. Iron curtain numbers of bulbs. View AttachmentI was correct 1973 as a regular 6x6 equals 36 per pylon |
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Post by ST Andrew on May 30, 2024 18:14:14 GMT
I think the original nine per pylon set were replaced in the early/mid seventies with new towers and possibly 16 lamps. They were again upgraded to the present set-up during GT's era. 1973 as per picture 36 per pylon Memories fade but the scars still linger |
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Post by White Lightning on May 30, 2024 18:23:31 GMT
Just a pity that the UK workforces reluctance to work throughout that decade meant they weren't allowed to turn them on that often.
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Post by sittingbull on May 30, 2024 18:26:51 GMT
I remember many years back, talking to an old chap, electrician, who said that during his apprenticeship when the lights were first installed , it was the job of the young lads to man the pylons during a game, their job was to replace the blown bulbs as quickly as possible because if to many bulbs went and not replaced in time, the whole lot would just blow. How true I do not know, wasn’t around when they were installed.
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Post by Corporal Ken on May 30, 2024 20:25:16 GMT
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Post by White Lightning on May 30, 2024 20:47:55 GMT
That is wonderful. Gave you a bit of an uneasy feeling though on his behalf. If they were still the bulbs that got used, he said that they were 1.5kW bulbs. So if there are 36x4 that would be 216kWh. So over three hours you would be looking at £175 at current domestic rates. I think. Roughly 1.5 months of your average houses electricity per match. I guess the new floodlights will be LEDs. |
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Post by halesowen1 on Jun 2, 2024 12:36:33 GMT
How were we going to sort it all out in a short time when it appears the contract over the masts is still to run for 18 months?
Surely there’s a way around it, because the present lights are not really adequate and are not helping stadium development.
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Post by Incognito on Jun 2, 2024 13:12:22 GMT
Can't see any reason why the new pylons and lights can go up while the old towers remain until the telecoms contracts expire.
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