Local CU Phosco P873s

Two P873s are known to exist in Derbyshire; one is at the end of Cliff Road in Buxton, while the other is on Church Mews in Hatton. Previously, OrangeTEK Voyagers were situated at both locations, but P873s were, ultimately, fitted instead, in order to provide more of an all-round light distribution, owing to the adjacent area being poorly lit with the roadway-style lantern.

The previous column at Cliff Road had supported a 35 Watt SOX Thorn Gamma 6, which had a beam distribution similar to that of the P873.

The little cross-shaped lantern has four square lenses, with four LEDs behind each one. Depending on the required distribution, different lens types are available, including a roadway type. In these circumstances, the side seen in this view is the "front" of the lantern, with an indicator arrow located below the lens, as well as above on the canopy. In this case, however, all four lenses are engineered to push each beam forwards equally, and so, the lantern's orientation is not important here. A Zodion ZCell^LED photocell, dated to May 2021, is fitted to a NEMA socket located in the centre of the lantern's canopy. The lantern was fitted a little while later, on Friday, 2nd July of that year.

The lenses are seen in better detail when the lantern is viewed from below.

Zooming in on the identification label reveals that the lantern was made on the 11th December 2019, is rated at 20 Watts (without dimming), and uses the 'A1' optic style, as described above.

The Church Mews example is fitted to a 1980s' Stainton / Petitjean mid-hinged column. Again, the original lantern installed here was a contemporary Gamma 6.

A Zodion SS9-DLS part-night photocell is employed here.

This P873 didn't have a visible identification label (it may have been on the other side of the lantern), although I would think that its attributes match those of the Buxton example, with a possible later production date.

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