Holophane V-MAX Lantern Installations

The original Holophane V-Max could come with between 1-8 LED chevrons; they were awarded "Product of the Year" in the HEA-HEMSA Awards of 2014. Outputting 2000lm-31000lm, they could be found installed in a multitude of applications from lighting car parks and footpaths all the way up to major roads and motor ways. These have since been replaced with the Holophane V-Max II. 

Bassetts Pole

These V-Max V5s are located around Bassetts Pole interchange, viewed through a rather-grubby bus window.

Castle Donington

This installation is located next to the Derby Southern Bypass, on a footpath. Thank you to AgentHalogen_87 for taking these photos after I lost mine to data corruption.

This would have replaced a Thorn Pilote T1 or a Holophane Estilo.

Lichfield

Some V-Max V5s exist around The Friary, Lichfield.

26588 refers to the number of lumens this lantern produces.

Newcastle-under-Lyme

This column previously supported a Philips SGS305, but now hosts a Holophane V-Max V3. The following installations are located along Talke Road.

Much further down Talke Road is this V-Max V5, lighting a junction between Talke Road, London Road and Liverpool Road.

Due to how far the column is set back from the road, it utilises a long outreach bracket.

Just like the Lichfield V-Max V5s, these output 26588lm.

Another V-Max V5 was spotted on Column 204 of the A34, but this is just one of many along this road.

These next V-Maxes are notable in that they are the V2 version mounted at around 4m. This is due to them being intended to light the stairways to a subway tunnel which goes under Ryecroft.

The X means these lanterns have no dimming.

An identical installation is present on the other side of the tunnel.

Nottingham

These V-Maxes are located along the A610 into Nottingham.

V-Max V4s continue onto the roundabout between the A610, B600, and the A6002.

Tamworth

This example is mounted to a hinged 4m column, on Tamworth Road. I've never seen one mounted so low, but it's like this due to the overhead cables seen in the image.

On a new housing estate in Tamworth, exist several V-Maxes in a sea of seemingly-random lanterns. My guess is that the contractors used left-over LED and MH stock for this area. The lanterns use SELC 8480 photocells.

Just as you exit the estate, you can see a V-Max mounted at 5m on an almost new column. It replaced an Industria 2600 on a 5m Abacus raise-and-lower column.

On 29/09/2024 I discovered a damaged column on Tamworth Road, Amington. The lantern was missing and a significant amount of debris was lying around. Evidently the MEWP van had already attended the column, so I decided to have a rummage through the rubble to see if the lantern (or what was left of it) was still around.

It didn't take long to find it, albeit in three pieces. I decided to pick up what was left of the lantern to attempt to repair it, given that it would have just been scrapped anyway.

Once I got home I opened the lantern to find the inside had survived the 8m fall. Evidently, the column was hit with some force. Just look at that spigot!

And despite the 8m drop, the lantern did still work with some rewiring!

You can see where the front of the lantern hit the ground, damaging the chevron.

Riverdrive, Ventura is littered with V-Maxes, pictured here from below with the moon in the background, providing a clash of my two main interests: street lights and space!

This loosened V-Max was spotted on the 29th February 2024, and was pictured in April of 2024. It's located on Chesterton Way.

In this game of spot-the-difference, a V-Max has been installed on column T3 of Buckingham Road. It replaced an ELECO GR100

The crossed out text reveals this lantern was from (or designated for) column T2 of Field Farm Road. This is a 61W example, much like my own.

It's this V-Max, who's entire purpose is to light up this roof... only joking, it wasn't installed like this (I hope!) What likely happened is the grub-screws loosened and allowed the lantern to be swung round by the wind. This one is located on Tame Street, Tamworth. This installation has since been fixed.

This V-Max is pictured at night, from a close-by pedestrian bridge over the A5. It has one set of LED chevrons.

A close up view reveals all 32 LEDs, in groups of 4, which are on chevrons containing 4 groups of 4 LEDs on each. The lantern has 2 chevrons in total.

Weeford

This example is one of the larger V-Max V6s, located on column 1 of the Weeford Interchange.

More V-Max V5s and V6s line the surrounding roads, and the rest of the interchange.