GE Luna Mini Lantern Installations

This simple-looking fixture was quite uncommon here in the UK, but did appear in a few notable places. They were designed to run up to 150W SON-T or metal halide, or up to 125W mercury lamps. They featured an IP66 optical assembly. The lanterns measured 56cm long, 27cm wide, and 20cm tall, and weighed between 5kg to 8kg, with this variation in weight depending on the type of ballast installed within.

Long Eaton

An old access road to Toton Freight Yard was lit with some lanterns on Abacus base-hinged columns. Most of these columns have nothing on them nowadays. One has a GE Luna Mini, one had a Thorn Isaro Pro, and a couple have Inui SE lanterns. Originally, the road was lit by GEC Z8260s on wooden columns, before whatever lanterns that existed on the Abacus columns took over. Whether that's the GE Luna Minis or some other lantern is currently unknown. The column supporting the GE Luna Mini is pictured below:

It appears a stubby 100W/150W lamp is installed in this one.

Another disused column along this pathway is pictured below. Notice how the columns stray from the pathway a bit. The pathway does not follow the original roads route exactly, and some remains of a bridge were found in the nearby river which was in line with the columns to confirm this. This old access road can be seen here.

Despite placing this one last, this is the first column on the pathway. An Isaro Pro existed here briefly, but what ever happened to it isn't known. Perhaps it was realised that this was not a PFI column, and it was subsequently removed.

Loughborough

Despite a Philips MI50 being the star of the show here, a GE Luna Mini can be seen installed in the background, on quite an old column. This is located along Schwäbisch Hall Way.

Looking closely, it appears one of the cell socket wires - or perhaps part of the gasket - is trapped between the canopy and base.

Another one of these exists on the grounds of All Saints Church off Steeple Row.