Philips SGS252 Lantern Installations

The Philips SGS252 are part of the Philips Iridium family of lanterns. They were incredibly popular across the UK and mainland Europe. In addition to SON lamps, metal halide and LED lamps were available. The canopy is of GRP (fibreglass) construction, with flat-glass, curved tempered glass, deep-glass and deep-polycarbonate bowls available. The SGS252 is the smallest of the 252/3/4 family, but not the smallest Iridium made.

Derby

The two sizes of the Iridium can also be sighted along Bradshaw Way, where columns with post-top SGS254s, and smaller, side-entry SGS252s exist.

Many of the smaller SGS252s have been swapped for OrangeTEK AriaLEDs, as seen of the following example:

On the opposite side of the coin: a spot-replacement Iridium! It replaced a failed Philips Milewide² LED lantern.

The Iridium looks weathered, so it may have been installed second-hand from somewhere else.

Rugby

This installation of an SGS252 is located on column 14 of Coton Road.

The examples here employ radio-nodes to control the lantern's burning hours.

Inside is what appears to be a 50W SON-T lamp.

Tamworth

Another post-top example, seen installed at 6m on Lindores Road. This installation is notable in that it exists next to another post-top Iridium at 8m.

New housing estates seem to love using the Philips SGS252 as a CDO lantern among the LEDs. Yet another housing estate supports several SGS252s.

An example of a Philips SGS252, this one running a metal halide lamp. It is mounted at 6m and located in a new housing estate in Borough Park, Tamworth.

Toton

Manor Farm Open Space has a spot-replacement Iridium, used to light a footpath after a Philips SGS101 had failed. The lantern's similar appearance to the SGS101 could be the reason as to why it was picked as a replacement, if not by coincidence.

The lantern has made a nice home for some crawly critters, evident by the blanket of cobwebs underneath.