Thorlux Azmet 3 Lantern Installations

The Azmet 3 flood light was a general-purpose asymmetric area light which could run up to 400W high-pressure sodium (SON-T, SON-T plus or SON-T comfort) or metal halide lamps. They featured an IP rating of IP65. These flood lights were quite common, especially around Birmingham where they seem to be used in substantial numbers.

Birmingham

An Azmet 3 was spotted attached to a building off the A47 by means of a post-top wall-bracket.

The footpaths inside of Salford Circus are illuminated with Azmet 3 flood lights.

This was the first example to be photographed.

Oddly, these ones seem to have an issue with lamps, with multiple containing lamps with smashed outer-bulbs.

These are all mounted on Abacus base-hinged columns, as getting a van down here would be impossible. Below is an example without a smashed lamp.

Nearby is another Azmet 3 with a smashed HQIT lamp.

The arc tube also appears to have exploded, perhaps a power-surge is responsible for this? There is no visible damage to any of the fixtures, as their tall columns have kept them out of the reach of vandalism.

The base-hinge on this example appears to have broken, and it is tightly-wrapped in tape.