[DIFH]

Just driven by the ground and the new floodlights look very futuristic.

Anyone know the story behind the changes, tv deals maybe ?

[JonB]

Sure one of the Kirk?s said in a post season interview they were being done. Presumably more efficient etc as the lights used seem to have come on leaps and bounds since they were installed as part of the new ground back in 2010.

See a lot of them now used as part of pre game build up like at Chelsea when we played there.

[spireitetoo]

 DIFH, on 17 May 2024 - 08:03 PM, said:

Just driven by the ground and the new floodlights look very futuristic.

Anyone know the story behind the changes, tv deals maybe ?

I presume its something to do with the law change for business lighting, where all bulbs have to be low energy/heat by the of 2025 I think, the company I work for has been busy changing all the bulbs in and outside of the factory...

[Rodney's Moustache]

Maybe a stipulation by the FL that the lights have to be a certain Lux ( measurement of light) and ours didn't meet the criteria or maybe we just felt like upgrading them.

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[Mr Mercury]

Have we just upgraded the bulbs or are they complete new floodlights?

[JonB]

 Rodney, on 18 May 2024 - 08:52 AM, said:

Maybe a stipulation by the FL that the lights have to be a certain Lux ( measurement of light) and ours didn't meet the criteria or maybe we just felt like upgrading them.

Pretty sure the originals were up to spec bearing in mind we?ve hosted various midweek England age group games.

 Mr Mercury, on 18 May 2024 - 09:00 AM, said:

Have we just upgraded the bulbs or are they complete new floodlights?

Just new bulbs, pylons still the same.

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[born in 1866]

 Mr Mercury, on 18 May 2024 - 09:00 AM, said:

Have we just upgraded the bulbs or are they complete new floodlights?

New light fittings, not just bulbs but retained the pylons.

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[Mr Mercury]

Cheers

[ronpowellsbutler]

I liked it before we had any ...

[Town_Fan]

Still think we missed an absolute trick by not having crooked spire shaped floodlights

[SocraticCFC]

born in 1866, on 18 May 2024 - 09:20 AM, said:

New light fittings, not just bulbs but retained the pylons.

Apparently, when we score, they can be switched to rotating strobe lighting with filters for a 'Saturday night Fever' effect.

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[DIFH]

 JonB, on 18 May 2024 - 09:18 AM, said:

Pretty sure the originals were up to spec bearing in mind we?ve hosted various midweek England age group games.


Just new bulbs, pylons still the same.

Far from that Jon, they look to be in clusters of 6 with new backing panels.

[Half Full]

ronpowellsbutler, on 18 May 2024 - 09:54 AM, said:

I liked it before we had any ...

What time did we kick off in the pre lights games at Saltergate. Was it 2pm? I remember there were games where it was getting dark near the end.

[60s 70s Spireite]

 Half Full, on 18 May 2024 - 07:27 PM, said:

What time did we kick off in the pre lights games at Saltergate. Was it 2pm? I remember there were games where it was getting dark near the end.

Which weren't much good when you had to attend school.

[ronpowellsbutler]

 Half Full, on 18 May 2024 - 07:27 PM, said:

What time did we kick off in the pre lights games at Saltergate. Was it 2pm? I remember there were games where it was getting dark near the end.

Think 2pm mainly. There was only ten minutes half time and negligible injury time so that helped.

[Osborne again]

 ronpowellsbutler, on 18 May 2024 - 09:54 AM, said:

I liked it before we had any ...

Didn't we get our first lights secondhand from Sheffield United on the understanding that they were free if we shifted them.

[Brookie]

Osborne again said:

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Didn't we get our first lights secondhand from Sheffield United on the understanding that they were free if we shifted them.

Yes, they were eventually moved to the pitch in Eckington, as kids we could play at the side of the pitch in the evening under lights while Northern Intermediate side was training

[frearsghost]

Brookie, on 19 May 2024 - 07:09 AM, said:

Yes, they were eventually moved to the pitch in Eckington, as kids we could play at the side of the pitch in the evening under lights while Northern Intermediate side was training

I think we already had lights at Eckington at the time. I remember someone saying it was strange that the training ground was equipped with lights but Saltergate wasn't. The lights were bought from Sheffield Utd and cost ?10,000, There was an appeal to fund them and boxes for donations at the gound. They lay there, behind the kop, for months rusting away. When eventually construction began, the pylons began to twist and were deemed dangerous so new ones were bought.

I recall the Stoke game at home in the League Cup kicked off at 4.45. I bunked off school.

[dalekpete]

https://youtu.be/8zt...ASzQFhJjTR9ZwXU

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[HaslandBlue58]

Got something in my head telling me that Sid Lancashire fabricator/erector at the Tube Works when I was still an apprentice being involved in the erecting for some reason?