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Sven,
Sorry that it has taken me so long to upload all of these photo's.
But, here we go I have only one good one but at least it is clear.


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Just as a note there guys,
The size in the photo is rather deceiving,
the arms on this light actually measure 7 metres each (21ft).
The whole thing wieghed 650Kg.

Quite a show. Where was this located?

I've noticed structures like that on the top of 110kV wooden poles here in Ireland!

Obviously they're not multi coloured nor or they there for decorative purposes...

Strange lightening protection?

a german manufactor makes these stick light stars. (Smaller, i guess 3m diameter)
I was trying to get one on ebay when these !$#* quit the auction early with no comment, because the prize was so low.
Why are they allowed to???? GRR

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Paul,
Sorry but there is a typo in my earlier posting.
The whole thing is 7metres in diameter.

Paul,
There are two of these installed in Ashburton here.
One at work and the other up on a local Bank.

Just an addendum to this,
The lights actually came from Vietnam, but were manufactured in China.
The speed controller that came with it was not Double-Insulated neither was it earthed, considering that it had a metal case on it.
Also, the controller was made to run on 220VAC, which is a bit low for my liking, so the thing is run through a Variac, I just hope that the Variac windings never short!.
The light is run by millions of 5mm grain of wheat incandescent fairy lights in the plastic rods and a cluster of them at the ends of each rod.
Mind you, we all know how long incandescent bulbs last, I wonder how bright it will be in a year or so?.

Grounding seems to be considered an unnecessary complication in the Far East!