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New light post in Frontierland
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Vernonpush
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Here is a close-up.
I can see 2 cables on the lower left where they are plugged into the instrument.
The top left is kind of iffy-
It looks like the left cables have been zip-tied together, the right not yet.
trr1
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not inside the park.
"Chocolate Avenue is a street in Hershey, Pennsylvania that runs past Hersheypark, and is considered to be the main street of the town.[1] It runs from Hersheypark Drive to the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 3017, at which the road continues as Main Street. Most of Chocolate Avenue is a segment of U.S. Route 422.
Chocolate Avenue is known for its street lamps that are shaped like Hershey's Kisses.[2][3] These unique lamps were first erected in 1963.[4] Some of the kisses are shown as being wrapped, and some as unwrapped, alternating between these two designs.[5][6] These lamps can also be found on Park Avenue. In 1990, the need to replace the wrappers for the lamps became noticeable.[7]
The street has been known for traffic congestion during the summer months due to tourists of the Hershey chocolate factory"
UltimtMickeyFan
Member
It apears 2 cables to each fixture, one for power and one for color control. The cross bar on top appears to be a standard lighting bus bar used in entertainment. Also from an earlier post the four fixtures are the same model, just two of them are turned upside down from the other two.
Rob562
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Also, I wouldn't get too excited about possible changing colors. LED fixtures need a control signal even if it's just for on/off or dimming control. (Though I'm hoping that they at least take some coloring/brightness into account to make for nice photos with the M&G characters, and not just a harsh white light)
-Rob
RAXIP
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Tom
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Indeed...and what appear to be large LEDs in the fixtures. Pricey fixture. But again, hopefully just something from the stockpile to use as a placeholder until they make one that MATCHES THE SURROUNDINGS.
etwtec
Active Member
Still thinking this must only be for the parties.... I do not see where there would be a need for color changing lights otherwise... unless they have something else up their sleeve... If so I wonder if we will be seeing more of these light posts poping up other places?
wsmith1978
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Only here could we have a 4 page discussions about a light post. :lol: I love it! 
Timon
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According to Entertainment area techs - The pole is permanent for Donald's MnG, the LED lights are controlled from Parade Central, each fixture has two wires, one for power the other for control. When asked about theming, other Main St Parade poles are just as ugly not that it shouldn't be themed but that maybe later it will be corrected. It was noted that small trees have been added to help hide it.
Personally some weathered wood around the pole plus some robe bindings and aging paint - bingo all done.
Personally some weathered wood around the pole plus some robe bindings and aging paint - bingo all done.
TheBeatles
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this is entering ladder territory.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
Even if its color-changing capability won't be used in normal operation, most LED light fixtures still need a control cable to actually turn the light on and off, and set dimming levels. They could also conceivably play with the exact hue of the light output to complement the area and characters better.
-Rob
Phonedave
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My comment was not so much as it pertains to light posts, but the park in general.
last time I was there - maybe 2 years ago - I noticed that while the park is very well maintained and clean, there is a decided lack of themeing.
For example, railings were set into concrete. the concrete was just a sonotube form. No themeing, just bare concrete. It was clean, it was neat, and it was very well maintained concrete, but it had all the appeal of a mall parking lot.
That's the sort of stuff I was referring to.
The WDW lampost is a very nice lampost indeed, it just sticks out like a sore thumb.
Here is a HersheyPark lamp post base
And here is the 'themeing' for the queue for the Resee's Cup Challange.
Clean, neat, and very acceptable - for HersheyPark - not for WDW
-dave
Alektronic
Well-Known Member
LED lights make everything easier now, no more changing gels on white lights and having to replace them often due to wear and tear
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Sorry for the delay.
Front:
Back (slightly blurry):
Those are HUGE led's! Now to find out who makes them! :lookaroun
etwtec
Active Member
So these lights will be used for the parades?
Rob562
Well-Known Member
No, but the parade people need to be able to turn them off when necessary... Kind of like the area floodlighting in the countries of World Showcase (the pop-up lights in France, for example). Managers and other techs can turn them on locally, but Illuminations show control ultimately has the master control over them.
-Rob
Tom
Beta Return
Very handy feature.
Since we're talking about lighting, does anyone know what kind of system they use to run all of the lighting in the park? I mean, it's probably not just a big theater dimmer rack. Is it proprietary or some sort of name brand system like strand or ETC?
