Urbis Evolo 2
Acquired October 2015
I'm not 100% sure why but the Urbis Evolo has got to be one of my favourite lanterns, I think it might be the styling that is appealing to me. This is a very common lantern right across the countyof Cumbria, however all the ones here run Cosmo White lamps and are finished in a two-tone grey (bottom half darker than top half) this of course shows off the Evolo's characteristic 'wave' down the side where the canopy and lower section of the lantern meet where as mine runs a 70W SON-T and is painted black. I found the lantern on the internet and it is brand new and unused and even came in its original box with the instruction leaflets.
I'm not 100% sure why but the Urbis Evolo has got to be one of my favourite lanterns, I think it might be the styling that is appealing to me. This is a very common lantern right across the countyof Cumbria, however all the ones here run Cosmo White lamps and are finished in a two-tone grey (bottom half darker than top half) this of course shows off the Evolo's characteristic 'wave' down the side where the canopy and lower section of the lantern meet where as mine runs a 70W SON-T and is painted black. I found the lantern on the internet and it is brand new and unused and even came in its original box with the instruction leaflets.
The label appears to have been chopped off, re-naming the lantern a 'VOLO'. The address on the box is where the lantern was destined to be installed. I checked this out on Street view and the road was relit between 2009 and 2012 with Two-tone grey Urbis Evolos fitted with nema sockets and cells, the images were not clear enough to determine what lamps they run.
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I suspect that the lantern had been unpackaged at some point before I bought it, as I doubt that Urbis are going to package their lanterns with old news paper, correct me if I'm wrong but it seems a bit of a weird concept. I was also surprised to see that the lantern was drilled for a photocell but the reason for this became apparent later.
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The lantern is equipped with an electronic Zodion Ballast.
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This thing confused me at first but upon reading on of the leaflets that came with the lantern it became apparent that this lantern is compatible with Harvard Node sensors and this is the connector for it. So that is probably why the lantern has been drilled for a sensor, to make it easier to fit the node on site.
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The top side of the optical unit. It appears that the original idea was to rivet the lamp-holder in place but they decided at the last minute to glue it instead.
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The lamp holder can be removed by twisting one quarter turn then it pulls out and can be un-plugged. The GE Lucalox was included with the lantern.
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Things just keep getting better, my favourite lantern came with not just a free bulb but a 4cm length of green+yellow sleeving completely free as well. Get in! I found it down stuck down the side of the reflector.
The Evolo is certainly turning out to be a well designed and well thought out lantern. To prevent the canopy from slamming closed when it is being serviced it has a stay prop that clicks into place when it is opened. To release it the canopy is lifted slightly so it can then be pushed back and the lantern closed.
When I applied the electricity the lamp was remarkably orange despite being cold, and the ballast emitted a slight buzz. After a few seconds though this buzz ceased and the lamp became more purple and then warmed up in the typical manner of a SON-T.