slipstream Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 http://www.popuppower.co.uk/index.html Came across these guys whilst shopping - http://www.popuppower.co.uk/images/edinburgh_0_029_350px.jpghttp://www.popuppower.co.uk/images/edinburgh_1_029_350px.jpg Powers out of the ground so fast that the public havn't even moved between before and after shots http://www.popuppower.co.uk/images/stainless_624.jpg Erm - thats a 240v socket with a 110v plug held in with gum There are more like this but scary when selling to a market that should know what it's looking at Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handyandi Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 The Covent garden page one is good. To start with I thought they had added the bollard but from this picture it seems they photo-shopped it out as the bloke next it has no legs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Best pop-up's I've seen are on the West side of George Square in Glasgow. They didn't bother too much about the drainage so they are full to the brim with water. Best bit is that they were up when their pits flooded and the council events department started winding them down, saw the water squirting out the sides, stopped momentarily and then destroyed them completely by winding them down into the flooded pits complete with a square fountain of water coming up from every side. They don't get used much. Maybe just as well since they ignored all the advice about them they were given and put on a fixed 30mA RCD meaning that visiting stages couldn't divide the power down into sub RCD'd circuits. There were many dark stages as a result, and then the generators came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simschr Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 An overcast day, yet it glows like the sun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 The perspective and even size doesn't match either - very poor graphics, and let's be honest, if you're going to cheat in your pictures, at least do it with some skill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Very odd - especially as there is apparently one installed there, then you'd think they could photograph the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Chances are they're only allowed to raise them after 14 safety checks are made and they'd have to close off the immediate area. It's likely they just wanted to photograph the thing up. You'd have thought they could have gone to the trouble of taking 2 photo's to show some time elapsed between up and down. What do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Presumably they were tested when installed? Maybe that would have been the time to take photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipstream Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 Assuming the main clients are councils then the testing after installation would have been tendered and the winner is still to be awarded the contract despite the 3 year wait. The bollards being a council installation are now never used as none of their staff have been on the the training course and there is no budget to train them or pay them overtime to raise the bollards - there is money for generators as its a separate budget. Your laughing, but now thinking that may be the truth if you have ever worked in council land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 For what it's worth, they know they chopped off the mans legs - and told me it's not uncommon for people to be legless in Covent Garden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I'm sorry but, like him, they don't have a leg to stand on. :D [gets coat] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Colwill Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 The perspective and even size doesn't match either - very poor graphics, and let's be honest, if you're going to cheat in your pictures, at least do it with some skill!It looks like they photo-shopped the unit into the photo then saved over the original, that was clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteair Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 For those who couldn't find the Covent Garden version Spot the difference anyone ? http://www.popuppower.co.uk/images/covent_0_975_350px.jpg http://www.popuppower.co.uk/images/covent_1_975_350px.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I am sure there isnt one there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Wrong, Kid. I have seen plenty of men legless in Covent Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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