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GUIDE FORM SPECIFICATIONS
TIGER ™ ROADWAY LUMINAIRE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The totally enclosed and weather-resistant luminaire designated 
_______ (identify) shall be a GE TIGER™ ROADWAY LIGHTING luminaire, 
ordering number _______ (specify TGSM (with SnapDrive™) TCSM/ 
TGTM (tray mounted ballast), plus ordering number logic from catalog) 
designed, to operate one _______ (specify 250, 400) watt high pressure 
sodium or _______ (specify 250, 400) watt metal halide mogul base 
lamp from a nominal _______ (specify 120, 208, 240, 277, 347 or 480) 
volt , 60 Hertz power source. The luminaire shall include an integral 
prewired SnapDrive™ ballast assembly or removable power tray (magnetic Regulator) and optical assembly that shall produce a _______  
(specify narrow, medium, forward throw, staggered, opposite wide, 
extra wide) distribution. The luminaire shall have UL/cUL1598 Listed 
SUITABLE FOR WET LOCATIONS with SnapDrive™. The luminaire shall be 
equipped with an activated charcoal breath-way for clean ventilation 
and long term maintained foot-candle levels. Ballast , housing, optical, 
and luminaire assembly shall all be built to GE Lighting Systems specifications.
MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION
The luminaire shall include an astethically pleasing heavy duty die-cast 
aluminum alloy housing with thermoset electrocoat primer applied inside and out. Finish paint shall be TGIC polyester powder paint applied 
100% to the outside surface up to a thickness of .008". The luminaire 
shall have a thermal and impact resistant glass lens that is sealed to 
the door frame with continuous wet applied bead of silicone rubber 
gasketing. The luminaire access door shall be sealed to the back housing with continuous molded silicone foam gasket . Entire housing and 
optical sealed to IP65. Entry to the luminaire shall be accomplished via 
hand operated latches (tool-less entry). The door frame shall be hinged 
to the luminaire via hinging screws and can be loosened for quick 
and simple removal when desired. No electricals shall be mounted on 
the door. All threaded hardware shall be corrosion resistant chromate 
washed, zinc-nickel alloy plated carbon steel. The luminaire shall have 
provision for a factory installed photoelectric control receptacle.
The luminaire shall be equipped with a 4-bolt slipfitter for mounting 
(specify H4 mounting in catalog logic) to horizontal mast arms. It shall 
be made of cast aluminum with a thermoset electrocoat primer with 
finish paint of TGIC polyester powder paint applied to 100% of the 
exterior surface to match luminaire. The slipfitter shall be mounted internally to the housing with four 3/8" bolts. It shall have adjustment of 
± 5 degrees for leveling and shall have two galvanized clamps with four 
3/8" bolts to secure luminaire to a standard 2" mast arm (2-3/8"OD). All 
hardware shall be zinc-nickel coated for corrosion protection.  OR
The luminaire shall be supplied with an adjustable tenon mounting 
slipfitter (specify 1K-low tilt or 2K-high tilt in catalog logic). Slipfitter 
shall consist of three, cast aluminum components- mounting adaptor, 
tenon slipfitter and terminal board cover. Components shall be made 
of cast aluminum with a thermoset electrocoat primer with finish coat 
of TGIC polyester powder paint applied to 100% of the exterior surface 
to match luminaire. Assembly shall be internally attached to luminaire 
housing via two 3/8" hex-head bolts. Tenon slipfitter shall accept 
standard 2" tenon (2-3/8" OD) and be capable of field adjustment of 
the aiming angles from 0° to 45° There shall be a dead-back terminal 
board with tunnel type connectors suitable for #6 conductor mounted 
on top of the slipfitter. All hardware shall be zinc-nickel coated for corrosion protection. OR
The luminaire shall be equipped with a non-adjustable external slipfitter (specify ES in catalog logic) for mounting to horizontal mast arms. 
Slipfitter shall be made of schedule 40 steel pipe and secure 2" mast 
arm via four 3/8" set screws. It shall be attached internally via two 
3/8" hex head bolts. It shall have a thermoset electrocoat primer with 
matching finish coat of TGIC polyester powder paint applied to 100% 
of the exterior surface  to match luminaire. All hardware shall be zincnickel coated for corrosion protection.
The luminaires shall be certified that samples have been tested for vibration resistance at 2 g' s for 100,000 cycles in each of the three major 
Shallow Glass
Flat Glass
Prismatic Glass
axes, at or below the first harmonic, followed by a 4 g' s test for a period of 5,000 cycles in the axis with the most displacement without any 
major mechanical failures. Integral mounting features to add shielding. 
BALLAST OPERATION
TGSM
Ballast , ignitor, capacitor and printed circuit board wiring shall be 
installed onto a modular SnapDrive™ Electrical System that snaps 
in and out of the luminaire without tools. Voltage changes, wattage 
changes (250 or 400 watt only), the addition of optional EZAdd™ quartz 
switching device and optional EZAdd™ 400 watt bi-level switching 
shall be accomplished with the use of quick-change jumpers that shall 
be located on the ballast printed circuit board (Contact factory for 
application availability). SnapDrive™ Electrical Systems shall be interchangeable into other luminaires in the Criterion™ family of the same 
wattage size. The luminaire shall contain a standard Auto-regulator 
(CWA) ballast . Optional factory installed fusing shall be available for 
all discrete voltages and wattages. The ballast shall be compliant with 
ANSI specifications and lamp manufacturers specifications at the time 
of manufacture. The ballast shall reliably start and operate the lamp in 
ambient temperatures down to -20 degrees F for metal halide and -40 
degrees F for high pressure sodium. Pulse start metal halide ballasts 
shall be available from 250 - 400 watts. 
TGTM 
The luminaire shall contain a standard _______ (specify) type ballast 
in full compliance with lamp-ballast specifications available to the fixture manufacturer from the lamp manufacturers at the time of fixture 
manufacture.
The ballast shall reliably start and operate the lamp in ambient temperatures down to -20°F for mercury and metal halide or 
-40°F for HPS. 
The luminaire and ballast shall be from the same manufacturer. 
The ballast shall be prewired to the lamp socket and dead-back termi-
nal board, requiring connection of power supply leads to the terminal 
board only. A plug-in ignitor shall be available and shall be removable 
without the use of tools. Shutoff device protected ignitor option available.
The ballast components including ballast , dead-back terminal board 
and ignitor shall be mounted on an easily removable power tray. The 
tray shall be held in place by three key-hole slot screws.
OPTICAL ASSEMBLY
The optical assembly shall be either precision hydroformed aluminum 
reflector that has a chemically bonded lightweight non-breakable 
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ALGLAS 
cally brightened, anodized and sealed segmented reflector.
Flat lens enclosures shall be 0.125" thick, heat and impact resistant 
tempered soda lime glass. Shallow and prismatic enclosures shall be 
0.25" thick heat and impact resistant molded borosilicate glass.
 finish on all surfaces for precise light control or electro-chemi-
Guide Form Specifications – 2011

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