... I guess I am enjoying the icy blue like it's going out of style, because I remain haunted by the feat that they someday will be. So I am going over board...
UGH! I can't take daylight lights in a house! Warm white, or 3500K mid-range is fine, but even regular cool white at 4100K is too cool! (harsh!) I'm not even...
Wow - it's still there? I remember that one - from about 7 years ago - it was working then. Everytime I go by there, I forget to look to see if it's still...
I'm guessing these lights are multiple-wired, not series? It's kind of nice that they are keeping the original lights and just upgrading the light source - and...
... because I ... board on ... fixture. If ... fluorescent of ... it's ... the more ... bein ... resemblance ... The thing I notice is that high color...
... of nice ... light ... recessed ... appeared ... at first ... can grab ... Speaking of recessed mercs, I was in the drugstore in Redmond a couple weeks ago...
Hi Guys I too use the cool white CFL lamps when lighting up old streetlights as they give the impresion of Mercury Lamps lit in them I attach a picture of a...
I look forward to the results on the Chinese lamp - can it work half way as efficiently in alternative ambients I wonder? best regards Tom Webster ... From:...
The penchant for artificiality of indoor light might also be a throwback to our stone age past where a warm colour temperature was associated with the bonfire...
... to ... freeze ... off? ... That sounds viable. I always associated the soft-white with a warm indoor nook. A nice alcove or corner where you snuggle up to...
Here are some interesting articles: http://www.usda.gov/rus/electric/engineering/1999/securitylights.htm http://www.sfbeautiful.org/streetlightplan.html...
SO--what have I been saying all along about mercury vapor? That it's the best light source for streetlighting ever deveolped? And that energy efficiency of HPS...
... it's the best light source for streetlighting ever deveolped? And that energy efficiency of HPS is offset by HPS' wretched reliability and awful color...
Bad move! Looks like only GE makes real mercs anymore! Some are still made in USA, but most are made in Hungary by Tungsram, and are beautifully made! If they...
Color definitely inspires mood - I remember when I got my first "cool white" fluorescent- I would turn it on late at night because it reminded me of moonlight....
I always hoped HID sources would become more popular in residential lighting. I wish there were more varieties of self-ballasted mercury lamps I could use...
GE did indeed make a small self-ballasted metal halide that was even test-marketed. It was called the Halarc. Sylvania also worked on one called the Miniarc, I...
Hi Rick, Yep we street light nuts all want to see the great comeback of mercury lamps (and it is possible if a city installs metal halide cobraheads, that a...
Hello all... I am wondering which mercury vapor lamp brand have you had the best and worst experience with? You can include both the old Bonuslines/Lifeguard...
I don't see what the issue would be for mercury contamination of the environment by fluorescent and HID lamps, if all lamps are required to be recycled - where...
... mercury lamps ... an ... have ... once ... supposed to ... Maybe ... replacement ... The biggest problem with HID for indoor lighting is the hot restrike ...
... Yeah but the silly thing is that HPS lamps contain mercury as well, and their lifetime is shorter than a mercury lamp. I think much of what killed mercury...
HPS, MH, and fluorescent lamps all contain as much if not more mercury then mercury vapor lamps---remember--they are all merely lamps evolved from mercury...
Dave, I've found the absolute worst garbage out there is Philips. They simply can't make a decent HID lamp of any sort. Their mercury lamps (now made by them...
wonderful, but inefficient and short lived. SO--again---merc takes center stage as the ideal all around light source, and bringing back /C phosphors would be...
Many people forget that the manufacture of incandescent lamps puts far more mercury into the environment than the disposal issues of mercury vapour lamps, high...
Yes--I forgot myself! To make tungsten ductile, it's first prepared as an amalgam with mercury before drawing through diamond dies, then, the final wire is...
I thought I had a deal worked out for some of these but it fell through, so here's a list of some lights I want and prices I'm willing to pay for a nice...
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