I was corresponding with Frank in Ct about Ripley Sunswitch photocontrols, but lost his email address, please email me at: msuggs@... Thanks, Marvin...
Rick, The front of the luminaire might look a little like the GE M-250A2 but the luminaire is longer than a GE, so I know it is a Hubbell. Dave ... ...
... the text? I ... Southern ... wiz but ... moderator ... Attaching photos to emails to the group won't work, you have to create a folder and drop them in the...
Ok, wise guy! LOL! A Hubbell. eh? Damn---I missed this one! Rick C-6! Silverliner_12 <silverliner_12@...> wrote:Rick, The front of the luminaire might...
... That sounds great. We do more than talk about streetlights, but also work for change. One person who emailed me said they used to be incandescent. I notice...
The other day I converted one of the two 50W HPS wall packs at my mom's house to a 23W CFL so there's one fewer source spewing icky orange light out on the...
I saw in the Rosenberg, TX, newspaper that county commissioners are concerned about light pollution. They want to draft an ordinance requiring businesses to...
... Cement parking lots? I think the only time I've seen one of those was in a parking garage, most around here are asphalt to begin with. Perhaps it soaks up...
James---now you're talkin' sensibly! i have converted more than a few HPS wall packs to merc too! It's the way to go, bud! And to think--I actually had my 1916...
Right-o! It's not sheer amount of light, but quality of light. I have a homemade floodlight on a tree out back with a 7 watt PL in it, and this thing lights it...
Another light nut from tiny lil Connecticut?? Couldn't be!!! Keep me posted.... -Keith from Connecticut [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Apr 3, 2004 4:23 am
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... few HPS wall packs to merc too! It's the way to go, bud! And to think- -I actually had my 1916 Benjamin radial waver wired to a remote ballast and equipped...
what are these - what do they look like?? i've heard about them - anyone know where i can find pictures or has anyone got any?? thanx motoringlamppostliverpool...
To group moderator-- Please pardon my inability to comprehend computer literacy, however, I do believe I have signed up to the streetlight group home page...
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Apr 4, 2004 6:18 pm
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WRTL is a UK streetlight manufacturer- try posting the question in the UK streetlighting group-- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StreetlightingUK/ -- there's...
... Was this on SR-512 (the freeway that runs between I-5 & SR-167)? I think there's still a few along that route. Besides SR-512, I've seen MV lamps along...
LB: You are mostly correct - mercs still exist near the Nalley Valley Viaduct on SR 16, they still exist at one or two exits in Gig Harbor (W. of the Narrows),...
There's still quite a few in Ruston. Also, there's a bunch at the parking lot at the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal. Until a few years ago, there were a...
Hello all.... Now that I am getting to know alot of the popular fixures that used to be and still are out there, and not being super educated in the technology...
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Apr 8, 2004 4:36 am
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See comments below. ... The metal halide is more efficient, typically by 50% in lumen output, initial output. However, merc lamps at least older ones have...
... From: FARMER1419@... [mailto:FARMER1419@...] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:57 PM To: streetlights-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: [streetlights-l]...
Jon Roberson
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Apr 8, 2004 3:16 pm
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Lee Lowry <leel@...> writes ... As far as I'm aware (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong!) the diffusing coating on some MH lamps is just that,...
... output or ... causing ... Not really driven differently, the problem (as Lee explained earlier) is that the electrodes can't be treated with impurities to...
Keith, MH is more efficient than MV, but has shorter life and poorer lumen maintenance (light output over life), and all in all, MV is of greater operating...
... LPS lamps actually do not contain mercury, in fact in a technical sense they're not even considered HID, but more like fluorescent lamps. The arc tube...
Jon Roberson
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Apr 9, 2004 5:23 am
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... which ... out (one ... the ... LPS certainly has some interesting properties, if you light one inside and look at color photographs they become black &...
Indeed, in Europe, a lot of lighting is either compact fluorescent or low watt mercury (80 or 125 watt), usually at rather low mounting heights. It really...
Thew darkskyers can go scratch---LPS sucks! A color rendering index of 0? Yeah right! Merc is best if properly shielded. (full cut off, or glare shields on...