Actually it was the early 1960s, like 1962, when GE made pre-production versions of the HPS lamp and had limited use. I think they became offically available ...
sorry for the confusion, everyone, I meant to type my DVOM **COULD NOT** read those high pulse-start readings. again, sorry for the confusion, and thanx for...
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Jul 3, 2004 2:17 am
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Lee, great explaination. although i am not familiar with electronic terminology, i understand the princibles of a diode, and capacitor, however, triacs, and...
FARMER1419@...
Jul 3, 2004 2:32 am
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Hello, Along with streetlighting, another fascination I have always had is power distribution. Ever since i was very young, i always had an idea of where we...
FARMER1419@...
Jul 3, 2004 2:37 am
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As for the higher wattage HPS lamps and the capacitors that are part of the circuit, they are there for two reasons. One is to correct the power factor of the...
Hi Keith, If you go to: http://www.insulators.com You will find links to various power distribution sites as well as neat in-service photos, etc. As far as I...
Hi again Keith and group... I have absolutely been intrigued by overhead power distribution lines (and telephone/telegtaph lines and so forth!) since the 1950s...
Group and other persons... I want to know who killed my long-standing and detailed site at: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/1059 The above had...
Hello again! There is some credible evidence that Yahoo! was responsible for killing my site. So!!! for now, I'm going to work on getting it back on-line (if I...
A terrible heartbreaker. I was afraid something like that might happen. I was tempted to copy much of the material long ago for my own saving but did not. Joe,...
Hi Joe, Yeah I was just going to ask why I could not access your site also. I thought is was just my bookmark at work so I tried to get through from other...
Apologies for crossposting...but I've put up some new pics of LA's vintage streetlighting at-- http://www.vt4c.demon.co.uk/abroad.htm --and click on the 'trip...
Hey Phil, Awesome pics, and everybody, check them out! I mean it! I am familar with some of the lights, such as the ones in Burbank and Beverly Hills, plus the...
Joe, somebody deleted your geocities site?! No way! That SUCKS! But i wonder, how in the world could somebody access it enough to delete it? Damn! You don't...
Jeez, Joe---ain't that a rip! I didn't open this thread before replying to the last one, and one of the first things I mentioned is "Did Yahoo/Geocities kill...
Hey Dave----I got IM going again, and my new IM "handle" is rickscolours if ya wanna IM me some night! The new name comes from my new mode of locomotion---my...
... those ... The starter is simple, and works on the same principal as a fluorescent starter except for heating the filaments. In a fluorescent lamp the...
... streetlights, lamps, photocontrols; the evolution of streetlighting in the US with hundreds of photos to boot! It took me years to put this site together...
... and had ... That reminds me, I still have yet to upload a ton of pics I promised, been too busy buying a house and packing to move, joy joy, one of these...
... The Pasadena radial waves were quite a sight, I never had much interest in incandescent streetlighting but it was neat to see it in action. The series...
... replying to the last one, and one of the first things I mentioned is "Did Yahoo/Geocities kill it--like they do with inactive groups?" I bet when you read...
(copied from another message) If the host (Geocities, etc) killed your site deliberately, chances are it is too much traffic, not too little. A few months ago...
Phil, Those are great pictures of the LA lights. I snapped some of the same ones with my film camera a year ago and wish I could find a way to post them. I...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the streetlights-l group: What is your favorite manufacturer of cobra head-style street lamps? o...
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Jul 6, 2004 4:10 am
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... Reply: ***If somebody willfully stole something from you that you (and others) had created for two years and decided that they wanted to take it away from...
Comment: While I'm not sure what wheelchairs have to do with any of this, Geocities has always been pretty crappy. They're ok for dabbling in the web to get...
Hi guys... The best way to keep your site secure is to put it with an ISP. Geocities, being a free service, can jerk you around and you don't have much...
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