Update on those Chinese mercury lamps with similar colour to /W mercury: I visited their plant last week and the phosphor being used is indeed the usual...
I have a vintage glass globe on Ebay, Item number: 6169756163 and I do not have any idea how old it is. Any help would be appreciated to identify it so that I...
Is there any difference between quartz & ceramic arc tubes regarding arc tube explosion at end of lamp life? Would the ceramic arc tube rupture with more or...
... Not significantly, both can rupture violently if run well past their rated hours. It's best to simply replace the lamps when they've depreciated past their...
Ceramic arc tubes are much less likely to fail in such a violent manner. The primary failure mechanism is that the metal halide salts will corrode their way...
Hallo - I have to admit that I've joined this group mainly to do some brain-picking. Please help - I need some expert knowledge! I've posted a picture in '...
... I don't remember what highway it was on but it was down south someplace between Fircrest and Tacoma. It wasn't actually fallen, but it was one of several...
... If it was on a freeway, then it may have been SR-16 (I don't think there's been any recent construction in that area along SR-167, SR- 512, or I-5 where...
... I'm sure Alain will be able to confirm the location next time he's online. The poles were laid down next to an offramp, I saw them there while we were on...
Wow cool photos Alain, thanks for sharing them! I was luck to get 2, Line Materials Sphiro Lite Jr's this week. A friend of mine got them off an old building...
Hi Andy, I've added photos of the Spherolite Jr's to the album call "Sphirolite Jr". Thanks for your interest. As you can see, one of them was missing the...
I think they were on I-5 - possibly at the S 56th or S 72nd St interchanges/exits...I am not certain, as I didn't track the location (I wrote down locations of...
... I looked at the WSDOT page to see if there was any construction in that area recently. Only thing I found was widening for HOV lanes (which involves...
... Was it the one on Pearl (Westgate area) or on Bridgeport (University Place)? If it was either of those, then it was probably on SR-16 where those lights...
Yes I believe you are correct, this was at Pearl. It definitely was along Hwy 16 - we were on our way to visit Fircrest and the 175w GE power pack lights,...
... Underneath the deck of the Murray Morgan (11'st St) bridge, there's some wire-hung lamps sans globes. I'm not sure what model they are. There's also...
LB, That light is a Line Materials/McGraw Edison Styleatire. Cool lights, I like those personally! Is that one a merc or retrofitted to HPS? Capitol St in...
... Electric Products. How do I know? I was chatting with Mike who was asking about the manufacturer of these lights. I referred him to American City, and sure...
... Yeah, there's a lot of construction going on along 16, and I may've seen what James saw last time I was down there (this past weekend). -J ++++ John H....
... ...and I've got some pics of that too, and the mushroom lights being discussed, and a load of other pics from that trip (great trip!)...when I've sorted...
Hi, folks! Back from LA after taking a long weekend. Unfortunately, not too much to report ... Nothing is happening on Hollywood Blvd! It must be at least a...
... Cool! The Thomas guide lists that area as Atwater Village- between the river to the south and railway line to the north, a block or so from San Fernando...
Hi everybody, I was through Eagle Rock in 1996 and there were a string of wooden pole mounted GE M-400's through the center of that community. The arrangement...
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/tacoma/sr16_pearlst.htm If you look at it when the camera is pointing west, you can see two of them alongside the eastbound...
... <phil.macbean@o...> ... the ... from San ... Hi, Phil! I looked in the Thomas Guide over the weekend--Eagle Rock didn't sound right to me, either. I didn't...
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