Yeppers! Remember when the HPS lights used to glow blue like clear mercs when they fire up? They took a good 5 minutes to reach full brightness. Now they glow...
I am studying streetlights and their technology for a program that I am in. I have read that there are solar powered streetlight technology coming out to the...
Preheat fluorescents have shorter life mainly because they run higher lamp current, but they also smoke rapid start in terms of overall efficiency and light...
I need help....here is a picture of all the stuff I have http://finance.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/streetlights-l/photos/view/eba0?b=8 I need help and...
... http://finance.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/streetlights-l/photos/view/eba0?b=8 ... off..... ... Okay...I turned on the lamp with the lightbulb in the orignal...
Hey, What brand of newer photocontrols (twist-lock) last the longest? DTL Fisher Pierce Ripley Area Lighting Research Also, I see that DTL makes part night...
Do you know BS Electronics photocontrol? In my opinion is the one that have the longest life Visit www.photocontrol.com Regards Dionisio Arcano ... From:...
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Mar 3, 2006 1:00 pm
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You guys remember I showed you guys my display of the Westinghouse OV-20 in my bedroom...... at first it has 3 Compact flourecent lights in there....then it...
I think you need a girlfriend.... LOL ... From: jecwhiz To: streetlights-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 9:55 AM Subject: [streetlights-l] Hey...
You can do it, and I used to do stuff just like that when I was a teenager. HOWEVER, I don't recommend that you leave it connected that way. Not in your...
It's awesome! Only REAL merc looks right in a merc unit! Now experiment with /DX and A /C if ya can get one and ENJOY! This is GREAT! Rick C-6! jecwhiz...
... a ... http://finance.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/streetlights-l/photos/view/eb a0?b=9 Wow. I don't often see pictures posted of lights when they are on. That...
I already have the DX....from 1985....a very nice guy named Brian I think...he gave me the lightbulb....a Luxor 175 watt one...tried it out...worked....but...
/C= Color Improved. The must sought after merc by serious collectors like myself. It is the forerunner of /DX, and produces a little less light than a clear...
I connected it different way....I connected it in a more normal way.....its grounded now...and I just simply wired them with wirings and left the ballast in...
Just USE it. I converted lights at a local mall to MV using modified lights like this one and put the ballasts up in the ceiling, and believe me they're safe....
<<< /C= Color Improved. The must sought after merc by serious collectors like myself. It is the forerunner of /DX, and produces a little less light than a...
I was watching The Sting tonight. Never paid much attention to the street scenes until tonight. They really did a fabulous job producing the proper look for...
... Ok, heres an UPDATE! They(power company apparently) repaired the inop lights 2 days ago. The one down the street and the one nearly in front of my house....
It's not THAT yellow, b just more red rays added to the red-deficient mercury color, and they don't do that to a purple shirt. They render all colors pretty...
I was driving past that streetlight that I reported needing to be fixed.....Strangely...I saw 3 men checking out the light and their bucket truck was NOT from...
That's an early 1960s GE M400 with a plastic refractor. I have one of those but with the original glass refractor. Polycarbonate and even Lexan refractors...
Mine was from 1970....April 1970 to be exact......it has a date code on it "DF"......It also has a photocell on the top ... --HiptopWhiz --Jace --JECWhiz...
Forgot to mention....its a GE M-250R not a GE M-400.......this one was from April 1970 ... one of ... installed GE ... sides at ... workers....but ... ...
So what went in it's place? Looks like an American Electric 15. Is the replacement mercury or sodium? JIM ... code on ... even ... turn ... refractors, ... ...
Good News Mercury Vapor!!!!! The refractor is wrong......the company normally uses sag refractors....but I asked them to put drop refractor and asked if they...
<<< If you enjoy cold, harsh, annoying light in a house, then daylight is the way to go. >>> Well, like I said: <<< before they came to think of cool daylight...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the streetlights-l group: Which type of fixture do you think is nicer and prettier looking? o Clamshell...
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Mar 7, 2006 3:38 am
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I am looking for a new Distribution Block for my 1970 GE M-250R The old one broke while I was taking apart the streetlight...... here is a picture of the...
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