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6048
I'm trying to find a cheap way to power this 90W sox bulb I've got sitting on my desk. ...
eyeballkiddd
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Jan 6, 2009
4:52 pm
6049
Dear gD, ... I don't think there is such a thing as a SOX starter. I expect the ballast alone to make the SOX work. - Don Klipstein (don@...)...
Don Klipstein
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Jan 7, 2009
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6050
SOX needs no starter at all. They start on the open circuit voltage of the ballast, plain and simple. Give it a go on the F32 ballast. I have matching...
rick delair
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Jan 7, 2009
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6051
... There is, I have a couple of them. They're used in places where the line voltage is 240V to run the small 18 and 35W SOX lamps using a simple choke...
James
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Jan 7, 2009
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6052
I finally got my all-time fave, the OV-20. It had been removed from the parking lot of a local car wash when they changed the signage about amonth ago. The...
Sean
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Jan 28, 2009
6:19 pm
6053
I'm happy for you. It's also my favorite from childhood; in fact I've got one lighting up the room as I type this. ... From: Sean <createworks@...> ...
ROBERT L BRASHER
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Jan 31, 2009
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6054
That's what I'm hoping to do with this one, too. I suppose the first order of business is finding a suitable arm. Converting it to incandescent looks to be a...
sean edwards
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Jan 31, 2009
6:15 am
6055
Anyone know where I can get a new or used DURASTAR street lighting fixture? I don¹t care whether or not the lamp or ballast work. They come in two size...
Michael Folloni
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Jan 31, 2009
5:37 pm
6056
Hello Does anyone have a philips SRS201 with a gear shoe, which is long and runs on low pressure sodium which they want to sell? Cheers Oliver Hennessy...
aidenhennessy
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Feb 1, 2009
6:32 pm
6057
Hi Sean, That's great news! What city are you in? I'm in Houston, and was able to get an OV-20 from the electric company here several years ago, along with a...
Marvin Suggs
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Feb 2, 2009
3:57 pm
6058
Hi Marvin, I'm in Chicago. I guess my next acquisition target will be either a Form 400 or an Ovalite. Still quite a few form 109s attached to older buildings...
sean edwards
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Feb 2, 2009
4:05 pm
6059
... That's awesome! I always like it when I know where a light I have came from. Is the lamp anything special, or just a modern mercury lamp?...
James
james10952001
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Feb 2, 2009
5:49 pm
6060
... order of business is finding a suitable arm. Converting it to incandescent looks to be a fairly simple proposition. ... You certainly could, it's remote...
James
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Feb 2, 2009
5:52 pm
6061
... You might try the UK streetlighting group, LPS stuff was never common in North America, but it has seen widespread use over there. Of course anything you...
James
james10952001
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Feb 2, 2009
5:56 pm
6062
... Form 400 or an Ovalite. ... Form 109s are exceedingly rare around here. That's the one light I would still like to acquire at some point....
James
james10952001
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Feb 2, 2009
6:00 pm
6063
I used to live in Cook county....have you seen those NEMA heads with gumball style reflectors and diffused sag lens on the buildings? I call those Sag lensed...
Jason Chapman
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Feb 2, 2009
6:04 pm
6064
Hi Sean, That's great that you were able to get an OV20. Those were really popular here in Houston back in the 50's and 60's. Marvin ... From: sean edwards To:...
Marvin Suggs
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Feb 3, 2009
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Hi Marvin, IIRC, there were still more than a few, most around downtown and older areas, in use when I lived in Houston briefly back in 1981-82. S. ... From:...
sean edwards
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Feb 5, 2009
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6066
James, There are still quite a few up (how many are actually in service, I don't know) for parking lot lighting in and around Chicago, including a set at an...
sean edwards
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Feb 5, 2009
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6067
How much longer will MV bulbs still be available in the US? ... From: James <jamesrsweet@...> Subject: [streetlights-l] Re: Finally got it! To:...
sean edwards
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Feb 5, 2009
10:21 pm
6068
Hi James, It's always nice when you know a little of the "life history" of a particular luminaire. Sean ... From: James <jamesrsweet@...> Subject:...
sean edwards
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Feb 5, 2009
10:23 pm
6069
Jason, You'd be amazed at how many of those there still are around here! Sean ... From: Jason Chapman <tudorwhiz@...> Subject: Re: [streetlights-l]...
sean edwards
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Feb 5, 2009
10:27 pm
6070
... I'm sure they will be available in some form for a long time. I know I have enough stocked away to last a lifetime, and then some....
James
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Feb 6, 2009
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6071
I think the bulbs will be available indefinitely. Only the manufacturing or importing of mercury specific ballasts was prohibited a year or so ago, and even...
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Feb 6, 2009
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6072
Hi Everyone, I just came across a Revere "cats eye" style 400w merc floodlight that works perfectly, albiet a little slow to come up to full brightness. This...
Richard Farrell
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Feb 7, 2009
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6073
We have some pictures of those in www.lighting-gallery.net you may get more info in this webpage........
Jason Chapman
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Feb 7, 2009
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6074
Sean, I know 2 of them in Wheeling Ill area (or near there) at an airport and I think 8 GE Form 400s on a building on top next door to that airport or in the...
Jason Chapman
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Feb 8, 2009
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6075
I am worried about LED lights taking over. Pittsburgh is planning to put in 25 million dollars worth of LED streetlights. To:...
david es
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Feb 10, 2009
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6076
I've seen an LED outdoor flood for sale at Wal-Mart.....and a candelabra based flame tip.  If the flood is still available after one of my kitchen lights in...
David Henke
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Feb 10, 2009
5:36 pm
6077
... candelabra based flame tip.  If the flood is still available after one of my kitchen lights in the rental I am moving into goes out, I want to buy it...
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Feb 10, 2009
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