Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #2 on: July 10, 2009, 03:57:23 PM » Author: lightman64
The largest installation of Mercs I have seen was in a HUGE,HUGE Gymnasium somewhere in Tennessee, I don' remember where though. Anyways, there where recessed Mercury lights that lit the Gym up. There must have been 200+! Some were clear, some coated all in different stages of life. Too bad I didn't have my camera, other wise the picture would be in my gallery.
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	Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #4 on: July 10, 2009, 06:39:21 PM » Author: lightman64
What is a Siemens grosser Klassiker Seilmontage? Is it Mercury Vapor?
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	Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #6 on: July 11, 2009, 05:32:22 AM » Author: Silverliner
Great thread, now its my turn to pitch inm LOL. Let's see, I'm in the Los Angeles area. Easy answer, Wilshire Blvd has a total of about 8 miles (at least 10 if you count metal halide) of mercs! Miles of closely spaced GE Form 101FRs in and around the Miracle Mile section of LA, two per pole. Not to mention miles of OV-20s within the Beverly Hills city limits! Other major installations of mercs include Washington Blvd in Culver City (about 5 miles), certain neighborhoods in Newport Beach (no HPS in sight!), Las Tunas Blvd in San Gabriel, Riverside St in the San Fernanado Valley, and lots more!
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	Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #7 on: July 11, 2009, 06:51:25 AM » Author: TudorWhiz
I honestly can not answer this.......MV is still pretty much alive around here.....disappearing slowly I hate to admit very slowly though, but still around here..... I would drive around roads and be able to count hundreds and hundreds of mercs....although some areas do have like one or two HPS fixtures interruptions here and there.... But ask J-frog or Geoff......I have driven Jeremiah (J-frog) around neighborhoods full of Westy NEMA buckets without seeing HPS for a while!!! Around here amounts of MV varies mostly by county... You won't see any clear mercs in cobraheads used around here except I do know an electric sub station that has 2 poles of 4 clear MV lamps used near me...
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	Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #8 on: July 11, 2009, 09:17:25 AM » Author: lightman64
Why are clear lamps rare in cobraheads?
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	Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #9 on: July 11, 2009, 10:28:35 AM » Author: bluelights
I have seen about hundred of them lighting up a corridor in a shopping mall. I think they were all either 250 or 400 watts.
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	Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #10 on: July 11, 2009, 11:25:18 AM » Author: TudorWhiz
Quote from: lightman64 on July 11, 2009, 09:17:25 AM Why are clear lamps rare in cobraheads? They arent always rare.....but you more commonly see buckets have clear lamps cuz they usually come with it....for electrical companies that installs streetlighting, they have lighting choices of their own....and the fact that coated DX lamps are a lot more efficient than clear mercs..... But in New Jersey, clear merc cobraheads are all over, you may have seen my pics of them...
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	Re: Largest Installation Of Mercs « Reply #13 on: July 13, 2009, 03:32:46 PM » Author: arcblue
In Washington State the biggest I've seen in the last few years is the row of OV20's along the main street in Snoqualmie; the city of Ruston, WA (though there are now HPS lights mixed in); a few neighborhoods in Renton, WA, and Highway 167 (also new HPS lights coming in). We're talking maybe a dozen in each case. Now, all these installations are spotty, with new HPS fixtures replacing any fixture with a dead lamp. That's how bad it is in Washington State...there are merc installations in other cities too, but small & spotty. I agree with Silverliner - the drive down Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles is incredible, it's just like a return to the 70's when I remember mercs all down the main roads - miles & miles of vintage lights with bright, CLEAR mercury lamps.
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