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| Just saw on streetview it seems all of the reproduction Radial Wave lights (Mostly HPS 201SAs with Radial Wave shades) have been replaced with the Leotek GCJs that the utility is putting up. Seems like after all of the controversy over doing such a thing is over and the municipality bought in with the LEDs. Not a huge loss but it's not everyday you find HPS reproductions of old incandescent lights. At least the Leoteks will have a closer color rendering to the old incandescent models, perhaps that's why the town did what they did.
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| I wonder when did the conversion occur. One way the radial waves could have been saved was if the SA201s were bypassed for LED and clear LED filament lamps fitted. Could probably even get them to look like incandescents if you order the 3000K version.
I suppose you won't get the advantage of modern optics with this style of conversion so maybe that's why they opted for all new luminaries. Still it would have been nice to save the radial waves for lower brightness installs such as sidewalk lighting, there you could get away with lower lumen requirements.
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| Yeah that's true, although that's more work then what a lot of companies would do now, especially since it's more complicated than just unscrewing the old bulb and putting in a new LED Even though the filament LEDs would be the closest to incandescent as it gets in today's lighting industry.
The only thing I have against the cobrahead LEDs comparing to incandescent Is the harsh glare they produce, even low wattage 3000K couldn't match the soft incandescent glow. However usually that is not what comes to the town or installers minds when replacing that kind of stuff or trying to replicate it.
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| I thought these had been replaced a few years back, like pre 2020, but I could be wrong.
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| It's possible, I just happened to look on streetview to see the updated footage.
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| Another thought I had is this would’ve been perfect for those LED lights like the Cree one that has ears for a NEMA refractor assembly. Instead just attach the radial reflector like they did to the HPS NEMAs.
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| There's many ways it could've been done...unfortunately it's the easiest and cheapest option that seems to win.
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| I love philip altos lamps, but some collectors dont like them.
I have 34 watt only preheat fixture that works with FS2 starter
And it works well. Those 34 watt alto tubes can be lot of fun esp in winter month down in southern part of the US.
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No LED gadgets, spins too slowly. Gotta love preheat and MV. let the lights keep my meter spinning.
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