What's With All the Metal Halide Cobra's? « on: January 30, 2023, 05:17:22 PM » Author: suzukir122
I've noticed that Metal Halide Cobra's seem to have became a thing in/near my city... not as much as LED's, of course, but still enough to the point where it's been noticeable. These have all been recent installations -- I've just found another Metal Halide Cobra, recent install, lighting up part of a very small apartment complex near the Walmart closest to me. Before that installation, there was an MV Bucket Light there. The other reason why I'm so intrigued by this... I've never seen Metal Halide Cobra's around when I was a kid. They've always been HPS and MV up until now... am I missing something?
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2. Weightlifting/staying extremely athletic
3. Severe Thunderstorms of all kinds
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	Re: What's With All the Metal Halide Cobra's? « Reply #3 on: January 31, 2023, 04:46:26 AM » Author: suzukir122
I'm not sure where they're coming from, and how they managed to skip over the LED, but it's certainly been noticeable. My area has replaced a lot of them with LED street lighting, recently, but I'm still catching Metal Halide Cobras. Two on my way home from the gym, another one that just recently went EOL, near the HPS lit Speedway gas station, one possibly lighting up the side of someone's barn (I'll have to double check that one though... didn't get a good look. That one might be a bucket light.) The Metal Halide Cobra's seem most popular in the Springboro and Middletown regions, although Middletown is slowly going LED. I've even caught an intersection in Middletown that was completely lit with Metal Halides during a motorcycle ride, but this was about 3 years ago.
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Interests:
1. Motorcycles, Cars, Women, and Lighting (especially fluorescent)
2. Weightlifting/staying extremely athletic
3. Severe Thunderstorms of all kinds
4. Food and drinks. So gimme them bbq ribs
Lighting has ALWAYS been a passion of mine. I consider everyone on here to be a friend

	Re: What's With All the Metal Halide Cobra's? « Reply #4 on: February 02, 2023, 11:12:16 PM » Author: Cole D.
That’s pretty cool, I don’t remember ever seeing MH cobras of NEMAs in my area. Mostly just wallpacks, recessed lights or shoebox lights with it. The fact that they’re being installed now makes it the more interesting.
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	Re: What's With All the Metal Halide Cobra's? « Reply #5 on: February 03, 2023, 05:59:26 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
All of the MH cobras here in Grove City seem to be going the way of the dinosaur ! There's only one stretch of Stringtown road that still has them for now .
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	Re: What's With All the Metal Halide Cobra's? « Reply #6 on: February 03, 2023, 06:48:34 PM » Author: suzukir122
I remember near the Columbus area had a lot of Metal Halides, although the ones I saw weren't Cobras. There are tons of places I've yet to visit in Columbus, so maybe I'll see Metal Halide Cobras along the way lol
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Interests:
1. Motorcycles, Cars, Women, and Lighting (especially fluorescent)
2. Weightlifting/staying extremely athletic
3. Severe Thunderstorms of all kinds
4. Food and drinks. So gimme them bbq ribs
Lighting has ALWAYS been a passion of mine. I consider everyone on here to be a friend

	Re: What's With All the Metal Halide Cobra's? « Reply #8 on: February 04, 2023, 01:24:08 AM » Author: suzukir122
There's an apartment complex near me that may contain some. Tons and tons of Mercury Vapor Cobras in it, and what look to be possible Metal Halide Cobras as well, but greened out...? I'm not sure. Some look a little blue, others look a little green, but they do have a distinct afterglow color that most Metal Halide lamps have... pinkish/burgundy afterglow color. When I say this, I'm not talking about the afterglow color seen with coated Mercury Vapor lamps, which are also in some of those Cobras as well. Seems like clear MV, coated MV, and greened or blued out Metal Halides...? I don't know, but I do know that I have the ability to take photos of some of those Cobras. I plan on doing that soon.
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Interests:
1. Motorcycles, Cars, Women, and Lighting (especially fluorescent)
2. Weightlifting/staying extremely athletic
3. Severe Thunderstorms of all kinds
4. Food and drinks. So gimme them bbq ribs
Lighting has ALWAYS been a passion of mine. I consider everyone on here to be a friend

	Re: What's With All the Metal Halide Cobra's? « Reply #9 on: February 17, 2023, 02:47:10 AM » Author: suzukir122
Well now... unexpectedly back on this topic again. Just got back from hitting the gym. We strong. But on my way home from the gym, during the drive back... one of the back roads... yet again... a new Metal Halide Cobra! AGAIN!! During my previous drive home from the gym, I'm pretty sure that fixture use to be HPS... I'll have to check Google Maps to confirm it, maybe post a pic of it on this thread if I can... the installation is very new. Also: in one of my previous comments, I said that I thought I saw one on the side of someone's barn. I was wrong... looks like it's lighting a yard of some sort, near a shed. VERY bright Metal Halide Cobra there, high up as well, surrounded by a lot of trees... ...so in total, during my drive home just now: 3 recently installed Metal Halide Cobra's, all very bright. The brand new one is near an intersection which recently got LED'd, which tells me that it won't be long before that new Cobra gets taken down for LED... but man... I really wish I could find out where these Cobra's are coming from. It's 2023, and within this world of LED's, newly installed Metal Halide Cobra's are the last thing I'd expect to find!
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Interests:
1. Motorcycles, Cars, Women, and Lighting (especially fluorescent)
2. Weightlifting/staying extremely athletic
3. Severe Thunderstorms of all kinds
4. Food and drinks. So gimme them bbq ribs
Lighting has ALWAYS been a passion of mine. I consider everyone on here to be a friend