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MV in 2025!!!
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| SOX has been always confusing me if it's HID or Fluorescent. I'd say they're both but it's probably one of these two options.
Questions why I think it's HID or Fluorescent:
1) SOX uses a Discharge tube, just like most of HID bulbs do
2) SOX is literally as long as fluorescent tubes and most of fluorescent lights are long
So, any clue if SOX is HID or Fluorescent?
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Usually I collect bulbs (Mostly LED) and some HID ones. I also own a couple of streetlights, but most are made in Poland.
However, I mostly prefer SOX bulbs. LED bulbs in their efficacy will never beat SOX bulbs, in my opinion.
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| Additionally, SOX is at lower pressures, like fluorescent. HPS for example is at much higher pressures.
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The classic lights of Canberra are few and far between, this just means that I get know each one better!
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| Low pressure sodium plasma covers the entire arctube. Even low pressure mercury plasma is more constricted than sodium plasma, and is still not an arc.
Only MV, HPS and MH lamps uses high intensity electric arcs, so considered HID lamps.
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I"m don't speak English well, and rely on online translating to write in this site.
Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.
I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).
I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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SOX has been always confusing me if it's HID or Fluorescent. I'd say they're both but it's probably one of these two options.
Questions why I think it's HID or Fluorescent:
1) SOX uses a Discharge tube, just like most of HID bulbs do
2) SOX is literally as long as fluorescent tubes and most of fluorescent lights are long
So, any clue if SOX is HID or Fluorescent?
Neither. No fluorescence is in use and not high intensity arc  Lamp behavior, physical parameters and drive requirement are somewhat close to fluorescent tubes, sure. |
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SRP for life.
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| I guess it could be called low intensity discharge (LID).
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HID, LPS, and preheat fluorescents forever!!!!!!
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| I also think that fluorescent lamps and germicidal low pressure mercury vapor lamps can also belong in this “low intensity discharge” lamp category too. In general, I understand that fluorescent, germicidal low pressure mercury vapor, and low pressure sodium lamps, and neon lamps are all “low pressure gas discharge” lamps while HID lamps such as high pressure sodium, metal halide, and mercury vapor are all “high pressure gas discharge” lamps.
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