Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « on: December 22, 2018, 08:07:49 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
There is a short 1 mile stretch of highway I sometimes travel that has green colored LED lights along it.  I believe it is a test section of some sort but it looks really cool.  Makes me feel like I am driving in the 1960s/1970s.  it goes from HPS orange to the Green LED to the white 4100k LED.  This is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  They upgrade to LEDs when the HPS fixtures go EoL mostly.  Still have HPS on the onramps and offramps as you can see on the sides of the video.  Here is a video of it https://video-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-2/49378071_227286031370361_8811229796924129280_n.mp4?_nc_cat=108&vs=5d4fe8fee51f65ad&_nc_vs=HBksFQAYJEdCZHo4UUo1aUNrbnQ4NEFBQUFBQUFEUnhrZDZidjRHQUFBRhUAABUAGCRHSGx2N2dLVFF2ZXcyaU1IQUFBQUFBRF9tQWRjYnY0R0FBQUYVAgBLAYgScHJvZ3Jlc3NpdmVfcmVjaXBlATAVAAAYDzEwMDAyODcyMzQxNTI1NhbaiMGAprJGFQIZBRgCQzMYC3Z0c19wcmV2aWV3HBdASIpeNT987hgYZGFzaF92NF9ocTJfZnJhZ18yX3ZpZGVvEQAYGHZpZGVvcy52dHMuY2FsbGJhY2sucHJvZBkcFQAVvJkCACgSVklERU9fVklFV19SRVFVRVNUGwKIFW9lbV90YXJnZXRfZW5jb2RlX3RhZwZvZXBfaGQTb2VtX3JlcXVlc3RfdGltZV9tcw0xNTQ1NTI3MDU1ODk1AA%3D%3D&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Im9lcF9oZCJ9&_nc_ht=video-dfw5-1.xx&oh=c71c72f29a1728f4c7bc671b5b5e5997&oe=5C1F1537&_nc_rid=a176ce69e08caa5&dl=1
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #2 on: December 23, 2018, 03:36:16 AM » Author: RyanF40T12
Yup fairly certain they are green.  These have only been up a year or two.  many of the 4000/4100k LEDs have been up longer and are still just as white as the day they went in.  The Phillips Road force that were installed here have a slight green hue to them and have since they were installed.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #3 on: December 23, 2018, 05:01:13 AM » Author: dor123
Your link to the video is broken. 1. https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152477 2. https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-127610
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #4 on: December 23, 2018, 09:33:40 AM » Author: Cole D.
I hadn't seen a green one. All the ones here have a grayish color. For LED here they use the Phillips Roadfocus for highway lighting (but only mass changeout, spot replacements are kept HPS). Duke Energy uses AEL ATB0 for new rental lights, but they only use them for streetlights if it's on a brand new pole, otherwise they use HPS for spot replacement on any existing poles. My co-op however uses Evluma AreaMax LED for all new rentals and all spot replacement of HPS or MV NEMAs. Those have the closest to what I would call a coated MV color, but still not really green, more like a bluish gray.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #6 on: December 24, 2018, 05:22:03 PM » Author: lightinglover8902
The Shell gas station near me has LEDs that have a greenish white color of mercury vapor. Maybe because of the worn phosphors, because of excessive heat from the LEDs themselves. Remember, SMD LEDs on full power can get hot very fast, thats why they have heat sinks on them.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #8 on: December 25, 2018, 11:49:37 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
While these are not COB style LED- I was driving in a different part of Colorado Springs and noted several intersections with these same greener looking LEDs.  I'm wondering if in fact these are 5+ years old and are color shifting.  I've made a mental note to reach out to Colorado Springs Utilities to see if they can shed some light on this.  I'll let you know what I hear back.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #9 on: December 30, 2018, 02:57:04 AM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Some at a gas station here turnt a delightful piss yellow.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #11 on: December 30, 2018, 04:38:47 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
I realized that the top tint on the front windshield of my vehicle adds a bit of a green hue to things as well at night so sometimes things appear greener- none the less- a few days ago I was back down in the springs and rolled down the window and yup, still green   I love it.  These are certainly older LEDs vs the newer ones they are installing, and I'll get a better look at them in the daytime to see if I can spot a model.  Will get some photos as well.  Of note-  colorado springs loves to use 400w HPS with globe reflectors, something not very common around here as most utilities used 150 and 250 watt HPS with only using high mounted 400W at some intersections it is great to see brightly on the side streets, but they sure are glare bombs and I would hate to live near one as well with how bright they are.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #12 on: December 30, 2018, 09:26:32 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
couple of years ago the local prison hospital replaced the hps lights all around the complex with weird looking leds. the first time I saw them I would have swore they were  1kw clear mercs, however they're too small , they look like  old 1500 w halogen floods attached to long thin rectangular boxes
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #13 on: December 31, 2018, 02:46:52 PM » Author: Andy
Quote from: wide-lite 1000 on December 30, 2018, 09:26:32 PM couple of years ago the local prison hospital replaced the hps lights all around the complex with weird looking leds. the first time I saw them I would have swore they were  1kw clear mercs, however they're too small , they look like  old 1500 w halogen floods attached to long thin rectangular boxes If they looked like 1kW clear mercs a couple years back then I bet they look like like a greened out Caster or Brinks 175w clear merc today if they haven't already failed or been replaced again!
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Green LED lights anyone? « Reply #14 on: January 01, 2019, 01:07:15 PM » Author: M250R201SA
There is a Love's Travel Stop in Sidney, NE that has yellowish/green LEDs.  Every fixture looks the same.  From the Post tops to the Fuel Islands.  I just thought they had been ordered that way.  Sort of like a WW configuration instead of CW
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