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All this talk about change outs made me think about when was the last time I saw certain light sources lighting public roads in my area. Anyway, here's the list for my area:
Incandescent - Last lone missout incandescent gumball was removed around 2012.
HO/VHO Fluorescent - Last town I knew with them got rid of theirs in 2015.
Mercury - I think there are some small towns up north that still have small amounts of mercury lights in use
LP Sodium - Last expressway with them got rid of them in 2006
HP Sodium - Still in use
Metal Halide - Still in use
Privately Owned Lights:
Incandescent - I don't think I ever saw a parking lot with incandescent.
HO/VHO Fluorescent - a few parking lots still have them in use.
Mercury - a few parking lots still have them in use.
LP Sodium - I think there's still a couple of parking lots with them but I'm not sure because the lamps are no longer made.
HP Sodium - Still in common use.
Metal Halide - Still in common use.
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Incandescent - Never seen it.
HO/VHO Fluorescent - Few gas stations still have fixtures, but not sure if used.
Mercury - Still quite a few MV NEMAs and cobras in older parts of town.
LP Sodium - Never seen of it.
HP Sodium - Still in wide use, and installed by Duke Energy (AEL 115)
Metal Halide - Still in use at parking lots, last new install I know of was at Publix (2016) Don't know of it on actual roadways.
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Incandescent-never seen it
Mercury-Old NEMAs still common
LP-sodium-never seen it
HP-sodium-very common
Metal halide-very rare on roads, still common in parking lots
Floresent-never seen it
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Incandescent - Only in a couple of parking lots.
Fluorescent - Only in a few parking lots (except for induction which is very common).
Metal Halide - Only in a few parking lots.
Mercury Vapor - Parts of Santa Clara still use it.
LP-Sodium - Still very common in San Jose.
HP-Sodium - Still very common.
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Incandescent - Nope. Fluorescent - At some lots but all abandoned. MV - Four OV-25s here. Half work at any given time. HPS - Some intersections, some reproduction lights, and some PAL lights are still HPS here. MH - Many parking lots here. LPS - Only ever saw one. Got destroyed when the building was torn down.
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INC - Yes, residential bucket style lights MV - Yes, both residential and utility lights HPS - Yes, both residential and utility lights MH - Yes, parking lots and bike path lights LED - Yes, Scattered about in random places. FL - Yes, some gas station parking lot lights LPS - No. I likely own the only lamps within a 20 mile radius lol.
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Incandescent - Never seen it here
Fluorescent - We had one by my school in 2017, gone now
Mercury - In neighbouring town of Congleton in 1993
LP Sodium - In our hometown 2017, only a couple still in use today
HP Sodium - Still in use in neighbouring town of Winsford, only one left in a post top in our town
Metal Halide - Very rarely used here, seen the odd one in HPS lanterns dotted about, but were never used in mass
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Incandescent - Never seen one, been phased out in Sweden since forever.
Fluorescent - A few on older industrial buildings around town but never seen one for roadway lighting.
Mercury - There is only two installations with a total of five lanterns maintained by the municipal power company still in service, but quite a few on older factories and older houses. Mostly "byhattar".
LP Sodium - There is a few here and there in Gothenburg, but i dont think they are in service. None left here in town.
HP Sodium - These are everywhere.
Metal Halide - These are getting more and more common as retrofits in HPS fixtures around town. The whole central area of town is fitted with MH lanterns.
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Los Angeles area
Incandescent: Quite a few, most on series circuits
Fluorescent: Last fluorescent lights taken down in Los Angeles around 2002 or so.
Mercury Vapor: Still some remaining
High Pressure Sodium: The most common in So Cal, more so than even LED
Low Pressure Sodium: Still some in southern Riverside County
Metal Halide: Still quite a few in use. Some MH street lighs lamped with MV lamps. Compton, CA is all MH.
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Incandescent: Never seen it on roads here Fluorescent: Never seen it on roads here, but there are some old businesses with it Mercury Vapor: Still around in some areas High Pressure Sodium: All I have to do is look out the window at home Low Pressure Sodium: Never seen it on roads here Metal Halide: Rare to see it on roads here Induction: There was one park that had it on roads/parkinglots/walkways, but was replaced with LED
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In our town were I’m maintaining the lights currently: Gas Mantle: 1924 Incandescent: 2005 (certain fixtures could be still used with them) Fluorescent: 2017 (one I still keep in service unofficially) Compact Fluorescent: still in use (2D, PL-L and PL-C types) Mercury Vapor: 2018 (one I still keep in service unofficially) Self Ballasted Mercury Vapour: 2009 High Pressure Sodium: still widely used WhiteSON: still in use but only 50W, 100W and 35W I removed 2015 Low Pressure Sodium: 1998 Metal Halide: still used but only CHM type Induction: since 1996 one in use up today (Philips QL 85W/830)
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Incandescent: - I saw incandescent bulbs on old streetlights near Le Louvre in Paris in 2006 or 2008 (I think now they have been converted). - I also saw pear-shaped incandescent bulb around 2005 in La Défense near Paris, which I think were normally traffic signal bulbs (because of the shape and the warmer tint) that were used on the ceiling of a public porch, probably instead of spot bulbs. Fluorescent: when I was a kid in the 1980's and still a few in the early 1990's. I think I saw a few in a Canadian village as streetlights probably 5 or 10 years ago, but I'm really not sure. Metal Halide: there are some in a few commercial avenues, I probably saw them near my job a couple of days ago. Mercury Vapor: I knew some as streetligts in Paris 10 years ago. I still see some in Canada but it's very rare. LP-Sodium: some highways still have them around Montreal, the latest I saw was three days ago. HP-Sodium: I saw them today
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Incandescent - Yes, maybe. at a street of my city that I don't remember, and the bulb was replaced bay a cheap junk CFL. Fluorescent - Never Mercury - Yes, at Exposition street in the center of the city when I ride of ob the bus. LP Sodium - Never HP Sodium - Most of the fixtures Metal Halide - Still in use LED - Everywhere that I look. My city is not too lightnig assortment, MV and MH are quite rare in my city, HPS and LED are common.
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