Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1245 on: October 19, 2022, 03:34:52 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
Some of the Orange cap Westies that I am getting.  These should be 70s early 80s vintage I believe.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/163933311353
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1246 on: October 25, 2022, 02:55:32 AM » Author: RyanF40T12
Installed 2 75W MV bulbs to replace 2 70W MH bulbs and they work GREAT!  Also replaced 2 70W MH with 2 100W MH and they too are working great.  Also installed a non-protected 70W Philips MH bulb, will run this for about a year and then toss it and replace it with a 75W MV.  The MVs are coated so good colortone.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1247 on: October 27, 2022, 07:15:52 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
picked up about 60 or so F30T12 tubes, mixture of CW and WW from a church building I help maintain that converted to T8 a few years back.  Problem is, there are very few 30 inch fixtures out there, so I may never find a use for them.  1980s and 90s vintage Sylvania.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1249 on: October 28, 2022, 12:19:46 AM » Author: 108CAM
I haven't been doing much lighting related stuff lately because of personal reasons but I do plan to make videos of some of my streetlights and release them over the few days.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1250 on: October 28, 2022, 12:58:49 AM » Author: icefoglights
Took down my American Electric 175w MV NEMA and replaced it with my Philips 70w HPS "grooved head".
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1251 on: October 28, 2022, 06:08:18 AM » Author: Rommie
Yesterday, lit our newly acquired Siemens Sieray 300W MAT/V lamp  Photos to follow
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1252 on: October 28, 2022, 05:43:49 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Spent the day ‘restoring’ some of Lena Lightings “questionable” quality LED lanterns  , for the yard lighting at work! Bin off a dead LED lantern and buy a shiny new one?……..NOT ON MY WATCH!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1253 on: October 29, 2022, 11:03:00 AM » Author: Mandolin Girl
We have done it.!!!!!!!!!  The holy grail of LPS lampses has been litted after goodness knows how many years, the 280W (2 x 140w) SOI/H is now running, and it's a wonderful sight to behold,  Again photos to follow.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1254 on: October 29, 2022, 11:58:05 AM » Author: Rommie
And here they are  How long since one of these beauties has been seen lit at full power in all its glory..?
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1255 on: October 29, 2022, 01:04:13 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
And for those of you who have been waiting, here is the MAT/V lamp in all its glory.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1256 on: October 29, 2022, 11:23:22 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Over the past few weeks (on weekends & random evenings) its been all about getting Christmas lights up. (also put up a little bit for Halloween last weekend...)
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1257 on: October 30, 2022, 09:13:49 PM » Author: Lumex120
The local Frattallone's Hardware (formerly Ace) down the block from my house is closing so some new developments can be built on the site, and they are letting everything go for 50% off. There's a ton of lighting stuff there, yesterday I got 2 2-lamp F20T12 Lithonia strips with magnetic ballasts, a pair of weird GE shatterproof ceiling fan lamps, and 2 white Zenith preheat PL13 jelly jar fixtures. What's interesting is that they appear to have been made in the late 2000s or even 2010s. I had seen them there before but just thought they were electronic ballast and didn't want to spend the $25 on one to find out. Anyways, I'm pretty sad about the store closing as I grew up going there getting parts for all my little projects, but the company did say they do want to find some way to work out having a new store in the area because they were doing so well (their current store is in a decaying partially abandoned strip mall) so we'll see where that goes
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1259 on: October 31, 2022, 02:08:38 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
Our favourite courier brought yet another oily lamp for my collection.! This time a NOS Chalwyn New Pilot.  Thanks to AH for the heads up about the listing.  Pictures to follow.
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