Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #16 on: February 04, 2017, 09:54:13 AM » Author: wattMaster
What about "white" HPS/SON?
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #17 on: February 12, 2017, 08:34:44 PM » Author: nicksfans
I love SOX/LPS but I think SON/HPS is pretty awful.
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #18 on: February 12, 2017, 10:27:18 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
When HPS mass-replaced MV in my area, I hated the orange color, thought it was ugly, etc. I don't dislike it anymore, but I still prefer the blue-ish color of MV (and always will), I also like the pure white color of MH better than HPS. I even own a couple HPS fixtures now...when I was a kid at the time the MV/HPS changeout occurred, if someone had told me "when you get old you will own one of those orange streetlights" I certainly would not have believed them. One year when I was a kid we also made a trip to California, and I saw SOX for the first time, I loved the yellow streetlights they had...really wanted one of those (what I thought were just yellow fluorescents) for myself. (I wasn't into collecting lights way back then, but I was still fascinated by them - a story I'm sure most of you guys experienced too?) As for LED, I actually like the white color, but its also sad to see all the old still-working HPS fixtures replaced. Quote from: wattMaster What about "white" HPS/SON? Are those the ones that look sorta like warm-white?
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #19 on: February 13, 2017, 12:59:49 PM » Author: Beta 5
Quote from: xmaslightguy on February 12, 2017, 10:27:18 PM Are those the ones that look sorta like warm-white? Yes warm white 2500K light from White SON
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #20 on: February 13, 2017, 03:39:52 PM » Author: nicksfans
OK, sure, it's better on paper, but I personally find SOX light much prettier.
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #22 on: February 13, 2017, 10:33:05 PM » Author: dor123
I like the HPS lamps when they are cycling, in contrast when I was a little child, then this was scared me.
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #25 on: February 24, 2017, 09:22:37 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Quote from: ace100w120v Xmaslightguy, San Jose by any chance? I was young at the time, & we're talking a trip that was more than 3 decades ago! so had to ask my dad.. Went to 2 cities Santa Barbara & Palos Verdes, so farther south. I have been to San Jose & San Francisco too (that was a more recent trip, but probably still close to 10 years now)
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #27 on: March 18, 2018, 12:01:14 PM » Author: Rommie
To be accurate, LPS is nearer to yellow than orange, but I get the point. Yes, I miss it tremendously; I grew up with MV but the first ever discharge lamp that I owned was (and still is, I still have it) a low pressure sodium lamp, this 45W SOI/H lamp. It is, and always will be, my favourite colour for street lighting. We simply don't need white light for street lighting; it's not necessary and is nowhere near as efficient in conditions of fog or other bad visibility as LPS light. HPS light too is far easier on the eye than the LED glarebombs we have to put up with nowadays
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #28 on: March 18, 2018, 12:43:46 PM » Author: Cole D.
Most of my area is still HPS, but more of the yard light HPS NEMA heads are getting replaced by LED lights. I don't like the color light they produce, it's too washed out and dull looking. It reminds me of a depressing scene in a movie on a rainy night. Something was/is comforting about the orange light. But otherwise other than a stretch of the highway cobras, most lights here are still HPS and there are a few MV still here and there. One of the other things is I don't like the design of the LED fixtures as much. They aren't as interesting as the old cobras and buckets and just look cheap and plasticty to me. They look like something you would buy at Walmart or Home Depot rather than something commercial quality. I'm trying to like them though.
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	Re: Do you miss orange light? « Reply #29 on: March 18, 2018, 01:12:34 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
HPS is still common here aswell as MV.
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