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SCE owned clear mercs! Sorry for the slightly blurry pic but this is the best one I have right now. This is a cluster of 4 mercs on the same circuit, three light the beach itself and one is up on a dead end street right by me. The closest merc here is a 60s grey GE M250R, the one in the back is an early 80s Westinghouse L150 (or last generation OV15). All are wired at 120v. Located near downtown Long Beach, CA Keywords: American_Streetlights

SCE owned clear mercs!

Sorry for the slightly blurry pic but this is the best one I have right now. This is a cluster of 4 mercs on the same circuit, three light the beach itself and one is up on a dead end street right by me. The closest merc here is a 60s grey GE M250R, the one in the back is an early 80s Westinghouse L150 (or last generation OV15). All are wired at 120v. Located near downtown Long Beach, CA

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File information
Filename:P1010025.JPG
Album name:Silverliner14B / American Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:GE, 60s and Westinghouse, 80s
Model Number:M250R and L150 (in the back)
Wattage:175w
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapor
Filesize:617 KiB
Date added:Oct 31, 2011
Dimensions:2048 x 1536 pixels
Displayed:157 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:0000:00:00 00:00:00
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Program Creative
Exposure Time:1 sec
FNumber:f/2.8
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:5.9 mm
ISO:400
Light Source:Unknown: 0
Make:Olympus Optical Co.,ltd
Max Aperture:f/2.8
Model:C730UZ
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=9216
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Silverliner14B   [Nov 01, 2011 at 01:48 AM]
Imagine having a romance with your g/f here at sunset and the clear mercs come to life eh?
A_lights   [Nov 01, 2011 at 01:52 AM]
Sounds absolutely awesome!!
streetlight98   [Nov 01, 2011 at 02:03 AM]
Nice find! Mercury vapor L-150 and L-250 weren't common. These lights were far more common in HPS.
joe_347V   [Nov 01, 2011 at 03:28 AM]
Weren't the L-150 and 250 designs introduced at a time when HPS was starting to take off?
Silverliner14B   [Nov 01, 2011 at 04:44 AM]
Yep, c. 1979-80, when the boxy OV-15 and OV-25 lumes came out.
streetlight98   [Nov 01, 2011 at 08:38 PM]
Yep. That's why those lights weren't common in MV. i personally like older HPS lights. It's the modern stuff I'm not that all fond of.
GullWhiz   [Nov 01, 2011 at 08:53 PM]
I know one 400 watt mercury vapor L-150 ) or could it be an L-400 or the L-4000 (or the last generation OV-400) just 5 min away from my house...I haven't seen it lit for about 2 years....it was working 2 years ago...I think it has been shut off...
vaporeyes   [Nov 02, 2011 at 02:48 AM]
If you could get a clear, hi-res photo of this scene, that'd be great. So nice to see clear mercs on a BEACH! (I suppose not so great for the sea turtles, though). Beautiful!
Silverliner14B   [Nov 02, 2011 at 04:47 AM]
I don't think we have sea turtles in Southern California except southern San Diego. I could be wrong. Taking this shot was very difficult I didnt have a tripod and there was nothing to set the camera on and still get a good view of the lights. I plan to get a brand new camera and a tripod soonish then i will be back here!
mercuryvaporrocks   [Nov 02, 2011 at 03:02 PM]
There used to be 175 watt clear mercury vapor nema lights in Emerald Isle, NC.
LilCinnamon   [Dec 27, 2011 at 10:33 PM]
Nice shot. I wish More MV was used around where I lived, you don't see many scenes like this here. Almost everything is HPS.

I wouldn't mind hanging out under the light and chill. xD
joe_347V   [Dec 28, 2011 at 12:02 AM]
I wish Ontario had more MV left too, the closest mercs are 30 minutes away from me.

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