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Who are you calling "short"? This is a full 250 watt HPS cobra lighting a bike/pedestrian path. I think it's there to discourage drug activity, but it's low enough one could almost climb up and take out the lamp. There aren't any other lights on the path in this area. Keywords: American_Streetlights

Who are you calling "short"?

This is a full 250 watt HPS cobra lighting a bike/pedestrian path. I think it's there to discourage drug activity, but it's low enough one could almost climb up and take out the lamp. There aren't any other lights on the path in this area.

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Album name:vaporeyes / Light Humour
Keywords:American_Streetlights
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Date added:Nov 10, 2013
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streetlight98   [Nov 10, 2013 at 08:57 PM]
That's an American Electric Lighting 125. Wow that is short! Nice that they used a medium sized cobrahead for 250W HPS and not a small sized light.
Model25FanForever   [Nov 10, 2013 at 11:13 PM]
The arm length compared to the pole height is what gets me Laughing
streetlight98   [Nov 10, 2013 at 11:42 PM]
yeah it'd make sense to use a shorter arm since the pole is shorter and the bike path isn't much wider than the length of the arm lol.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Nov 11, 2013 at 01:09 AM]
I once saw a 400w HPS FCO GE cobrhead lighting a small parking area in front of a building...right next to the street. It was on probably a 6' arm too and maybe 12' off the ground! Overkill anyone? Oh and the same place had a NEMA head with one of those weird 120v Intermatic twist-lock photocells with a 400 WATT METAL HALIDE LAMP sticking out of the refractor! I saw it lit (It was dayburning) and I can't say how it compared to a 175w or 100w MV though in broad daylight...but it was about as greenish.
streetlight98   [Nov 11, 2013 at 02:11 AM]
are you sure it was a 400W MH lamp? 400W MH wouldn't strike on a low wattage ballast that you'd find in a NEMA or yadblaster as far as i know...
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Nov 11, 2013 at 02:15 AM]
It apparently will...
streetlight98   [Nov 11, 2013 at 02:30 AM]
hmm i cant even get my 400W MH to light on 400W MV lol. 400W MV will light up on a 175W MV ballast though it wont warm up all the way.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Nov 11, 2013 at 03:00 AM]
Yeah that's what happened here...I've also seen pics on LG of 1000w lamps in yardblasters that worked and didn't even cycle or anything! Laughing
joe_347V   [Nov 12, 2013 at 03:00 PM]
I've seen similar setups near airports too.

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