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Streetlight #104 - Fluorescent!! Old Fluorescent streetlights at a car-wash. Fairly rare to see cool stuff like this these days! (At some point a HID wall-light was added to the pole too.) I'm guessing they likely use High-Output lamps & Rapid-Start ballasts (also assuming they're 6-foot length, but its really hard to tell with something up on a pole like that). Don't know if they still work, but would assume so (one of these evenings I really need to get out and make a 'light viewing trip' .lol. ) Location: Littleton CO (Dixmor Car Wash) Keywords: American_Streetlights

Streetlight #104 - Fluorescent!!

Old Fluorescent streetlights at a car-wash. Fairly rare to see cool stuff like this these days! (At some point a HID wall-light was added to the pole too.)

I'm guessing they likely use High-Output lamps & Rapid-Start ballasts (also assuming they're 6-foot length, but its really hard to tell with something up on a pole like that). Don't know if they still work, but would assume so (one of these evenings I really need to get out and make a 'light viewing trip' .lol. )

Location:
Littleton CO (Dixmor Car Wash)
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Filename:SL104.jpg
Album name:xmaslightguy / Streetlights (That Are Not Mine)
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Lamp Type:Linear Fluorescent
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Date added:Sep 01, 2012
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Rick M.   [Sep 01, 2012 at 04:36 AM]
I love old fluorescent street/parking lot lights like these Cool ...I remember seeing some as a kid outside a furniture store in Indiana; they were used up until the store changed ownership back around 2006 or so, and unfortunately the new owners replaced all the old fixtures with Sodium Vapor lights... Sad
xmaslightguy   [Sep 01, 2012 at 05:25 AM]
Its always kinda sad to see when some place replaces nice old lights with something new & boring
GullWhiz   [Sep 01, 2012 at 11:45 AM]
I know a really old gass station light near me (older than this one I believe) still working! I will take a pic of it at night...lit has Daylight Deluze fluoro tubes I believe!
xmaslightguy   [Sep 01, 2012 at 04:07 PM]
Cool! would love to see that one Cool
The car-wash on this was built in 1965, and just looking at them I'd assume those lights are original.

I know of one old gas station with what are probably 8-footers.. I've seen that one at night & they don't work (just need new lamps I'm guessing since there was a dim glow)
streetlight98   [Sep 01, 2012 at 05:35 PM]
Cool. Did they make fluorescent lamps designed for street lights like they did with incandescents or were standard HO and VHO indoor tubes used? I know some car dealerships here have T5 HO parking lot lights that replaced MH shoe boxes. I've not seen them at night though...
A_lights   [Sep 01, 2012 at 07:09 PM]
the GE VHO powergrooves were standard for many years

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