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Weird HPS Cycling (Video) Hmm, it seems this R47 has been cycling pretty weirdly recently. It turns on steady then it will blink a few times and then it shut off before restriking a minute later. Odd... I believe it was a 100w HPS. See video below, I only got the blinking part though. If I get a better vid I'll update the link. [URL=http://s560.beta.photobucket.com/user/joseph_125ON/media/Gallery%20of%20Lights/WeirdHPS2_zpsa7fbff9a.mp4.html][IMG]http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss50/joseph_125ON/Gallery%20of%20Lights/th_WeirdHPS2_zpsa7fbff9a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Keywords: Miscellaneous

Weird HPS Cycling (Video)

Hmm, it seems this R47 has been cycling pretty weirdly recently. It turns on steady then it will blink a few times and then it shut off before restriking a minute later. Odd...

I believe it was a 100w HPS.

See video below, I only got the blinking part though. If I get a better vid I'll update the link.

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Filename:Weird_HPS.jpg
Album name:joe_347V / Misc. Lighting Pics
Keywords:Miscellaneous
Company and Date Manufactured:GTE Sylvania-Powerlite
Model Number:R47
Wattage:100w
Lamp Type:High pressure sodium
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Date added:Jan 22, 2013
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joe_347V   [Jan 23, 2013 at 01:06 AM]
Anyone know why a HPS might blink like this?
streetlight98   [Jan 23, 2013 at 01:08 AM]
I'm guessing the lamp is struggling to keep the arc before shutting off completely. I've never seen that happen before though. Neutral
joe_347V   [Jan 23, 2013 at 01:11 AM]
Yeah normally they just go out instead of blinking. I think I'd saw another R47 do this too. I wonder if it has to do with the ignitor that Powerlite used.
streetlight98   [Jan 23, 2013 at 01:16 AM]
Possibly. i know a Cooper OVH on my dad's parent's street that when it's dusk, the lamp pulses dimly a few times then flashes on at about 1/3 brightness to a halogen color then the orange color comes in as it warms up in under a minute. when i take walks with my grandmother i like seeing the older lamps in the M-250R2s start off a nice blue-green color and shift over to a purple-red then shift to the familiar orange color instead of the newer lamps that start off a halogen color and then shift over to orange. That's just BORING! Sad
joe_347V   [Feb 20, 2014 at 10:50 PM]
This got replaced by a AEL 115 a couple days ago, why I'm not too sure as I think a new lamp was all that it needed. It was still doing the flashing thing right up to removal though.
Model25FanForever   [Feb 21, 2014 at 12:16 AM]
There was a Westinghouse OV-15 down the road that did that. It was OVX'd about 2 years ago. Laughing Razz I think it burn't itself out

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