Next summer if I get to that place it's 100% sure I'll get it! It's close to another flea market where I found those three OV-20s. I sure would like to get back from there with a gumball refractor and three OV-20s!
PEPCO is basically wiping out EVERY SINGLE MV out there plus incandescent, they even are replacing the private area lighting lights which are 99% MV Powerbrackets with HPS Powerbrackets.
My opinion...wait for LEDs, HPS is obsolete already!
PEPCO doesn't service ANY MH at all.....not even ONE! They are HPS, MV, and incandescent...( now it's basically almost 100% HPS although I saw some test LEDs, and one town under PEPCO gotten some LEDs) So basically the only option for private area lighting in PEPCO are HPS!!! LOL
Same for National Grid, though Joe M. they did use 400W MH lamps in their remaining 400W MV cobraheads until they stopped maintaining them period. He mentioned they also have a number of MH lights at their warehouses and major facilities so i guess technically they do maintain MH lights, but they strictly install HPS lights unless the fixture is provided by the person paying the tab for the lights.
Duquesne Light is getting rid of their mercury vapor street lights too but they're doing it individually when the lamp burns out. They want to change all of their lighting to high pressure sodium. They don't use metal halide lights either, in fact they're not even included on their tariff.
Okay a new discovery about PEPCO...apparently, there is another kind of lamp PEPCO does use, but I haven't seen one in use yet, but they are Philips QL Induction only either 55 watts or 85 watts and apparently only available in tear drop fixtures, but for other stuff, the shoe boxes, the cobraheads, the posttops provided by PEPCO are ALL HPS, no MH!
I found that Induction light in Pepco's website. For a while I thought I clicked the wrong link and showed up in another utility's website... A big WTH moment for me when I found that out.
Well it isn't just PEPCO, there's an assult on older lights just about everywhere now. Detroit plans to throw out all its older stuff but they can't due to lack of funds at this time.
Well Dave, some of my points I have noticed, some electric companies will only change the public roads and save some historical lights like PSE&G while others will only do every single public roads, and leave private area lighting, then there's PEPCO and Delmarva that just seems to replace EVERY SINGLE thing.....with HPS!
I am not surprised as Pepco owns Delmarva. Their websites are similar except Delmarva's includes MH instead of 99.99% HPS in Pepco's.
It's sad really. I get it to use HPS to get more light for less money. But you really don't save money by removing perfectly good lights be it incandescent or MV.
Over here we still install HPS but I've seen some remaining MV PAL lights left. I guess they never converted the old bracket fixtures and floodlights here to HPS.
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My opinion...wait for LEDs, HPS is obsolete already!
Also I wonder why they didn't opt to go with MH gumballs and 3000K lamps like Toronto did.
It's sad really. I get it to use HPS to get more light for less money. But you really don't save money by removing perfectly good lights be it incandescent or MV.