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Post by Cole D on Apr 11, 2020 13:24:54 GMT -5
Since I was a kid I've been interested in street lights, yard lights, etc.
With the popularity of LEDs replacing older HID light sources such as high pressure sodium and metal halide, I kind of look at this how I see DC motors replacing stack motors.
Eventually when I get a house I want to have a streetlight for my driveway and another light for the back yard. I recently got an American Electric model 115 on eBay for a good price that's sodium. Now I would just need a pole and arm for it.
What I really want is an old GE Powr/Bracket mercury vapor fixture. There were a few around when I was a kid and I loved those, but they were a little before my time so I never saw many.
Since the LEDs are out you can get pretty good prices on new HID fixtures on eBay that were purchased and never ended up being used since they switched to LED. So i've been getting a few while I still can.
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Post by Parkman on Apr 11, 2020 13:53:22 GMT -5
Since I was a kid I've been interested in street lights, yard lights, etc. With the popularity of LEDs replacing older HID light sources such as high pressure sodium and metal halide, I kind of look at this how I see DC motors replacing stack motors. Eventually when I get a house I want to have a streetlight for my driveway and another light for the back yard. I recently got an American Electric model 115 on eBay for a good price that's sodium. Now I would just need a pole and arm for it. What I really want is an old GE Powr/Bracket mercury vapor fixture. There were a few around when I was a kid and I loved those, but they were a little before my time so I never saw many. Since the LEDs are out you can get pretty good prices on new HID fixtures on eBay that were purchased and never ended up being used since they switched to LED. So i've been getting a few while I still can. That’s a good comparison. I’ve recently become more attentive to porch lights myself.
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Post by Cole D on Apr 26, 2020 9:21:09 GMT -5
That’s a good comparison. I’ve recently become more attentive to porch lights myself. Just be careful on the LED fixtures!! Our neighbor had a house built and the porch lights have the LED boards built into the fixture. Well one of them went out last year, just stopped working. They tried to see if they could get the parts but the store said they ended up having to buy the whole fixture again. Ended up transferring the board from the new light into the existing one since it had weathered a bit being outside. If they stop making the light, you're out of luck, especially if you have matching ones. My friend built a house a couple of years ago and told me only like one fixture or fan in the whole house has a light socket, the rest are all integrated LEDs. So when they go out, have to replace whole thing again. I would personally very unlikely buy a fixture without a replaceable bulb. I've seen them even flashing and failing in Home Depot before.
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Post by dano on Apr 28, 2020 8:09:34 GMT -5
My yard was lit up with 4 traditional halogen flood lights. When renovating, I bought similar heavy metal fixtures but replaced them with par38 120 or 150 watt equivalents. I have to look again because I can't find the order in my amazon history but they are really even brighter and I never give it a thought having them on all evening, whereas the halogens were using some serious energy.
When I was a kid we moved to a house that had what I was told was a mercury halide fixture. That also lit up the whole yard but I think it used a ton of energy to run. My dad would get mad when it was left on.
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