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Really? I normally don't take photos of lights in public places (Although I sure think about it!) This one tops the chart hands-down though as far as tacky "energy saving" retrofits are concerned. It's an Appleton 1000w mercury flood retrofitted with a couple 45w spiral compact fluorescents. I've seen this sucker lit at night and it's impressively bright in the wrong direction on the brightness scale LOL. I remember when this had a nice Sylvania clearbander lamp too LOL. Keywords: Light_Humor!

Really?

I normally don't take photos of lights in public places (Although I sure think about it!) This one tops the chart hands-down though as far as tacky "energy saving" retrofits are concerned. It's an Appleton 1000w mercury flood retrofitted with a couple 45w spiral compact fluorescents. I've seen this sucker lit at night and it's impressively bright in the wrong direction on the brightness scale LOL.
I remember when this had a nice Sylvania clearbander lamp too LOL.

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Album name:GEsoftwhite100watts / Light Humor!
Keywords:Light_Humor!
Company and Date Manufactured:Appleton, "Building Maintenance People"
Model Number:ScrewUp1
Wattage:90w-ish
Filesize:374 KiB
Date added:Aug 30, 2014
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joe_347V   [Aug 30, 2014 at 06:56 AM]
I do that all the time Razz . Of course it does help if you have a camera phone so you can discretely take pics.

That flood just looks weird with those CFLs in Laughing , personally I would retrofit to CMH if energy savings were needed.
traffic light1   [Aug 30, 2014 at 12:26 PM]
LPS would work better for that light, could 2 35w LPS lamps run horizontal? it looks it. or some 18w ones could sit vertical 3 of them would give about 10,000lm and for only 54w
streetlight98   [Aug 30, 2014 at 03:38 PM]
Well at least they took the time to add a socket rather than just stick one spiral CFL in. Razz Laughing
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 30, 2014 at 04:55 PM]
The other one like this had one spiral CFL but installed diagonally!
LPS wouldn't look very good here at all though.
streetlight98   [Aug 30, 2014 at 05:18 PM]
I wouldn't use LPS since the quality of the light is nasty. I wouldn't want to be in an area lit by monochromatic yellow light lol. They should have converted it to 400W PSMH or better yet kept it MV!
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Aug 30, 2014 at 05:20 PM]
That's what I thought! They're also slowly retrofitting all their magnetic T12 lights to electronic T8...
rjluna2   [Aug 30, 2014 at 06:52 PM]
Oooo! Razz Laughing
traffic light1   [Aug 31, 2014 at 01:11 AM]
I am a green, it shows I want less people and more LPS. The first thing I ask myself is what will save the most energy, not what light is best for me but what is best to save energy. and I don't want the government to force lamps on me........ LED, The government has no right to band lamps in the USA If you want MV you have the right to get it I just think LPS is the best but us right wing greens don't force are thinking on you we just inform you . Restoration 2016 Razz

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