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New addition! 200w HPS 115 From 2008. In 14 days this light will hit 10 years old! Wow! Can't believe how fast things are going now. But.. I found this at the restore, the wheat ridge one (Xmaslightguy, there is another one there if you want to buy it, it's 20 bucks) which for some reason I have having incredible luck finding cobraheads at the restore after moving back here to Colorado. I bought this one cause it is my first 200 watt HPS fixture. One of the more oddity wattages (though not nearly as much so as 310 watts.. I would love a 310 watt fixture) but it's a nice addition, it's a bit dirty on the inside but I will try to fire up soon! This is internals, ballast is a decent size and stuff. Keywords: American_Streetlights

New addition! 200w HPS 115

From 2008. In 14 days this light will hit 10 years old! Wow! Can't believe how fast things are going now. But..

I found this at the restore, the wheat ridge one (Xmaslightguy, there is another one there if you want to buy it, it's 20 bucks) which for some reason I have having incredible luck finding cobraheads at the restore after moving back here to Colorado.

I bought this one cause it is my first 200 watt HPS fixture. One of the more oddity wattages (though not nearly as much so as 310 watts.. I would love a 310 watt fixture) but it's a nice addition, it's a bit dirty on the inside but I will try to fire up soon!

This is internals, ballast is a decent size and stuff.

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Album name:Lil'Cinnamon / My Lights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Company and Date Manufactured:Amercan Electric
Model Number:115
Wattage:200 watts
Lamp Type:High Pressure Sodium
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Date added:May 15, 2018
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ZarlogH46   [May 16, 2018 at 03:33 AM]
I have never seen a high wattage HPS ballast in anything other than CWA. This summer I'm hopefully going to order a 200w HPS series 11 NEMA. It will be interesting to see what the ballast looks like.
streetlight98   [May 16, 2018 at 10:10 PM]
I'd imagine it's the cheapest so that's why it's used. I prefer ballasts without capacitors in general, but once you get to a certain point, the current draw is just way too high to use a NPF ballast.
joe_347V   [May 17, 2018 at 12:17 PM]
Hmm, a 200w HPS HX ballast seems kinda rare. I think most replacement ballasts are CWA/CWI. Apparently 400w MV HX-NPF ballasts existed at one point, the current draw on those must have been fairly high.
ZarlogH46   [May 17, 2018 at 10:08 PM]
Yea, and from what I have heard probe start metal halide ballasts in HX form exist too. AEL used to offer the Series 11 in 175w metal halide, but it used an ordinary CWA ballast (no idea how that would have worked out in the long run).
streetlight98   [May 17, 2018 at 10:29 PM]
Yeah I think HX ballasts for higher wattages only exist as OEM equipment. Any aftermarket ballast I've seen is a single coil choke or a CWA. Yep 400W MV HX-NPF ballasts did exist! Westinghouse used them in their OV-400s. The current draw, like you said Joe, must've been ridiculous. Shocked

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