In a Walmart parkinglot...these appeared just recently.
Previous lights were MH shoeboxes. I thought I had a pic of those original lights, but I guess not :(
Haven't been there at night (yet) so don't know how they compare...
The one I am currently working at (for 3 more days before I have 7 days off, then I will be working at a Walmart in Longmont, CO) has 480 volt 1000 watt metal halide lights. At the moment all of the circuits that control the lights are all messed up due to a lightning striking the building on Monday (Yes I was in the building) and parts of the lights still don't work, and I was talking to the electricians who were working on it and they just can't exactly figure out what is wrong after that.. I feel that the people who wired the parking lot lights didn't do a good job and messed things up, or that lightning strike messed up the circuits in so many ways that it requires lots of fixing and stuff.. Hmmm...
I have no idea on what wattage the MH were that were originally at this store. But they looked reasonable size...and 2 per pole, so I can't see any way that the lot would be same brightness now.
I know that a lightning strike can really mess up/fry the electrical system of a building that gets struck
They may end up having to replace the wire itself on those affected circuits...
I guess they are going around to all the stores & converting the parking lots? I last weekend noticed another store here where they'd been changed out.
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Also I was by the Walmart where this pic was taken earlier this week... at night: parking lot is deff dimmer than it was before, but its not all that bad either.
The walmart I now work at has the same lights pictured here. All I can say, is being back in Colorado, not all that much has changed..... Heh. Other than an LED swarm all over the dang place. But I have grown on LED's, I wouldn't mind having my own in my collection someday. Especially if it is a cobrahead
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Be interesting to see how they look at night.
I know that a lightning strike can really mess up/fry the electrical system of a building that gets struck
They may end up having to replace the wire itself on those affected circuits...
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Also I was by the Walmart where this pic was taken earlier this week... at night: parking lot is deff dimmer than it was before, but its not all that bad either.