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Some People Just Dont Know A 400w horizontal burning MH vertical in an old blaster. They also had to remove the stop pin to fully insert it. Keywords: American_Streetlights

Some People Just Dont Know

A 400w horizontal burning MH vertical in an old blaster. They also had to remove the stop pin to fully insert it.

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Album name:rlshieldjr / Streetlights
Keywords:American_Streetlights
Filesize:31 KiB
Date added:Sep 22, 2012
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DateTime Original:2012:09:19 16:55:46
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TiCoune66   [Sep 22, 2012 at 12:51 AM]
Explosion in 3... 2... 1... xD
vaporeyes   [Sep 22, 2012 at 03:30 AM]
Cost of 175w mercury lamp: about $12.95. Sylvania 400w super metalarc lamp shown: about $26. Replace entire yard blaster: about the same. Replace yardblaster, rusty sagging arm, unsafe wiring and collapsing building: Not worth it.
I can't imagine the cheapo ballast in that thing would even start a metal halide lamp. Mine won't.
joe_347V   [Sep 22, 2012 at 03:34 AM]
I've yet to try running even a 175w MH lamp in mine, I heard that some yardblasters can actually run MH though.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Sep 22, 2012 at 04:11 AM]
My GE 175w Multi-vapor (Universal burning position) probe-start metal halide lamp fires up just fine in my ElectriPak 175w yardblaster.
I've seen a spiral CFL (high wattage one) in one of these Cooper/Regent yardblasters at someone's house, also with pieces of the broken diffuser still clinging to the reflector...and it appeared to be powered by an extension cord too! The cheap photocell wasn't dayburning (or maybe it was unplugged) so I have no idea how the CFL performed on the MV, PSMH, or HPS ballast.
My yardblaster is also powered by an extension cord and has a taped-up, broken diffuser. It's only plugged in when needed (not in it's intended location yet but at least it's in the backyard)
rjluna2   [Sep 22, 2012 at 06:25 PM]
Rolling Eyes Razz

Will they ever learn?
Tmcdllr   [Sep 23, 2012 at 12:41 AM]
No.... NEVER! You would think that the size of this bulb compared to the old one would be a GIANT clue that it is the wrong one but sadly.... no.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Sep 23, 2012 at 02:13 AM]
Maybe they thought it would be brighter, and maybe it is comapred to the dimmed out 175w merc that this replaced...or maybe they DO know but need to find a mercury lamp and they had to stick SOMETHING in there that would at least light up (somewhat)
SeanB~1   [Sep 23, 2012 at 02:29 PM]
Light bulb that was on sale at the local Lowes, and it fitted the socket sortof.
streetlight98   [Sep 23, 2012 at 09:35 PM]
probably searched "dusk to dawn lamp" on e-bay and bought the first lamp they saw. Rolling Eyes My old 175W MV yardblaster (now Gil's) ran my Plusrite 175W base up lamp just fine. When i bought the lamp it was listed as universal but the lamp code is /BU which I'm assuming is "base up".
SeanB~1   [Sep 23, 2012 at 09:51 PM]
i think FleaBay is too complex for Rednecks...........
rlshieldjr   [Aug 05, 2013 at 05:00 AM]
Maybe someone who does lighting maintanance, gave them the bulb from a group-replacement program.
GullWhiz   [Aug 05, 2013 at 04:08 PM]
Ever seen it lit in that fixture?
rlshieldjr   [Aug 19, 2013 at 07:31 PM]
@Jace, I haven't seen it lit, it is in an area that I normally don't go to.
traffic light1   [Aug 18, 2019 at 07:51 PM]
Would it light up ?

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