ColaFarmer
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You can use it but they are not the same bulbs... You can educate yourself with a quick Google search...
street lights?
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ColaFarmer
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So... You were using HPS bulbs off of a LPS ballast, and i'm the dumbass? OK whatever you say.
ColaFarmer
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Here since you're too good to do the research... This should tell you what you're too good to know.
The visible light spectrum.
LPS
HPS
For comparison the Sun
The visible light spectrum.
LPS
HPS
For comparison the Sun
gdingy
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After some research I was going to admit I was wrong but I said nothing False. I used a General Electric 250watt HPS Street Lamp to grow with. Worked awesome. You should have done your homework and learned they make several different types of street lighting. Including LPS and HPS. HPS being the more popular of the two.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_street_lighting_in_the_United_States
Around 1970, a new streetlight was put into service: The high pressure sodium (HPS) light. It was initially disliked by most residents because of its orange glow, but the sodium vapor streetlight has since become the dominant type on American roadways and most people have become accustomed to the orange/yellow glow. It is by far the most efficient light source when compared to mercury vapor and metal halide lamps. Color-corrected sodium vapor lamps exist but are expensive. These "color corrected" HPS lamps have lower life and are less efficient.
There are two types of sodium vapor streetlights: high-pressure (HPS) and low-pressure (LPS). Of the two, HPS is the more-commonly used type, and it is found in many new streetlight fixtures. Sometimes, older (pre-1970) fixtures may be retrofitted to use HPS lights as well. Virtually all fixtures that are converted to HPS have previously been lit with mercury vapor. Examples of retrofitted fixtures for HPS use include the GE Form 400 and the second-generation Westinghouse OV-25 Silverliner (although later versions of this model were available from the factory as HPS units).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_street_lighting_in_the_United_States
Around 1970, a new streetlight was put into service: The high pressure sodium (HPS) light. It was initially disliked by most residents because of its orange glow, but the sodium vapor streetlight has since become the dominant type on American roadways and most people have become accustomed to the orange/yellow glow. It is by far the most efficient light source when compared to mercury vapor and metal halide lamps. Color-corrected sodium vapor lamps exist but are expensive. These "color corrected" HPS lamps have lower life and are less efficient.
There are two types of sodium vapor streetlights: high-pressure (HPS) and low-pressure (LPS). Of the two, HPS is the more-commonly used type, and it is found in many new streetlight fixtures. Sometimes, older (pre-1970) fixtures may be retrofitted to use HPS lights as well. Virtually all fixtures that are converted to HPS have previously been lit with mercury vapor. Examples of retrofitted fixtures for HPS use include the GE Form 400 and the second-generation Westinghouse OV-25 Silverliner (although later versions of this model were available from the factory as HPS units).
cadillacjack81
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Check to see if the street lights have an access panel at the bottoms where the fuses are, you can just unplug the fuse.
