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Any street light experts here?
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March 7th, 2019
The streetlight in front of my house stopped working a couple days ago. This morning, a guy from the power company with a bucket lift truck came to fix it.
He said that the had to “replace the head” instead of simply replacing the bulb. He did so, and it looks different from all the others on the street. He also said that they’re no longer using sodium vapor bulbs, but now using mercury vapor.
What’s the benefit of mercury vapor bulbs? And why would they need to replace the head instead of just screwing in a new bulb?
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