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Re: High Pressure Sodium Lamp Failure Characteristics

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From: Mark Harriss
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:36
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Dale wrote:

> Hi everyone out there.
> 
> Im looking at detecting failure of HPS street lamps where say you have
> up to 20 lamps on a particular circuit. Im only interested in knowing
> that one or more lamps are in failure state (i.e. from the moment they
> start to go through their on-off cycle)
> 
> (If anyone has got ideas on when a particular lamp has failed, via a
> single feeder circuit, of course I would be very interested, even
> maybe have a job for you!!! ;)
> 
> Failing a method for above, even a pointer or two to any links that
> may characterise the failure mode i.e. current/voltage characteristics
> of such would be a start.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dale


What about RF interference caused by the faulty lamp and detectable via the 
a power cable pickup
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From: Mark Harriss <ningauble@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: High Pressure Sodium Lamp Failure Characteristics
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