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Mercury vs. HPS A photo showing both light sources battling it out in a tiny rural village in the middle of nowhere in northern Spain! The HPS lantern was out of shot, but its glow clearly prevails over the feeble light of the worn-out mercury lantern.

Mercury vs. HPS

A photo showing both light sources battling it out in a tiny rural village in the middle of nowhere in northern Spain! The HPS lantern was out of shot, but its glow clearly prevails over the feeble light of the worn-out mercury lantern.

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Album name:LAllenLighting / Sightings out and about
Manufacturer:Indalux
Type/Model:CMR
Wattage:80w
Date manufactured:90s
Filesize:7482 KiB
Date added:02 Sep, 2025
Dimensions:3072 x 2048 pixels
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Flurofan96   [03 Sep, 2025 at 04:51 PM]
These middle of nowhere areas are a goldmine for old lighting like this - however it cannot be said exactly the same for the UK as even those places cannot escape from the LED upgrades
LAllenLighting   [04 Sep, 2025 at 09:39 AM]
It's sadly also getting that way across Spain, mercury seems to be really rare now, at least in this part of northern Spain which is where I'm from. Most mercury lanterns were retrofitted with SON-E lamps, and then by LED unfortunately. Places in the middle of nowhere still yield finds though!
Flurofan96   [04 Sep, 2025 at 08:53 PM]
That's good that Spain's isolated/middle of nowhere still yields a lot of old lighting even though Spain is marching on with the LED upgrades. In the UK the only place I know that is middle of nowhere - ish was hanging onto a decent amount of non LED lighting but now I think the LED upgrades have cut through by now, I'll need to check, it is Goring on Streatley in South Oxfordshire

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