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Are the bulbs on the track work light strips made of plastic, because I have never seen one broken? I've also seen them carried in bunches. I know I'd have a tough time handling those without breaking them. Unless I was shown a special way to carry them; like how waiters can hold a lot of plates in one hand without dropping them.

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the banker lights use glass light bulbs. they break all the time. i have seen a few blow up also.

 

When they break or blow up, there is usually noting left of the bulb making it a real bitch to put new bulbs in then. The clips are great for holding gloves and hard hats thought.

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Ahh, here is the occasion to mention the new type of bank light I just noticed for the first time a couple of weeks ago. The LED banklight.

It consists of two rows of 10 "jumbo" (10mm) LED's; which appear to be 3000-4000K (not bluish like the ones used in the time signals, but not quite soft white either; not that different than late afternoon sunlight).

 

Leaving 9th Avenue southbound, going around the bend, I noticed through the trees what looked like a bright bar of light. It looked like it could have been the sunlight reflecting off of something chrome. But when I got around to it, it was a new banklight placed on the through-span where the line crosses over 39th St.

 

The array is like this:

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So that both columns are on the same side, and pretty much cover the space and angle that the old five bulbs would.

 

This is the only one I have seen so far. I wish I could see it underground or at least at night, to really get an idea of how it compares to the old ones.

I had wondered if they would ever use CFL's, or the new LED bulbs (like the ones tested on parts of Fulton St) on those, but instead, they are going with a dedicated LED array, just like the signals.

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They have been using these new lights it the pit tracks up at 207 called a wobble light or something like that and man are they bright as all hell. I have seen contractors use them while installing tunnel lighting. The only drawback is that they are too big to use on active tracks but man to they light up a tunnel.

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