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Author Topic: weirdest thing with HPS lamp  (Read 10122 times)

Offline mr_big

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weirdest thing with HPS lamp
« on: March 08, 2005, 11:15:59 am »
I have seen a high pressure sodium lamp that would not start it comes on but just the electrode ends of the lamp light up
Has anyone else ever heard of this happening

Offline Hemingray

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Re: weirdest thing with HPS lamp
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2005, 01:36:34 am »
dead bulb perhaps?

Offline pSlawinski

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Re: weirdest thing with HPS lamp
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2005, 09:38:04 am »
Can you take a picture of the lamp running and post it?

Offline mr_big

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Re: weirdest thing with HPS lamp
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2005, 01:44:57 pm »
this was at a pool so I could not get any pictures of it