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Phillips100 watt MV

No etch , Has gold at the crimps on the arc-tube
crappy looking capping job, cement oozing out from between the base and envelope
cement has green and white stripes (see other pic for better view

Light Information

Lamp
Manufacturer:	Phillips
Lamp Type:	Mercury vapor
Filament/Radiator Type:	Arc-tube
Base:	Mogul
Shape/Finish:	ED-23 1/2 Clear
Fixture
Ballast Type:	H-38
Socket Type:	Mogul
Location:	my collection
Electrical
Wattage:	100
Physical/Production
Factory Location:	Bath New York
Fabrication Date:	Sept '95
Application/Use:	streetlighting.+ general lighting

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Album name:	wide-lite 1000 / Mercury Vapor Lamps
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Date added:	Apr 26, 2019
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Date Time:	2019:04:14 10:10:52
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Focal length:	4.5 mm
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Lumex120
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Modern GE lamp possibly? They still make 100w clear mercury lamps.

Any machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.

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Quote from Lumex120 on Apr 26, 2019 at 09:02 PM

Modern GE lamp possibly? They still make 100w clear mercury lamps.

Honestly, I have no clue. It's possible it's a GE, I guessed based on the brass base and the gold at the arc tube crimps, looks similar to my 50w clear Phillips.

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Westinghouse OV-25s at sunset.

Anything on the stem press? Might be a Philips.

Good quality things are awesome. Cheaply made things are not.

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Yes, a "B" on one side and a "5J" on the other

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Westinghouse OV-25s at sunset.

Philips. Here's the info:

B = Bath, New York factory
5J = September 1995

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Thanks, I'll update the file !

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Neat, I have a Philips clear 100w merc from July 1985 (it's a Lifeguard and I got it from streetlight98). It's pretty interesting to see the difference 10 years made here.

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Yep, Now I can cross "clear 100W ED-23 1/2" off of the want list !

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Interesting lamp, its burner looks like a standard 125 W arc tube from the company's Turnhout (Belgium) HID factory. This gold coating at the burner extremities is also typical of Philips' 50 W HPL lamps that were produced there. I guess this coating was applied to the present burner so as to ensure that all the dosed mercury is evaporated at the lower input power (100 vs. 125 W).

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I noticed that lots of low wattage clear mercury lamps have the arctube ends coated while coated ones don't.

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yes, thermal losses are relatively greater in smaller arc tubes and sometimes measures have to be taken to ensure that the cold-spot temperature remains high enough for the intended operating pressure.

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Quote from Max. on Apr 27, 2019 at 10:58 AM

yes, thermal losses are relatively greater in smaller arc tubes and sometimes measures have to be taken to ensure that the cold-spot temperature remains high enough for the intended operating pressure.

I didn't know that !

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'95-China were some of the less-quality Philips lamps, or so I have heard. Neat save nevertheless!

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Quote from ace100w120v on May 17, 2019 at 11:45 PM

'95-China were some of the less-quality Philips lamps, or so I have heard. Neat save nevertheless!

This is a Bath, New York lamp! either way for free, I'm not complaining !

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