In places that use fluorescent still, I’ve been noticing that the GE lamps are going mercury starved a lot, mainly seen in F32T8s, with them glowing reddish pink, when this was previously an issue with Philips Alto and Sylvania T8s. At the CVS, there are GE fluorescents still used and I see some that are partially or completely mercury starved. I’ve seen it on newer GE F32T8s with no end blackening.

I did see plenty of GE’s mercury starved in the past, but I didn’t see GE’s mercury starved as much as Sylvania or Philips.

The modern GE Ecolux tend to go mercury starved as much as the older Philips Altos did.

At the library, I’ve seen fairly new GE F40T12s mercury starved, when this was never a major issue with them. Previously I’ve only really seen mercury starvation occur on Sylvania T12s and Philips Alto F34s when it came to T12s. It seems like every GE fluorescent is now prone to mercury starvation. The new Philips Alto lamps don’t seem to go mercury starved so I guess those are the best choice now.

The new Philips Altos seem rather decent, the ones from Poland actually seem better than the U.S. made ones. Not sure about the Sylvanias but I don’t think I’ve seen a mercury starved Sylvania with the newer etch style or those that are made in China.