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| Geez! apparently this came from a story i read, and it said that they came from High Mast fixtures!
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| Overheated lamps? Or physical damage? I think the article would be a nice read for others on here too. Do you have a link to it?
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| No, i'll get the link soon. These lamps are at end of life, if i recall, it said that heat destroyed these
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| Yeah, I wonder if the reflector design was to blame. Some of my HPS lamps had a warning on the sleeve not to use them in a luminaire where the reflector redirects a significant portion of the energy back into the arc tube.
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| I think the article was made in the 80's
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Yeah, I wonder if the reflector design was to blame. Some of my HPS lamps had a warning on the sleeve not to use them in a luminaire where the reflector redirects a significant portion of the energy back into the arc tube.
https://www.academia.edu/70428729/Investigation_of_Lamp_Damage_in_High_Mast_Illumination_TowersHere!
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| Your welcome! did you see the image in that document?
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