Clear top bulbs « on: March 01, 2008, 09:06:36 PM » Author: mercuryvaporisking
Who is making the highest quaility BT shaped MV bulbs these days that and made anywhere else but china? I only ask cause I purchased a phillips and while unscrewing it I drop it down on my couch, That little tiny soft impact caused the weld to break free from the arc tube! UNREAL! It's the second time I had a ED bulb break at the arc tube.
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #1 on: March 02, 2008, 10:46:53 AM » Author: TudorWhiz
My experience?  BT are actually easier to break than the EDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worst is the BT 400 watters!!!!! I have broken like THREE Westinghouse 400 watt BTs and one Philips 400 watt BT!!!!!!! I think the newer rounded shaped BT actually are stronger because square shaped are easier to break...but squarish or smaller sized ones are better like square BT for 100 watt and 175 watters...
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #2 on: March 03, 2008, 10:30:29 AM » Author: J-Frog
Wierd because for me the BT lamps are stronger inside and they don't break easily on me either.  Also, BT looks cooler and is easier to handle when installing/removing!
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #4 on: March 05, 2008, 10:21:37 AM » Author: mercuryvaporisking
Yeah anything that can be handled alot. Seems them phils Lips LOL,  are designed to be screwed in one time and never touched again until relamp time. Someone told me they still make cleartop BT's? FIET electric make these? I missed a chance on ebay the other day to own 11 westinghouse BT from 83 for only $30. I don't know why I passed that up. And there was also 12 sylvania's BT from 82 same price again I passed that up. DAMN! I now regret it. I will keep an eye out cause I am tired of the poor quality. And I will never buy another phils lips product again unless maybe it be a philips ALTO HPS. They are the only good bulbs they put out.
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #5 on: March 05, 2008, 12:14:01 PM » Author: TudorWhiz
Don, Norelco were Philips the whole time....they weren't allowed to use the name "Philips" in the USA....so the name Norelco came up with this format North American Philips Electrical Company That's how the name was made
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #6 on: March 05, 2008, 12:17:03 PM » Author: TudorWhiz
Quote from: mercuryvaporisking on March 05, 2008, 10:21:37 AM Yeah anything that can be handled alot. Seems them phils Lips LOL,  are designed to be screwed in one time and never touched again until relamp time. Someone told me they still make cleartop BT's? FIET electric make these? I missed a chance on ebay the other day to own 11 westinghouse BT from 83 for only $30. I don't know why I passed that up. And there was also 12 sylvania's BT from 82 same price again I passed that up. DAMN! I now regret it. I will keep an eye out cause I am tired of the poor quality. And I will never buy another phils lips product again unless maybe it be a philips ALTO HPS. They are the only good bulbs they put out.    the ABCO owned Westinghouse still makes clearender BTs.....except they are more rounded but still GREAT stuff! Also Sylvania makes BT HPS and MHs......they make BT for all lamps 175 watt and above for MH......and BT HPS for 100 to 150 watts.....but there's no dimple for their 250 watt and up so they have the "BT style framing" on their HPS from 250 watt and up in Sylvania!
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #7 on: March 05, 2008, 02:32:34 PM » Author: mercuryvaporisking
I'll look into them abco. Sounds like a cool bulb. I like the look of them. Yeah I have a BT Sylvania 400watt, Nice bulb. I'll see if they make a clear and dx version cause I want both.
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #8 on: March 10, 2008, 09:22:14 AM » Author: J-Frog
I wouldn't say they were GREAT stuff, remember a member had one of the fake W lamps explode on him and another member has been having short life issues with them.  I will say they are far better than the Chinese Philips mercs, but a far cry from the real Westinghouse stuff!
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #9 on: March 10, 2008, 11:33:31 AM » Author: TudorWhiz
I'm pretty sure real Westinghouse stuff have exploded before back then.....
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #10 on: March 11, 2008, 03:45:58 AM » Author: Silverliner
The new westy mercs tend to dim out after 4-5 years of service, still ok but no where as good as the old Lifeguards which lasted 20 years with plenty of light and were made in the USA.
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #11 on: March 11, 2008, 09:24:13 AM » Author: J-Frog
The key thing is the real Westinghouse stuff most likely didn't explode as often, and I agree with Dave's post above.  The good news is getting 4-5years out of these fake Westy lamps, that's not bad at all for a Chinese lamp!
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #13 on: March 16, 2008, 08:30:45 PM » Author: TudorWhiz
How many cases of Faux-Westinghouse (man I like "Faux-Westinghouse" over "Fake-Westinghouse")...anyway let me start over..... How many cases of Faux-Westinghouse MVs do you know of that exploded? Don's is the only one I actually know of! I knew a few REAL Westinghouse lamps explode due to vibrations like under the train tracks or during storms or whatever.....
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	Re: Clear top bulbs « Reply #14 on: March 17, 2008, 09:15:11 AM » Author: J-Frog
Any mercury lamp can explode, however it's very rare.  The simple point is the Faux-Westy aint a bad lamp for a Chinese one, but nowhere near as good as a Real-Westy!
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