Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #15 on: December 22, 2017, 12:16:43 AM » Author: Bubbler Tube
Quote from: MissRiaElaine on December 21, 2017, 12:41:29 PM See here - scroll down to the section "Sodium Vapour" and you will find out all you need to know and more   Hint - click on the words "Sodium Vapour" to get detailed technical info. Thank You For The Link
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #16 on: December 22, 2017, 12:21:05 AM » Author: Bubbler Tube
Quote from: MissRiaElaine on December 21, 2017, 12:44:08 PM As a result, we've spent more money than we ought to, we've bought loads of lamps I Can See This Getting To Be a Problem, But Only a Light One...... Have Already Bought Another Bulb But It Probably Will Need it's Own Thread...
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #18 on: December 22, 2017, 08:52:22 AM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: Bubbler Tube on December 22, 2017, 12:21:05 AM I Can See This Getting To Be a Problem, But Only a Light One...... Have Already Bought Another Bulb But It Probably Will Need it's Own Thread... All together now.... GROAN...!!!
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #19 on: December 22, 2017, 09:22:42 AM » Author: funkybulb
I catch the sox lighting flu when i was 4 years old As main post office in San Antonio ( postal Hub for San Antonio. ) they had those 180 sox lighting And one day my mom drove by in late evening Discovered reddish glow of them starting up Until  I was 10 years old when i start learning How to ride a bike  after that i went every where Saw these lit in person in Awe and watch them Warm up.  I did this about about once a week On the weekend.  Sadly these got remove For HPS  in the mid 90s. Ok there still Some sox 2 miles down that road at a public storage Unit thst have those 35 watt sox wall pack.  Soon as They find out they cant get replacement lamps, these Will be scrapped in a hurry.  I need to get a photo of this And also keep my eye out on that place.
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #20 on: December 23, 2017, 09:15:45 AM » Author: Bubbler Tube
Guess What I Got Today?!?!?!   What a Thing of Lighting Magnificence!
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #21 on: January 01, 2018, 04:25:58 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
Quote from: Miss Cuddly on December 21, 2017, 12:52:53 PM Yes, we're not having a tree this year, just a self-ballasted 160W Woods Glass MBTW/U lamp  I'm glad we didn't have it lit the whole time, because it did radiate a lot of heat.!
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #22 on: January 01, 2018, 04:33:47 PM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: Miss Cuddly on January 01, 2018, 04:25:58 PM I'm glad we didn't have it lit the whole time, because it did radiate a lot of heat.!  Just a bit  That one is only a cheap Chinese one though, the  genuine 125W Philips MBW/U doesn't get anywhere near as hot, nor does the clear self-ballasted 160W one we had from James
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #23 on: January 02, 2018, 04:50:08 AM » Author: Bubbler Tube
Quote from: MissRiaElaine on January 01, 2018, 04:33:47 PM Just a bit  That one is only a cheap Chinese one though, the  genuine 125W Philips MBW/U doesn't get anywhere near as hot, nor does the clear self-ballasted 160W one we had from James On That Thought Do SOX Put Out a LOT of Heat? Something To Consider IF I Decide To Get Him Up and Running At Some Point... Thanks
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #24 on: January 02, 2018, 07:38:15 AM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: Bubbler Tube on January 02, 2018, 04:50:08 AM On That Thought Do SOX Put Out a LOT of Heat? Something To Consider IF I Decide To Get Him Up and Running At Some Point... Thanks Not really, well nothing excessive, anyway. I did measure the surface temperature of one once, but I've forgotten the result, that's a good excuse to get one out and fire it up again, watch this space
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #25 on: January 02, 2018, 01:55:48 PM » Author: Beta 5
Quote from: Bubbler Tube on January 02, 2018, 04:50:08 AM On That Thought Do SOX Put Out a LOT of Heat? Something To Consider IF I Decide To Get Him Up and Running At Some Point... Thanks You can put your hand on a lit SOX lamp, just don't put it on the electrode end, it gets hotter around the electrode end.
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #26 on: January 02, 2018, 02:08:40 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Quote from: Beta 5 on January 02, 2018, 01:55:48 PM You can put your hand on a lit SOX lamp, just don't put it on the electrode end, it gets hotter around the electrode end. So wait, do they get about as warm as a fluro lamp? are they considerably less hot than an HPS lamp?
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #27 on: January 02, 2018, 03:08:54 PM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: HomeBrewLamps on January 02, 2018, 02:08:40 PM So wait, do they get about as warm as a fluro lamp? are they considerably less hot than an HPS lamp? I wouldn't want to keep my hand on one for too long, but it's tolerable for a few seconds. I'll fire one up tomorrow and let you know
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	Re: I Have The Lighting Bug BAD!!!! « Reply #29 on: January 07, 2018, 03:35:23 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Interesting on the SOX lamps & heat... I have a 55w, and always have been afraid to touch it when on, because as bright as it is, it sure looks like it'd be burning hot!
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