Mercury Vapor Lamp Overload « on: August 28, 2018, 03:38:30 AM » Author: F96T12 DD VHO
A video done about 4 years ago by DanTheAwesomeMan. He explains why he overloads the lamp, He does is with a variable ballast and when he is overloading it, he makes it dimmable as the brightness changes. It's probably not dimming but it just looks like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MtdhSopACQ
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Lamp Overload « Reply #1 on: August 28, 2018, 04:10:23 AM » Author: dor123
This youtuber is idiot: Why to overload and kill a brand new Osram HQL 80W (MBF-U) made in Germany (Date code: q498)?
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Lamp Overload « Reply #2 on: August 28, 2018, 04:15:08 AM » Author: High Intensity
dor123: I saw this video a long time ago and IIRC the reason he does this is to see how an HID lamp behaves (and fails) when overloaded.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Lamp Overload « Reply #3 on: August 28, 2018, 04:40:44 AM » Author: dor123
He can try this on a cheap generic Chinese MV lamp. Not on a quality MV lamp.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Lamp Overload « Reply #4 on: August 28, 2018, 04:47:58 AM » Author: High Intensity
Maybe he used it because either it was the first thing he had on hand (or bought) or he did not want to use a cheap lamp because the quality control of the cheaper lamps may make it fail prematurely. But anyways it does suck that he did this to a perfectly good Osram lamp.
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	Re: Mercury Vapor Lamp Overload « Reply #5 on: August 28, 2018, 04:52:30 AM » Author: dor123
These German Osram HQL 80W lasted a lots of years, and had the Lifeguard emitter coating that turned the arctube white instead of black.
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