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Hello, I'm new! First of all sorry for my bad english  . I have some question about my 35W SOX lamp  ; last week I bought from ebay the whole kit for 40€, this included: a Philips 35W SOX-Plus lamp  , a Philips 35W/55W ballast, a Philips SX72 ignitor and the capacitor. My intention was (because i love LPS lamps) to put the lamp inside my bedroom or living room; I known that the lamp emits 4200lm, too much for inside house application and I known that I had to buy a 18W SOX lamp, but the price for this with Ignitor and ballast was too high, also I should have to buy the ballast, the capacitor, the ignitor and the lamp individually. So my questions are: 1) Is it possible to do something that reduces the emission of my lamp? For example (I'm daydreaming) if I put a 18W ballast on my 35W lamp, what happens? If the lamp starts to work, I would have 4200lm still or less? 2) (This will be the last hope) If I buy a 18W SOX lamp, maybe the SX72 ignitor (that is good for 26W/35W/55W SOX-e/SOX) works without problem, but I have to buy the ballast, because I have a 18W ballast  for fluorescent tube  ... however I thing that isn't also good for SOX lamp... Please help me, because I'm a bit sad and also I had to replace the SOX lamp with a classic bulb  . I suppose that the only possible solution is to buy a 18W SOX lamp with it SOX ballast... I don't want to spend other money  ... I trust you very much, so maybe there could be some solution that I don't know to reduce the emission of my 35W SOX lamp. Thank you so much. With regard, Zar. |
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Hi Zar, and welcome to LG First and foremost, never run a lamp on the wrong ballast, it will not do either of them any good and you run the risk of destroying them, especially with a low wattage lamp on a higher wattage ballast  A 35W lamp is ok for indoor use, well we think so, anyway  We have two lanterns in daily use here, a Thorn Gamma 6 which is on a post in the corner of the living room, and a Beta 5 which we made into a table lamp  Dedicated 18W SOX ballasts are rather hard to come by, at least they are here, you don't say where you're located. The closest match is a 16W 2D ballast, which is ok but does run a little hot, so take care and don't leave it unattended. Another point is SOX lamps do not like frequent switching on and off. Ideally, especially with a new lamp, run it for a minimum of 5 hours, preferably longer. Also only switch it on and off once per day, that way you will prolong its life Take care and once again welcome to LG, why not post a message in the new users forum telling us a bit about yourself..? I'm in Aberdeen on the north-east coast of Scotland and as you can tell from my username I love SOX lamps |
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| Also: Never run the lamp with the base-down, as this will cause the liquid sodium to accumulate at the ends of the tube, and to attack the end seals.
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I"m don't speak English well, and rely on online translating to write in this site.
Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.
I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).
I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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Hello! I live in Rome, Italy; my problem is that when I set the lamp in my little room, the light emission was very strong; so my eyes became a bit tired ... . Also here in Italy these things, like SOX lamps, are very difficult to find! Maybe in the future I will buy a 18W SOX, because the 35W is to much for my eyes |
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Hi ok, 35W is ok to run base up vertically, but anything larger than 55W must be run horizontally. 18W lamps are good, but as I said the correct ballasts for them are rare, so a 16W 2D ballast is the closest match I can find |
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| Try to buy 18W SOX lamp and ballast from the UK Amazon or from the UK eBay. I think your ignitor is also suitable for 18W SOX lamps.
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I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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| The SX72 ignitor is ok, the SX26 is the correct one for 18W but is hard to find.
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| Thank you very much! I'm very happy to find a serious lamps forum!
with regard, Zar.
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Yes they are quite bright high up without a lantern..! Good to see your face, you probably won't see mine, I'm the shy, retiring type as anyone here will tell you  |
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| but last question please: does the Sox lamps in the initial warming phase emits UV rays? I don't believe this but It's my doubt...
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| No. Nothing in them to do so.
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