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50w Mercury Lamp
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50w M-E DTC mercury lamp I found at Restore. It's shown here running on a 40w fluorescent ballast so if I find a real 50w merc ballast it might be a bit brighter. Right now it's around slightly brighter than a 100w incandescent.
The base is stamped HUNGARY 09 87...I'm guessing Sept 1987 from Tungsram?
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The thing I like about it being dim compared to other HID lamp is that I can run it in my room without racking up the power bill. And plus it dosen't blast my room with too much light like 175w lamps.
I find 100W MV lights my room well too and it doesn't get nearly as hot. After a couple of hours my M-250A is only fairly warm on top (the glass is sorta hot but i can hold my hand for a couple of seconds before its too much).
I have a lot of HID fixtures in the house as accent and/or ambient lighting. Clear mercury & HPS are particularly interesting for the colour they put out.
Ahh, yeah I guess lower wattage HIDs are less efficient to begin with too so it being the same as a 100w incandescent is reasonable. Don't have a lot of permanently installed HID fixtures inside though aside from a 70w CMH uplight in my room and a 175w yardlight in the garage.
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