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My 100w NEMA right after it turns on. Love the greenish glow and the lack of pink start up color.
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My 100w NEMA right after it turns on. Love the greenish glow and the lack of pink start up color.

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Album name:bucketlight100mv / New album
Keywords:Misc_Fixtures
Company and Date Manufactured:Westinghouse Life guard
Wattage:100
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapor
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Date added:Jun 20, 2016
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lite_lover   [Jun 21, 2016 at 04:36 AM]
Nice glow of the Westy lamp! Cool
bucketlight100mv   [Jun 21, 2016 at 11:03 AM]
Thanks Smile Any idea how long it takes to get the blackened arc tube in a MV bulb?
streetlight98   [Jun 21, 2016 at 12:18 PM]
A long time. Some blacken faster than others. The Westy lifeguard lamps took a very long time to blacken, hence the name.
joe_347V   [Jun 21, 2016 at 08:30 PM]
Also depends on the wattage too, it seems the 175w ones last the longest. Ive seen vintage cleartops still in use in recessed cans in places like malls that are still fairly bright.
bucketlight100mv   [Jun 22, 2016 at 07:42 PM]
I see. I like a heavily blackened arc tube MV lamp VS a new one lol. Would lets say one of those cheap MV lamps that come with yardblaster fixtures, go black much quicker than a quality mercury lamp? My feeling would be yes.
streetlight98   [Jun 22, 2016 at 09:24 PM]
Probably, but most often, those yardblaster lamps (and newer lamps in general) outright die before they get a chance to blacken that much. Vintage MV lamps are overall much better.
bucketlight100mv   [Jun 24, 2016 at 10:50 AM]
Yeah that's what I've been reading in other posts. So you'r a Professional Lighting Engineer?
streetlight98   [Jun 24, 2016 at 02:39 PM]
LOL I wish. Laughing That's just the title the website gives you after you make 1000 posts in the forum. Your's says "Newbie" because you have 6 posts. Joe has 989 posts, so the site calls him a "Lighting Expert". Darren has 27 posts so he's a "Fixture & Lamp Collector". Not sure all the ranges for what gets you what though.
bucketlight100mv   [Jun 24, 2016 at 04:26 PM]
Ahh I see lol.

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