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Heres my first American 400w medium pressure mercs! GE A-H1s Can't believe this ebay seller had so many of them, but its cool that plenty of collectors could get their hands on these at affordable prices. The first two on the left are post Mazda, made in 3/49 and 12/49. The one on the right is an older Mazda model, made in 8/43. These things look like they were made yesterday, and man they have lots of mercury! Will light one this weekend. I have had a couple European medium pressure mercs and a GE 250w H2 lamp for a while, so these GE A-H1s will add nicely to my existing collection of these historic mercury lamps. Keywords: Lamps

Heres my first American 400w medium pressure mercs! GE A-H1s

Can't believe this ebay seller had so many of them, but its cool that plenty of collectors could get their hands on these at affordable prices. The first two on the left are post Mazda, made in 3/49 and 12/49. The one on the right is an older Mazda model, made in 8/43. These things look like they were made yesterday, and man they have lots of mercury! Will light one this weekend. I have had a couple European medium pressure mercs and a GE 250w H2 lamp for a while, so these GE A-H1s will add nicely to my existing collection of these historic mercury lamps.

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Album name:Silverliner14B / Mercury Vapor Lamps
Keywords:Lamps
Company and Date Manufactured:GE, 1943 and 1949
Model Number:A-H1
Wattage:400w
Lamp Type:Mercury Vapor
Filesize:317 KiB
Date added:Feb 14, 2012
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TiCoune66   [Feb 14, 2012 at 12:45 AM]
I've not been quick enough to get at least one of those, darn it!

Well, enjoy yours! How about lighting the Mazda one into a period-correct Form 109? Very Happy (If I remember you told you had one, right?)
streetlight98   [Feb 14, 2012 at 01:15 AM]
Can these be lit on standard high pressure mercury vapor ballasts? Were medium pressure mercs pretty much a MV version of LPS?
CrazyLamp   [Feb 14, 2012 at 02:07 AM]
well i have some coming on my way, cant get mine
rlshieldjr   [Feb 14, 2012 at 03:54 AM]
Nice score Dave. Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
joe_347V   [Feb 14, 2012 at 04:59 AM]
Wow nice trio! I was also hoping to get one but the seller's sold out now. Sad
Silverliner14B   [Feb 14, 2012 at 05:09 AM]
Bummer the seller sold out, I tried to help a friend get some but they are already gone. Someone bought 10 of them! Not fair!
joe_347V   [Feb 14, 2012 at 05:12 AM]
Yeah that's what I heard. Mad
A_lights   [Feb 14, 2012 at 10:04 AM]
i lit mine on a standard 400W probe start MH ballast , took 15 mins to get to full brightness
gailgrove   [Feb 14, 2012 at 07:45 PM]
Nice! Too bad they ran out because I was going to get at least one, I heard someone bought 10. Rolling Eyes
joe_347V   [Feb 14, 2012 at 08:08 PM]
Yeah some hoarder decided to hoard ten of them. Mad Rolling Eyes
CrazyLamp   [Feb 14, 2012 at 08:39 PM]
yea it sucks. there should have been more around GOL member.
don   [Feb 15, 2012 at 02:16 PM]
lol who needs ten of these? Maybe to resell at a higher price. Watch for them to pop up again at a higher price.
The seller Cyndee$Attic used to buy up all of the AR-1 and Neon lamps on ebay and resell them at double-triple the price.
joe_347V   [Feb 15, 2012 at 02:42 PM]
Rolling Eyes Reminds me of those people who buy up all the iPhones at launch and then resell them on eBay/CL/Kijiji for few times the price. Mad

Well personally I wouldn't buy them if the person who bought ten decides to sell them later on for a few times the original price.
gailgrove   [Feb 15, 2012 at 04:50 PM]
Oh, look at this , just like was predicted. Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Mad
joe_347V   [Feb 15, 2012 at 06:09 PM]
Wonderful, Mad I wonder if our ten missing lamps will be making a public appearance soon. Rolling Eyes
A_lights   [Feb 15, 2012 at 06:18 PM]
Looks as if it's the same seller that de listed some (10) and is now selling them higher price due to demand Mad
gailgrove   [Feb 15, 2012 at 06:21 PM]
Really, what a jerk... Mad
mercuryvaporrocks   [Feb 15, 2012 at 06:24 PM]
That is ridiculous for the seller to raise the price. It's like asking $3,000.00 for a beat up vehicle that has over 200,000 miles on it. Rolling Eyes
joe_347V   [Feb 15, 2012 at 07:48 PM]
I present you guys with this: Laughing Rolling Eyes
lite_lover   [Feb 15, 2012 at 08:09 PM]
Laughing @ Joseph. I wish I knew about these earlier and could have got one for $16.00,I would still like to get one for my collection as I don't have a A-H1, but now will have to spend $40.00 plus shipping. Crying or Very sad

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