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Obtaining Fixtures => Fixtures or Lamps for sale => Topic started by: lights*plus on April 13, 2014, 08:32:12 PM

Title: More ebay finds, Mercandescent lamp?
Post by: lights*plus on April 13, 2014, 08:32:12 PM

Does anyone know more about this Mercandescent-Mercury-Vapor lamp? http://www.ebay.com/itm/160841324850

Non working nema type mercury: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181379297290

Title: Re: More ebay finds, Mercandescent lamp?
Post by: Mike on April 13, 2014, 09:55:13 PM

It's a self-ballast mercury vapor (SBMV) lamp. Mercandescent must be a trade mark. What it is, is a MV arc tube that is ballasted by an incandescent filament so that the MV lamp can run in a standard socket. I have a westinghouse one. and yep, it has a hot restrike time. several minutes to restrike. longer than a normal MV. probably about as long as a MH.