09-03-2015, 02:46 PM
Really?
I'M the smart one??????
Hold H**l, Mark your calenders!
A Mercury vapor lamp is meant to burn much brighter than a standard bulb. Especially high pressure lamps.
Are these new bulbs? These bulbs need a burn in period when first lit. At least an hour and they can be brighter in the beginning. They can burn 10-100 times brighter.
Another thing can be the Ballast having an issue.
This is not set up as a Dim bulb tester right? If that is the case then there may be a short in the DUT but I am pretty sure in a darker room with light walls it is just the bulb.
Now watch me be wrong and get blown out of the water
Me
I'M the smart one??????
Hold H**l, Mark your calenders!
A Mercury vapor lamp is meant to burn much brighter than a standard bulb. Especially high pressure lamps.
Are these new bulbs? These bulbs need a burn in period when first lit. At least an hour and they can be brighter in the beginning. They can burn 10-100 times brighter.
Another thing can be the Ballast having an issue.
This is not set up as a Dim bulb tester right? If that is the case then there may be a short in the DUT but I am pretty sure in a darker room with light walls it is just the bulb.
Now watch me be wrong and get blown out of the water
Me
Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
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