I know The Island of Hawaii has heaps of unusual (compared to the rest of the US) amber LEDs, replacing SOX.

As some of you know my long absence has been partly due to me being at infantry training for the Army. My next assignment is going to be Oahu Hawaii starting on 1/1 for my 3 years. I was wondering if there’s any LG members in the area who I could possibly meet up with if the time works out? I can see the area is majority GE LED fixtures with next to no HPS/LPS but maybe they’ll be some hidden gems.

Don’t you all worry though I am doing great, I still continue to take pics of lights just haven’t gotten around to posting them all.
I do plan to be active once again regularly now that I don’t get my phone one day a week if I’m lucky.

Maybe yeah! Would they cost a lot to ship?

I can get you a couple over the next few weeks or so.  They would be LU50 MED base HPS If that helps? 

Tonight I changed out about 20 or so EoL or near EoL F32T8s.  Most were GEs from 2018-2023 that with no surprise, did not last very long.  Had a few older Sylvanias (2001-2010 ish vintage and a few Philips from 2018-2024 vintage as well.  (Changed out a few Sylvanias at another building that didn't make it 5 years as well.  Stupid transition over to Chinese manufacturing The newer ones were all the 900 series.  The old ones were the 700/800 series. 

I know this is a weird question, but if anyone has any cycling Hps lamps of any wattage, or any mercury vapor lamps having a hard time starting, just anything that is burning out or cycling. I like the look of the colors and arc tube when they are tired, I will pay shipping!

Whatever Feit Electric is doing sounds like something they’d do. They’re like the Yum! Brands of lighting.

Yeah, I thought that was odd too, swing fluorescents sold under Cree brand, I kept looking to make sure they were actually fluorescent and not LED retrofits!

I didn’t see any Feit HIDs here. Also, MV is still not being stocked.

I did take a picture of the shelf showing everything, which I can upload.

In a dark room the table can be lit very dimly to have the visual effect and not interfere with any screen viewing. Not sure if with a normal dimmable FL setup you would be able to get down to those levels. With some EOL dimly shimmering tubes maybe

I already know how to simulate electrode aging. You run the lamp on a non-stop cycle of 5-15 seconds on and 10-30 seconds off. After 1-2 days, the arc tube will be very blackened. However, this does not simulate other forms of aging, such as the metal halide salts reacting with the arc tube or the electrodes. How would you simulate those forms of aging in the lamp?