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| I am currently sitting next to a NOS lit up /C lamp. And I gotta say. I forgot about their color. Probably my favorite. What is your favorite mercury color?
I have everything except a /Y, /N and a /WDX lamp. I need to grab a warm white mercury to see what they look like. Probably no chance of finding a /Y lol.
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| Clear is one of my top favorites, but my top favorite is probably /N.
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| Pink color of a fresh deluxe lamp is my favorite.
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| Considering that the only lamps i really had seen are DX (and maybe some single older ones, but i don't know which and what they were), i can say that i do like them throughout all their stages of life
Never had clear Mercury, but i did see some SON lamps that warm up for like 10 minutes as perfect clear Mercury before they start changing color, and i did like that too
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Collector,Hoarder,Pack-rat! Clear mercury Rules!!
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| For looks, clear. I've said it before, it's hard to beat the look of a clear mercury bulb behind a prismatic glass lens.
For light quality, my favorite would probably be /C.
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| Can second this, to me AEL125 with the deep bowl and aged 400W halide that lost some of its spectral content (as were common in some gas stops here) meant a late night travel back when i was kid
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| Clear for collecting and display purposes, dx for actual use.
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