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mercury vapor lamps color tempature « on: July 18, 2008, 05:09:26 PM » Author: form109
a clear mercury vapor lamp is about 5700k while most coated bulbs range from 3900k-4100k,i notice some mercury vapor nema heads in my neighborhood have coated bulbs that appear very blue(aroung 6500k).
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Re: mercury vapor lamps color tempature « Reply #1 on: July 23, 2008, 07:45:09 PM » Author: GE M-400A1
Coated MV lamps are not that blue! They are like 4000 to 4300 at the most!
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Re: mercury vapor lamps color tempature « Reply #2 on: July 23, 2008, 08:09:55 PM » Author: Mr. Big
it sure looked blue to me,and it is possible to put daylight phosporus on a mercury vapor lamp,actullay the average color temp of a coated bulb is from 3900-4200 kelvin,but once again it depends on the type of phosporus,anything is possible.
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Re: mercury vapor lamps color tempature « Reply #3 on: July 23, 2008, 08:59:31 PM » Author: form109
Maybe it's a retrofit probe start MH lamp in that light rather then an MV?
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Re: mercury vapor lamps color tempature « Reply #4 on: July 23, 2008, 09:05:27 PM » Author: form109
my local utility does not use metal halide lamps for new installations.
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Re: mercury vapor lamps color tempature « Reply #5 on: July 24, 2008, 02:52:22 AM » Author: TudorWhiz
I am not sure why the brand new ones are bluish but I know that /W coated MV lamps were around 6500 color like a 6500k fluoro...but they aren't made no more...
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Re: mercury vapor lamps color tempature « Reply #6 on: July 24, 2008, 03:11:02 AM » Author: form109
ohh yeah its not a new lamp,i typed it wrong ;D
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