250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « on: January 02, 2016, 03:57:44 PM » Author: M250R201SA
I've been told that to find a working 250W Mercury bucket fixture is pretty rare..  Today, I acquired one.  It's a GE 201SA, pics to come later.  Not sure what kind of ballast is in there, starting current is 8.1 amps.  Pics to come soon.  The ballast is pretty large and takes up most of the room in the fixture.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #1 on: January 02, 2016, 04:35:20 PM » Author: Solanaceae
Do you want the 100w MV Postline and Westy lamp for it still like we talked aout?
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #2 on: January 02, 2016, 05:38:18 PM » Author: M250R201SA
Quote from: Solanaceae on January 02, 2016, 04:35:20 PM Do you want the 100w MV Postline and Westy lamp for it still like we talked aout? Sure!  I can use it in my GE 175w Mercury bucket.  I'm going to have to go buy a new 250w Mercury lamp for this one.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #3 on: January 02, 2016, 05:43:09 PM » Author: Solanaceae
Were you gonna send the 250 bucket?
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #4 on: January 02, 2016, 05:45:19 PM » Author: M250R201SA
I'm curious as to why the line amps on this are 8.2a? The amps on my 175w merc bucket are 5.1 My 100w HPS bucket are 3.2 and My 250w HPS cobrahead uses 2.6 amps max.  Pretty big difference between the 250w Mercury and 250w HPS.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #5 on: January 02, 2016, 05:47:37 PM » Author: M250R201SA
Quote from: Solanaceae on January 02, 2016, 05:43:09 PM Were you gonna send the 250 bucket? I'll have to wait until I acquire another one for that.  I don't want to trade this particular one.  I thought we were trading the bulbs for the photocells.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #6 on: January 02, 2016, 05:50:11 PM » Author: Solanaceae
IIRC the bulb was for the PCs and the ballast would be for the bucket.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #7 on: January 02, 2016, 06:39:36 PM » Author: Lumex120
Quote from: M250R201SA on January 02, 2016, 05:38:18 PM Quote from: Solanaceae on January 02, 2016, 04:35:20 PM Do you want the 100w MV Postline and Westy lamp for it still like we talked aout? Sure!  I can use it in my GE 175w Mercury bucket.  I'm going to have to go buy a new 250w Mercury lamp for this one. ooo...nice  When I get a "real" NEMA bucket and the 250w merc ballast, I plan on doing this. By the way, Solanaceae, did you get the silverliner yet?
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #8 on: January 02, 2016, 06:54:56 PM » Author: Solanaceae
No, the sender had some conflicting events so I was unable to get it.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #9 on: January 03, 2016, 01:18:27 PM » Author: M250R201SA
Quote from: Solanaceae on January 02, 2016, 06:54:56 PM No, the sender had some conflicting events so I was unable to get it. I will search around for more buckets.  I have a contact who may be able to get another one.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #10 on: January 03, 2016, 01:28:31 PM » Author: M250R201SA
Zarlog, are you just needing a NEMA head or do you have any specific specs.  If you just need a head, I can get you one of those.  Let me know what exactly you're looking for.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #11 on: January 03, 2016, 02:12:07 PM » Author: Solanaceae
Zarlog: no, I don't think the assvance 250w ballast could take the heat, plus it's prolly way too big. I did it with a 175w CWA ballast (remote cap of course) and the ballast got pretty toasty since they are designed to be pushed against the fixture housing but it survived thankfully.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #12 on: January 06, 2016, 09:11:51 PM » Author: M250R201SA
I've noticed that this 250 watt Mercury bucket does not have a capacitor in it.  Should it?  My 250w sodium cobrahead has one, and I've seen a 250w Mercury cobrahead with a capacitor, but for some reason, not the bucket.  Anybody have any answers on why?
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #13 on: January 06, 2016, 09:13:49 PM » Author: Solanaceae
Normal NEMA heads don't have caps, due to the fact that the heat would damage them.
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	Re: 250W Mercury Bucket: Acquired « Reply #14 on: January 06, 2016, 09:22:36 PM » Author: M250R201SA
The first photo is a Type V lens The second photo is a Type III lens After using both on this 250w Mercury bucket, I believe that the light is brighter and the distribution of the light is more even on the Type V than on the Type III.  Only by a little, but still.
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