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Mercury vapor at end of life « on: September 24, 2017, 09:22:26 AM » Author: micole66
What lamps turn green at the end of life? Mercury vapor or metal halide?? And why??
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Re: Mercury vapor at end of life « Reply #1 on: September 24, 2017, 09:31:52 AM » Author: funkybulb
First of all there no metal halide salt in Mercery vapor
Lamps. 

Second why mecury lamps go EOL turning green and dim. That cause Emission mix and tungsten is deposted
On wall of the arc tube. This blocking the light output.
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Re: Mercury vapor at end of life « Reply #2 on: September 24, 2017, 12:11:13 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Both turn green when they get old
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Re: Mercury vapor at end of life « Reply #3 on: September 24, 2017, 01:18:08 PM » Author: dor123
Not all metal halide lamps turns green when they gets old. I've seen ceramic metal halide lamps that turned dim warm white or even dim red. I've even seen halides depleted metal halide lamps, that looked bluish white, despite showing only the mercury lines in the spectrum.
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Re: Mercury vapor at end of life « Reply #4 on: September 24, 2017, 01:30:39 PM » Author: sol
Some probe start MH turns bright pink just before EOL. Usually the pink stage only lasts for a handful of startups, and then the arc tube leaks (or damages itself) and the lamp won't light. If the lamp is vertical, it usually doesn't explode, however.
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