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Re: Running my Caster lamp again « Reply #15 on: July 28, 2008, 12:50:21 AM » Author: GE M-400A1
Typical China crap!
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Re: Running my Caster lamp again « Reply #16 on: July 28, 2008, 05:48:35 PM » Author: don93s
Sometimes, if you run those lamps base-down and then let it cool off, the mercury will condense between the starting probe and electrode and short them out....then won't start. I have a similar lamp that does that. Most likely to happen if there is sputtering (blackening) right between the electrode and starting probe, which seems more common with those cheap newer lamps.
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Re: Running my Caster lamp again « Reply #17 on: August 06, 2008, 11:25:01 AM » Author: Foxtronix
Ok. Fortunately, the probe is on the top of the arctube in bucket lights...
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