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LPS SOX Sodium Lamps
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Lol. Mine is installed in my office and is on a timer set to 7pm-3:30am every day. It is actually a tremendous amount easier on my eyes than my normal lighting (200W of 6800K fluorescents).
Ballast should arrive tomorrow, so I decided to do a bit of work on my housing. Decided to ditch the PVC idea and go for a more typical approach, using the double reflector.
Everything is just tacked together with hot glue at the moment (which works surprisingly well), as I don't have any wood screws.
Also needs a bulb support at the top, just for a bit of extra bulb support. The socket wasn't designed for a LPS lamp I don't think
May or may not polish the alu reflector yet, it's pretty shiny how it is.
Hot glue covers up my crappy jigsaw cutting job
Shame you can't run them vertically like that.
Dan
Everything is just tacked together with hot glue at the moment (which works surprisingly well), as I don't have any wood screws.
Also needs a bulb support at the top, just for a bit of extra bulb support. The socket wasn't designed for a LPS lamp I don't think
May or may not polish the alu reflector yet, it's pretty shiny how it is.
Hot glue covers up my crappy jigsaw cutting job
Shame you can't run them vertically like that.
Dan
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Looks good, although I would be concerned that the hot melt glue would do just that when it got hot. Melt.
Lots of SOX ballasts and power supplies on eBay at the moment so I see.
Driving back to Albury with a 488nm Argon on board (well my daughter is diving on her L plates)!
Lots of SOX ballasts and power supplies on eBay at the moment so I see.
Driving back to Albury with a 488nm Argon on board (well my daughter is diving on her L plates)!
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Nice! Aye, wish they could run vertical but oh well. Looks a lot better than my scrap wood and aluminium foil reflector, haha.
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My lamp is resting directly on the wood and it barely gets above 90f between the glass and the wood. I wouldn't worry about it.
Btw, if I put a very large topload on my latest TC the RF ignites my SOX lamp from 10ft+ away.
Btw, if I put a very large topload on my latest TC the RF ignites my SOX lamp from 10ft+ away.
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You better get some screws before you turn it on. They don't run too hot, but certainly hot enough to melt that glue.
They can. Up to 55W can be run base-up.
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Beautiful!
Great isn't it? My only pet peeve is that cameras portray the 589 as 595-600ish. The difference is so clear to my eyes and those who haven't seen a lamp in person might get the wrong impression.
Great isn't it? My only pet peeve is that cameras portray the 589 as 595-600ish. The difference is so clear to my eyes and those who haven't seen a lamp in person might get the wrong impression.
Anyone else noticed sometimes there is bright pink/blue flickering around the electrodes when you first turn it on?
Kind of seems as if the "arc" is dodging the filament and going for the connections behind it.
Might be normal, I dunno.
Here is the video I said earlier:
Dan
Kind of seems as if the "arc" is dodging the filament and going for the connections behind it.
Might be normal, I dunno.
Here is the video I said earlier:
Dan
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Great video, Things!
Mine flickers pink/blue sometimes on starting and also glows at the filament supports when starting and sometimes when running. I think the seller might have tested it with it vertical as there -was- sodium at the filaments, but most of it has moved away now. It's still running fine though and I suspect it shall continue to to nearly full, if not full lifetime.
My lamp throws off a decent number of blue spectral lines from the argon fill gas, so I can still distinguish blue from red with the light most times. If you have any red laser goggles (blue glass) put them on and look at the lamp.
Mine flickers pink/blue sometimes on starting and also glows at the filament supports when starting and sometimes when running. I think the seller might have tested it with it vertical as there -was- sodium at the filaments, but most of it has moved away now. It's still running fine though and I suspect it shall continue to to nearly full, if not full lifetime.
My lamp throws off a decent number of blue spectral lines from the argon fill gas, so I can still distinguish blue from red with the light most times. If you have any red laser goggles (blue glass) put them on and look at the lamp.
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Patiently waiting for the outside night video now it's dark!
I have red and blue laser goggles if you don't have any, I'll bring them into work with me tomorrow if you want, and if you don't mind driving to Albury.
I have red and blue laser goggles if you don't have any, I'll bring them into work with me tomorrow if you want, and if you don't mind driving to Albury.