The Lamp Room

Hi guys need some help here, recently the SON lamp in my Piazza has been acting strangely, it has been flickering dimly then going back to normal a bit like a lamp that wants to cycle but cant, that Phenomena lasts around 30 minuets before returning to normal. The lamp is a Belgium Sylvania shp-T 70w that was fitted new early last year and there's not much arc tube blackening or hasn't shifted to a pink color so i'm not shore whats wrong with it? The piazza is fitted with a standard metal can British Thorn igniter.
Can anyone help me and explain why this is happening?

Well it turns out that the lamp is close to EOL, just been looking at it and it seems that the ark is swirling around the bottom electrode, so i think it will possibly be ready for cycling very soon? Strange that it hasn't pinked out yet but i suppose it will just before cycling?

Stick the lamp in your zx1 and see what it does

Both ZX1's don't seem to cycle any of my lamps not even deep pinked out SLI lol except one PHILIPS you gave me.

Just try it in there see if it does anything after a while. You need to leave the zx1s on for hours really

I don't rally want to move it mate, i want to keep it in the Piazza for as long as possible, Can't believe its close to EOL after a year and 1/2 from new, those lamps normally do 10+ years!

It might take out your ignitor though. Either that or stick another ignitor in. I could do with seeing a picture of this lamp sometime maybe..........??

Yea i will grab a pic at some point this week if weather is ok, i've still got those 8' tubes to photograph for you too.

Sometime soon would be nice lol

Lamp started cycling tonight 10.11.15