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| File information | |
| Filename: | IMG_5565.jpeg |
| Album name: | AngryHorse / Sodium lamps, (low pressure). |
| Manufacturer: | Philips |
| Type/Model: | SOX plus |
| Wattage: | 55 watt |
| Filesize: | 3072 KiB |
| Date added: | 24 Oct, 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 2730 x 2048 pixels |
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| URL: | http://80.229.24.59:9232/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=25807 |
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That does look a bit messy! I usually run them in a post top cap up for a while when they are like this
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It should clear just make sure you tap the sodium down the tube cap up when it’s about this sort of warmed up stage
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It's been running for well over 12 hours now and I think the natural convection currents in the discharge have generally moved it away as that blob is not longer there
, I totally get the gentle bump with the lamp cap up, and running it cap up for a few hours, but that is a bit of a no no with me, I tend to never disturb a lamp while still hot as I once destroyed a valuable Osram NAV super doing this when I was 19, it resulted in tiny micro fractures in the PCA which failed days after, I remember foolishly shaking the hot lamp, disturbing the amalgam inside it, I reckon that this was the cause of the damage? I prefer to let the lamp 'sort itself', as I remember James saying that sodium will migrate on its own inside SOX tubes
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