Blown up 150w Venture WhiteLux

While waiting at Helsby railway station, I noticed one of these nice Philips SGS203 lanterns had a 150w Venture White-Lux quartz metal halide lamp who's arc tube had exploded and punctured the outer envelope!

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Beta 5

[29 Apr, 2026 at 05:24 PM]

I wonder what sort of state it was in before it went bang!

AngryHorse

[29 Apr, 2026 at 07:17 PM]

Venture are pretty hardy, it must have been ‘beyond blue’ whatever state it was in?

Kev

[29 Apr, 2026 at 07:59 PM]

Probably a deep purple couple ha ha

Beta 5

[29 Apr, 2026 at 08:36 PM]

Yeah whatever it was I expect it was pretty far from 4000K/740! Which makes me wonder, did Venture ever make these ones in 3000K/WDL? I only ever seem to see them in cool white.

FrontSideBus

[30 Apr, 2026 at 09:03 AM]

When the 50w SON in my patio light carks it, I might run a Venture halide to destruction and see how many hours that clocks up!

Danny

[30 Apr, 2026 at 11:24 AM]

Bet you it reached the paki shop purple before going bang. Really surprised it’s just shot a hole in the lamp rather than blitzing it altogether though! They really should have shielded the arc tubes in these

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