GE 150 watt Arcstream 
For Mark, so I dug out the lamp and did some calculations from my service log’s, it wasn’t 2 years, but 4,719 hours run time, (just over a year), and although the tube is still clean, you can see the operating effects on the balls of the electrodes (or lack of them)!, this dramatically raised the arc voltage from it’s specified 94, to 138 volts measured the night before I removed the lamp from service!, the lamp was running at about 45 degrees horizontal, with the electrodes in a parallel position, and had become flickery and unstable!

GE 150 watt Arcstream

For Mark, so I dug out the lamp and did some calculations from my service log’s, it wasn’t 2 years, but 4,719 hours run time, (just over a year), and although the tube is still clean, you can see the operating effects on the balls of the electrodes (or lack of them)!, this dramatically raised the arc voltage from it’s specified 94, to 138 volts measured the night before I removed the lamp from service!, the lamp was running at about 45 degrees horizontal, with the electrodes in a parallel position, and had become flickery and unstable!

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Manufacturer:GE
Type/Model:Arcstream 4000K
Wattage:150
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Date added:06 Jan, 2022
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FrontSideBus   [07 Jan, 2022 at 08:03 AM]
Interesting. It's almost as if they have been snipped off. Might be why they only claim 5 or 6k hours.
AngryHorse   [07 Jan, 2022 at 12:49 PM]
Also interesting, Osrams HQI equivalent, (using tungsten shanks with overwinds), don’t suffer the same fate?, but their arc seems to run hotter?, evident in the bulge that starts to form on the tube with equal run hours on?
SilverRay   [07 Jan, 2022 at 01:07 PM]
It is interesting... This lamp has the same design as my lamp 400W but have an outer jacket...

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