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1000w Mercury: UK vs USA Thought it would be fun to run up two different 1000w MBF lamps at the same time. On the left is a UK made low voltage Osram HQL. On the right is a US made high voltage Sylvania H36GW/DX The Sylvania lamp has a lovely deep red start but was surprising at just how much quicker the UK Osram ran up! At full brightness there really wasn't that much difference in the colour tbh.

1000w Mercury: UK vs USA

Thought it would be fun to run up two different 1000w MBF lamps at the same time.

On the left is a UK made low voltage Osram HQL. On the right is a US made high voltage Sylvania H36GW/DX
The Sylvania lamp has a lovely deep red start but was surprising at just how much quicker the UK Osram ran up!
At full brightness there really wasn't that much difference in the colour tbh.

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Date added:04 Apr, 2026
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AngryHorse   [04 Apr, 2026 at 01:47 PM]
Stunning line up Very Happy, don’t 1 kW mercs have a 2 minute run up?, I bet that US DX is a nice colour Cool
Danny   [04 Apr, 2026 at 10:26 PM]
That’s a stunning pic as Rich says! This would make a stunning photo for the MBFU fb groups LOL
FrontSideBus   [04 Apr, 2026 at 11:07 PM]
Well you can post it up if you want lol. I have actually deactivated my FB account!
Danny   [04 Apr, 2026 at 11:10 PM]
Ah not my groups those ones but I will submit it to the admins and credit you on this site for it if it goes up… I’m getting close to deactivating FB! Just I have a lot of photos on there with some very detailed text and write ups that I’d like to take with me if I went! and don’t really know what to do with them all as used to use it as my database!
FrontSideBus   [04 Apr, 2026 at 11:21 PM]
One thing that fucks me right off is that Meta is closing down the messenger.com site soon so if I want to still use messenger on my PC or laptop, I'll have to log into the fucking main site!

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