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Bottled Lightning Had this lamp out while I was tidying the drawer it lives in, so would have been rude not to give it a run. Shame that no camera can ever truly seem to capture the colour of the discharge from an MA lamp. I've done my best to correct it in post processing. It really does look like someone has trapped a bolt of lightning in a bottle though... imagine it must have honestly seemed like that back in the 1930s... Keywords: Mercury; ma; 400;

Bottled Lightning

Had this lamp out while I was tidying the drawer it lives in, so would have been rude not to give it a run.

Shame that no camera can ever truly seem to capture the colour of the discharge from an MA lamp. I've done my best to correct it in post processing. It really does look like someone has trapped a bolt of lightning in a bottle though... imagine it must have honestly seemed like that back in the 1930s...

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Filename:IMG_20190609_234402.jpg
Album name:Zelandeth / Mercury Lamps
Keywords:Mercury / ma / 400 /
Manufacturer:Osram
Type/Model:MA400W/V
Wattage:400W
Date manufactured:1960s, rebuilt into new outer in 2016
Filesize:1376 KiB
Date added:09 Jun, 2019
Dimensions:1675 x 2048 pixels
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FrontSideBus   [10 Jun, 2019 at 01:07 AM]
Beast! Looks like a nice flood too.
Andy   [10 Jun, 2019 at 07:47 PM]
That's a lovely lamp and flood light too. When you say the lamp ws rebuilt into a new outer, how exactly was this achieved?
Zelandeth   [11 Jun, 2019 at 12:39 AM]
This lamp was originally tracked down by James with a cracked outer bulb. Obviously he had access to the tools necessary to pop it into a new outer, allowing it to be resurrected as a functional display piece rather than just something inert to sit on a shelf. Being able to see an MA lamp working is more valuable in my view than originality. Undoubtedly the last MA lamp to have ever been attached to the lamp building kit there I would think!
FrontSideBus   [11 Jun, 2019 at 11:18 AM]
Fantastic that it was managed to be saved!
lasagafield   [11 Jun, 2019 at 02:03 PM]
What a showpiece that is! What's in the outer shell area? Any gas mix/pressure inside?
Andy   [11 Jun, 2019 at 08:00 PM]
That's lamp has a good story to tell then. Makes it all the more unique! Smile
AngryHorse   [11 Jun, 2019 at 08:42 PM]
MAs look made for this Very Happy , right length and everything Cool
James   [17 Jun, 2019 at 08:29 PM]
Excellent to see this back in service again! The new outer bulb is filled with pure nitrogen at about 700mBar pressure, similar to what it would have originally had.
Lightbulbfun   [19 Jun, 2019 at 12:21 AM]
I have had the pleasure of seeing this lamp in person, it really is Awesome Smile I really need to dig out and fire up my own MA/V lamp again one of these days Smile (and upload pictures here too!)

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