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400w UV cannon bulb

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Topic: 400w UV cannon bulb

Posted By: opus jody
Subject: 400w UV cannon bulb
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 10:16am

Hiya.
can you meter uv cannon bulbs to see if they're blown or not?

cheers.

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Posted By: illuminate
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 10:51am

No, you would need to put it into a suitable fixture and run it up to test it.

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Posted By: opus jody
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 12:40pm

cool, so it might not be blown then.
nice one, cheers.

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Posted By: norty303
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 1:22pm

Also, don't be fooled into thinking its gone because it's rattling. Most of them do as part of the manufacturing process leaves a small piece of loose something (glass) inside the capsule.
Don't forget these are arc type lamps, not filament, so there's technically nothing to 'blow' they just get harder to start over time.

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Posted By: dmx256
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 8:19pm

and they a;so get dimmer over time.....

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