Verd-A-Ray 750W Self-Ballasted Clear Mercury Vapor Bulb

This was a very neat find! This is my first ever self-ballasted mercury lamp video!
Info:
Brand: Verd-A-Ray
Bulb Shape Type: BR50
Ballast Used: Filamented Ballast (No Separate Ballast)
Lumen Output: 50000
Lamp Life: 24000 HRS
Color Temperature: 5900K (Daylight White)
Age: 3 hours old

[@TheSoxmania]

Cool find! I'd recommend, if you have one, using a 208 / 240v power outlet such as a drier socket if you can to achieve the full intensity of that lamp but regardless, it's a cool not so little bit of kit!! I do love me a good self-ballasted merc!

[@annpesca6929]

I love the shape of that bulb.

[@HIDLad001]

I believe they were used for retrofitting incandescent high bay lights.

[@oprawyuliczne2213]

I love mercury

[@ketas]

it wouldn't really work without envelope so if it breaks it fails? some regular ballasted bulbs even had special resistor there iirc that didn't like air
i recall staring mv streetlight when young when it was broken. later i realized i stared into uv source. nice greenish blue glow tho

[@cedricwoirhaye8268]

this means you could operate european sbmv in the us without a transformer but not the other way around in europe if the sbmv lamp was 120v and was to be used in europe.

[@tearimakatekeimoa1675]

The outpu will be 2x to 5x lower on 120V

[@CG-1000-T]

FL stands for flood light.

[@sethbower11]

Do you live in Arizona? I’m a lighting enthusiast too! If you live in az we should meet one day!

[@manitobant6738]

Where did you get this bulb? I've always wanted a clear SBMV

[@passtranelectronics]

bonita lámpara

[@Planete-lampes1998]

Ampoule de dingue !!!!!💯

[@cedricwoirhaye8268]

its actually r57

[@Kirby7601]

Peach

[@rayfluorescent7483]

Hey Frankie I am Ray Fluorescent I have a RUclips channel that you should check out I collect fluorescent lightbulbs and have for over 52 years and still do I have a few vertebrae fluorescent bolts not too many but a few and they were bought out or they bought out Lustra but then I think Phillips bought them both out but I was a great mercury vapor Barbula showed and vertebrae florescence are very hard to come by nowadays and I can’t see very well to type so if certain words get misspelled or miss pronounced or whatever please forgive me I’ll take care and have a nice day and let me know what you think take care