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PAR38 Mercury Vapour Lamps

Hi,

I'm looking for a UK source of PAR38 Mercury Vapour lamps.

These things are routinely available in North America (just Google "H44JM") but not - it seems - in Europe.

I've called OSRAM and Sylvania who can't assist . Obviously I desire230/240V product.

Anyone any suggestions?

David

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vortex2
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good?

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Nick Brooks

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> any good?

Not these, they are incandescent.

I have just ordered some from

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Just under £40 each.

David

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vortex2

Is this an external ballast lamp or a combined tungsten filament and mercury lamp? If its the former then the voltage doesnt come into it, if the latter then it does.

Regards, NT

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N. Thornton

You might be better putting your time into replacing the fitting, as PAR38 is something better avoided. They use an irresponsibly large amount of material and energy to manufacture, and cost around 20x the price of GLS bulbs to buy. And all you get at the end of the day is a filament bulb. 'Advanced' is basically a euphemism for 'unwise, but we'll take your money'.

If you only intend to use it with mercury, you can get mercury ballasts and bulbs from eg screwfix. Note that a separate ballast type bulb has many times the lifetime compared to the combined filament/mercury bulbs.

Regards, NT

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N. Thornton

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