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Bed light, Mercury Vapor version. Installed my OVX over my bed. Came with a price though, at first I put the OVX with a heavier glass refractor with the original way I had the arm mounted on there, and the screws were short, so initially, the light fell to my bed and almost caught the house on fire because I had two live wires and it hit the glass refractor after it fell and made a small spark, I was afraid things broke or something bad would of happened, but I had the light turned off just in time and I this time mounted the arm with much larger screws and switched the glass refractor for a much more lightweight polycarbonate refractor. It was probably a good thing, because the OV-10 could of been on the brink of falling if I didn't try to replace it with the OVX. It should stay up strong now, it's been up for a while and I did a strength test, and it holds up just fine. Aside from that mess up, what do you guys think? The mercury vapor light is definitely better color I think then the incandescent, and brighter and more efficient. 175w MV is definitely brighter then 300 watt incandescent. Only downside is the lamp takes forever to turn on due to it being slightly overdriven with the MH ballast (even though the MH ballast is rated for an H39 MV lamp, as the ballast label has both MV and MH labeled) and the restrike time will be meh, but it's a nice light no matter what. Keywords: Indoor_Fixtures

Bed light, Mercury Vapor version.

Installed my OVX over my bed. Came with a price though, at first I put the OVX with a heavier glass refractor with the original way I had the arm mounted on there, and the screws were short, so initially, the light fell to my bed and almost caught the house on fire because I had two live wires and it hit the glass refractor after it fell and made a small spark, I was afraid things broke or something bad would of happened, but I had the light turned off just in time and I this time mounted the arm with much larger screws and switched the glass refractor for a much more lightweight polycarbonate refractor.

It was probably a good thing, because the OV-10 could of been on the brink of falling if I didn't try to replace it with the OVX. It should stay up strong now, it's been up for a while and I did a strength test, and it holds up just fine.

Aside from that mess up, what do you guys think? The mercury vapor light is definitely better color I think then the incandescent, and brighter and more efficient. 175w MV is definitely brighter then 300 watt incandescent. Only downside is the lamp takes forever to turn on due to it being slightly overdriven with the MH ballast (even though the MH ballast is rated for an H39 MV lamp, as the ballast label has both MV and MH labeled) and the restrike time will be meh, but it's a nice light no matter what.

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streetlight98   [Oct 28, 2014 at 12:03 PM]
yeah good thing it didn't fall with you sleeping under it. Shocked
Mercuryvapor123   [Oct 29, 2014 at 02:25 AM]
Very good thing,That would not be nice. This is AWESOME buds. I think I'm going to mount the other M-250R2 Graybar sent me in my room exactly how it is on my pole . I think that would be neat. Without all the grounds and connections just a cord.
LilCinnamon   [Oct 29, 2014 at 07:55 AM]
The OVX is actually connected to the overhead light next to it that you see, so the OVX will be on lighting up the room when I have the switch set to on, and the main switch to the room turns the OVX on and off. It's mounted there to light up the other half of the room. It's kinda cool to use an outdoor streetlight 175w MH (MV at the moment) as an indoor light to light up a room.
xmaslightguy   [Nov 02, 2014 at 02:19 AM]
Looks good!! (ofcourse I must also add that MV has always been one of my favorites Smile )
Glad to hear the glass didn't break & you weren't injured.

I would assume you now have this mounted directly to a stud in the wall? (ie: not using any type of mollybolts/letting the drywall hold it)
LilCinnamon   [Nov 05, 2014 at 02:15 AM]
Well I took off my OVX on the wall, and replaced it with my M-250 R1. The old one was starting to flicker and I think it was the ballast. It holds on firmly tight and it is bright in my room now!
streetlight98   [Nov 05, 2014 at 02:49 AM]
Is the M-250R1 still 100W HPS? Yeah 100W HPS is really bright indoors. It's really glarey with no refractor too.
LilCinnamon   [Nov 05, 2014 at 03:06 AM]
Actually no, it's 250 watt Metal Halide. I don't want the yellow glow inside, so I converted the light to 250 watts Metal Halide. I'll get a picture of it soon.

Plus the bathroom now has all daylight CFL's and I replaced all the other fixtures with warm white (NOT soft white, the light is warmer then cool white but cooler then soft white, in-between) CFL's other then the troffer (and obviously the M-250 R1) So my entire room area has mixed color tempuratures. xD
streetlight98   [Nov 05, 2014 at 03:40 AM]
Ahh i actually don't mind the orange glow in my room when I have a HPS mounted. 250W MH sure sounds bright! (same lumens as a coated 400W merc!)

Ahh in between WW and CW would be 3500K. I like that color a lot. I like 5000K a lot too, which is in between CW and daylight.
LilCinnamon   [Nov 05, 2014 at 04:31 AM]
3500K is what the box of the lamps said. They were Home Depot brand lamps I used, I bought three packs after work. (Since I work at Home Depot)

It is very close to what is installed on my troffer, the coloring is very similar. The bathroom has all daylights, and yeah. So my room is very white, while the rest of the house is mainly soft white. Except for the kitchen, which has one florescent fixture with a couple daylight T8 tubes.

Are T12 lamps less efficient then T8 lamps?

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