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Holy Cow Ever Seen This?
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This was the lamp in my latest find, the 1990 50W HPS 113. The light hadn't worked in like two years so I figured the ignitor was shot. Thankfully the fixture works just fine but look at the arc tube of this lamp! It literally blew up! It's a Philips Alto dated February 2006 (B6). The photocell is a 2012 navy blue Sun-Tech (this light was "red capped" and then turned back on).
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It withstood the explosion though.
Anyway, after I removed the nests and tested the light I began breaking it down. Removing the reflector, slipfitter plate, terminal block, ballast, and PC socket. Killing spiders as I found them lol. Then I grabbed the bleach and paper towels and burned off the mold on the top housing (all the black spotty stuff that was on the housing) and let it sit on the light overnight. Then a couple days later I washed everything in the garage with a bucket of hot water from the kitchen sink. I got everything nice and clean but it still smelled so I hit it with the lysol and now everything's good! That's pretty much my typical process when I get a new light. Just in warmer weather it's all done outside rather than in the garage.
After the rough cleaning, I use the laundry tub and some hot water and soap to give the light a good clean. The refractors and reflectors get a separate cleaning with comet. BTW, did you get a chance yet to read my email?
Aside from cleaning lights, it's also quite effective at blasting the moss that tends to grow on my patio pavers and deck.