Here are photos of some of the HID lamps in my collection. This page, with a few exceptions, will focus on mercury vapor, self ballasted mercury vapor lamps, and metal halide lamps. Click on the following links to view the photos of the lamps. Enjoy!
Mercury Vapor Lamps
Panasonic 50 watt E-17 mercury vapor, made in Japan
Philips 50 watt ED-17 mercury vapor lamp, brand new
GE 100 watt mercury lamp in clear ED-23 finish, circa 1966
Ken-Rad 100 watt BT-25 cleartop mercury lamp, in high-output white finish. Still works great.
Sylvania 100 watt BT-25 mercury, DX white with clear band on end
Duro-Test 175 watt BT-28 "Safe-T-Vapor" mercury vapor lamp in clear finish, brand new
Philips 175 watt mercury vapor lamp in early BT-28 shape, circa 1985
Norelco 175 watt ED-28 mercury vapor lamp, NOS
Rare GE H-2 250 watt mercury lamp, NOS
Sylvania 250 watt BT-28 with cleartop and deluxe white finish. Still works like new
Vintage British NOS 400 watt H-1 mercury lamp
GE "Bonus Line" 400 watt clear BT-37
Norelco 400 watt ED-37 mercury vapor lamp, NOS
Philips 400 watt ED-37 lamp in clear finish
Self Ballasted Mercury Vapor Lamps
Basic Information about SB lamps and Internal differences of 120 volt and high voltage versions of SB mercury lamps.
Luxor Arc-Escent 160 watt 120 volt R-40 Reflector Flood lamp
Verd-A-Ray "Var-O-Meric" 160 watt 120 volt ED-23 1/2 coated lamp
Verd-A-Ray "Var-O-Meric" 250 watt 120 volt ED-28 medium base, coated lamp
Verd-A-Ray "Var-O-Meric" 250 watt 120 volt ED-28 mogul base, clear lamp
Philips 450 watt 230 volt BT-37 lamp in clear finish. NOS never used.
Luxor Arc-Escent 750 watt 120 volt R-57 lamp in clear finish. Used but still works great!
Metal Halide Lamps
Philips ED-17 50 watt clear metal halide lamp, never used
Philips ED-17 70 watt clear metal halide lamp, never used
Philips 250 watt ED-28 metal halide lamp, circa 1990
Philips 320 watt ED-28 pulse start metal halide lamp, brand new
More to come soon!
Last updated on: March 4th, 2003
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