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Apr. 5th, 2006 03:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenithRevisiting this one now I have it in front of me:
The other side is marked "Tesla RVK 125W" RVK = "Mercury High Pressure UV".
There is a small screw which (I assume, it's rusty) will allow the thing to open up so the the bulb bit can be replaced.
There is a wire (inside a glass? pipe) that goes up through the side bit from the base to the top of the tube.
The other side is marked "Tesla RVK 125W" RVK = "Mercury High Pressure UV".
There is a small screw which (I assume, it's rusty) will allow the thing to open up so the the bulb bit can be replaced.
There is a wire (inside a glass? pipe) that goes up through the side bit from the base to the top of the tube.
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Date: 2006-04-04 10:10 pm (UTC)Looks like the fuse can be replaced. These days it would have the amperage as well as the wattage. The wire through the middle is thin? That would be the filament.
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Date: 2006-04-05 02:10 am (UTC)The wire goes through the "handle" bit so I can't see it.
I don't think mercury tubes can be used as fuses. There's nothing (visible)in the tube. I think it's an arc light (put a current through it and it jumps from one point to the other, rather than an element like the standard incandescent has, I have been dealing these bulbs for too long I think).
A "circuit is on" type of indicator is a possible though.
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Date: 2006-04-05 02:29 am (UTC)SOLVED !!!
Date: 2006-04-05 03:59 am (UTC)It is a Mercury Vapour (Medium pressure) UV (Ultra-violet) lamp 125 Watts.
Heres some blurb..
http://home.icpf.cas.cz/cirkva/publications/JPP-A-1999-123-21.pdf
I might ask them the others too!