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Travis Evans
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I have a quick question regarding physical handling of HID lamps. The
instruction sheet for my 50-watt HPS Lights of America fixture says that
the lamp should only be handled with gloves to prevent life from being
shortened. Actually, the English version of the instructions says that
oils from hands “*will* considerably shorten the life of the bulbâ€
whereas the Spanish version says “*can* considerably shorten...†(my
emphasis) Now, which one is correct?
I don't have any such warnings anywhere with my 100-watt MH and HPM
Lithonia fixtures. The small box the MH lamp came out of has a long list of
warnings on it, but none of them say anything about touching the lamp.
Is this something that applies only to HPS lamps, or is it good practice
to avoid directly touching all HID lamps, or is this pretty much
unnecessary and only included in some instructions for liability reasons
(or whatever)?
measures. ]
I have a quick question regarding physical handling of HID lamps. The
instruction sheet for my 50-watt HPS Lights of America fixture says that
the lamp should only be handled with gloves to prevent life from being
shortened. Actually, the English version of the instructions says that
oils from hands “*will* considerably shorten the life of the bulbâ€
whereas the Spanish version says “*can* considerably shorten...†(my
emphasis) Now, which one is correct?
I don't have any such warnings anywhere with my 100-watt MH and HPM
Lithonia fixtures. The small box the MH lamp came out of has a long list of
warnings on it, but none of them say anything about touching the lamp.
Is this something that applies only to HPS lamps, or is it good practice
to avoid directly touching all HID lamps, or is this pretty much
unnecessary and only included in some instructions for liability reasons
(or whatever)?