Microwaving a High Pressure Sodium Vapor Lamp

[chriscope1986]

u nutter... u love it!!!

[form109]

i Certainly Do.:-)

[SynclavierMPDR]

What????? :D

[form109]

Excactly,haha:-)

[hugestomper]

poor lamp ! lol

[form109]

@hugestomper haha yes,it was useless anyway though.

[jecwhiz]

I hope you don't use this microwave oven for food....anymore....

[form109]

Yes.

[form109]

@jecwhiz yes i was still Using it for Food...but we got a New Nuker

[TheGeek1028]

Also, look at the size of the base! E39 right?

[form109]

Correct....it is an E39.

[TheGeek1028]

Can't imagine how big that is in real life.

Lemme guess...big?

[form109]

i think the lamp is a little over 5 inches long.

[TheGeek1028]

So about the height of a PL-L or PL-C fluorescent plugin?

[form109]

probably...its a little Taller than a 26 Watt PL Plugin.

[ihypno]

i cant find a fixture for that size base :(.. i can get the lights without a problem but nowhere to plug them into.. so my search continues haha

[ritmolatino0664]

The first thing  that gets damaged is the wiring at the base....I have done the same and the bulb was out of service after that experiment:)))

[form109]

hmmmm......well to my Suprise...as far as i can tell no Damage occured to the lamp at all....while being microwaved the area near the base covered with getter got very hot......

[Iluvbadgers]

did u do this because you were bored

[form109]

Maybe.....(Yes):-p

[jmartis2]

These lamps deserve it :P however I would not do this to a new lamp if it was mine...

[form109]

well this lamp is a Westinghouse....well Really Abco its a Chineese lamp....and probably not as good as a Ge.

[photocontrol]

Did microwaving the lamp damage it?Was it new or used?

[form109]

The Lamp is new....but no...it Didnt Sustain any Damage thank goodness.