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Originally Posted by Fliehigh
Keep an eye on your little guy, there has been some issues with the Power Suns lately. All of the MVB (Mercury Vapour Bulbs, which give off heat and UV) started having their glass blown in Asia and the bulbs either don't give off enough UV or too much UV. The Mega Ray and the Power Sun are the two best MVB's on the market but both are having issues. Even the Solar Glo (which use to be an ok bulb) is having issues.
Watch for a change in appetite and watch his eyes. If either one changes replace the bulb.
Fliehigh
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Sadly, even Phillips lighting (a Dutch company) obtains the glass from Asia.
I used to be a "fire setter" (calibration of the torches that fuse the glass) and I can honestly say that when the company got their glass from Corning, the bulbs were far sturdier.
Once the import glass came in, the glass was more fragile and had a lower quartz content, so the bulbs would occasionally be brittle and fall apart in the machines.
Compounding insult to injury, the finished product would sometimes explode in the socket during seasoning (Initial burn in)
The company lost a lot of vendor orders including a contract with home depot to carry the Phillips lamps, because the factory was producing rubbish.
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