Are metal halide lamps dangerous?

[Yzordderrex]

I retrieves some nice 1kW High Bay lamps from Dump. I am going to retrofit them with LEDs for my shop. I am a little nervous about removing the metal halide lamps. It seems the first one had become a little loose form it's socket. I am wondering if the bulb is fractured when I try to remove if it will explode.

Any input?

Regards,
Bob
N9NEO

 

On Friday, 3 May 2019 13:14:27 UTC+1, Yzordderrex wrote:

I retrieves some nice 1kW High Bay lamps from Dump. I am going to retrofit them with LEDs for my shop. I am a little nervous about removing the metal halide lamps. It seems the first one had become a little loose form it's socket. I am wondering if the bulb is fractured when I try to remove if it will explode.

Any input?

Regards,
Bob
N9NEO

They are high pressure lamps & can sometimes go bang. The pressure won't be as bad cold of course.


NT

 

[George Herold]

On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 8:14:27 AM UTC-4, Yzordderrex wrote:

I retrieves some nice 1kW High Bay lamps from Dump. I am going to retrofit them with LEDs for my shop. I am a little nervous about removing the metal halide lamps. It seems the first one had become a little loose form it's socket. I am wondering if the bulb is fractured when I try to remove if it will explode.

Any input?
No idea, how about some gloves and safety glasses in case.

George H.

Regards,
Bob
N9NEO

 

On Fri, 3 May 2019 08:11:48 -0700 (PDT), George Herold
<gherold@teachspin.com> wrote:

On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 8:14:27 AM UTC-4, Yzordderrex wrote:
I retrieves some nice 1kW High Bay lamps from Dump. I am going to retrofit them with LEDs for my shop. I am a little nervous about removing the metal halide lamps. It seems the first one had become a little loose form it's socket. I am wondering if the bulb is fractured when I try to remove if it will explode.

Any input?
No idea, how about some gloves and safety glasses in case.

Also wear a scarf.

At least this was the early 1960's recommendation for carrying around
a TV picture tube.

George H.

Regards,
Bob
N9NEO

 

[George Herold]

On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 4:17:25 PM UTC-4, upsid...@downunder.com wrote:

On Fri, 3 May 2019 08:11:48 -0700 (PDT), George Herold
gherold@teachspin.com> wrote:

On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 8:14:27 AM UTC-4, Yzordderrex wrote:
I retrieves some nice 1kW High Bay lamps from Dump. I am going to retrofit them with LEDs for my shop. I am a little nervous about removing the metal halide lamps. It seems the first one had become a little loose form it's socket. I am wondering if the bulb is fractured when I try to remove if it will explode.

Any input?
No idea, how about some gloves and safety glasses in case.

Also wear a scarf.

At least this was the early 1960's recommendation for carrying around
a TV picture tube.

George H.

Regards,
Bob
N9NEO

Right! be safe, I never thought much about my neck.
(No big carnivores where I live.)

George H.

 

[Yzordderrex]

Ok, thank you all.

I will get all dressed up with extreme safety gear before I attempt to unscrew lamp. I realize pressure cold isn't very high. Pv=nRT and so forth. I don't want to do anything stupid - again. (Last stupid thing I did was bite into a full oxygen bottle with a cut off saw.)

 

[Riley Angel]

On 2019-05-03 16:13, George Herold wrote:

Right! be safe, I never thought much about my neck.
(No big carnivores where I live.)

Leather coat and gloves and a full polycarbonate face shield are
standard attire for people changing xenon arc lamps in cinema projectors
etc..
I'm not sure what happens if you drop it and it explodes into your legs
or nether regions though.

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2019-05-03, Yzordderrex <powersupplyguy@netzero.net> wrote:

I retrieves some nice 1kW High Bay lamps from Dump. I am going to retrofit them with LEDs for my shop. I am a little nervous about removing the metal halide lamps. It seems the first one had become a little loose form it's socket. I am wondering if the bulb is fractured when I try to remove if it will explode.

Any input?

perhaps take it out back and deal to it with BB gun or automatic centre-punch
through a (pre drilled) sheet of plywood, It can only explode once.

--
When I tried casting out nines I made a hash of it.

 

[Chris Jones]

On 08/05/2019 14:58, Riley Angel wrote:

On 2019-05-03 16:13, George Herold wrote:

Right! be safe, I never thought much about my neck.
(No big carnivores where I live.)


Leather coat and gloves and a full polycarbonate face shield are
standard attire for people changing xenon arc lamps in cinema projectors
etc..

iirc those have about 500psi inside even cold.