That is pretty dope. I bet this would have looked really slick if this fixture was made in the late 80s or early 90s and used in clubs during the rave scene and the electronic and house music/eurodance popular at the time, along with all the bright neon colors of the time. In fact I had a couple of 60 or 75 watt black bulbs in the late 90s or early 2000s when I was a teenager and I loved them, threw off quite a bit of heat.
Pronunced shawvey, i do event production for a living. One company i work for has both the american dj and the chauvet 400 watt versions, both are pretty sweet! Good find!
I've seen that name before, but I don't remember that exact lamp fixture! That's a first 👍 any bulb with dark glass gets really hot! Especially MV I'm guessing. Pretty cool it has a double ballast and starter. Of course, anything metal halide works for MV also 👍👍👍
I found a 400 watt MV unit at a swapmeet for $25. Instead of a mercury vapor blacklight bulb, it has a 400-watt double ended clear MV lamp mounted in a regular looking HID floodlight fixture with the front lens consisting of Woods glass. It is mounted on a large, heavy base housing ballast and a cooling fan. It was made for the entertainment industry similar to the one in this video.
There’s another mercury vapor blacklight unit that was made by American DJ is called the American, DJ, UV cannon and it also is this type of light as well
There were also 400 and 1000 Watt versions ( with the large E40 Edison screw base ) made by the Japanese EYE™ company ... I have the 400 Watt bulb and it is BIG ! , it will give you a suntan if held close ! ... WARNING : if the outer Wood's glass becomes broken , the UVC emitted by the inner quartz bulb is INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS , and must NEVER be looked at ( even for 1 second ! ) .... DAVE™ .........
oh yes Melbourne has complete phased out every mercury vapour Street light and has retrofit them with cfls or hps lamps because of the danger when the glass is broken because the glass would usually fall off on Major Roads Street lights from all the rattling from vehicles
Yes, there have been serious incidents in the past involving a mercury vapor or metal halide fixture in a school gymnasium getting stuck with a ball and the arc tube continues to light after the outer bulb breaks. To reduce these injuries which can be very similar to welders flash, there are (or were) special lamps available that were designed with an internal fuse in series with the arc tube that burns out when exposed to oxygen within 15 minutes of the bulb breaking. There was a letter designation for these special lamps, I believe it was a type T lamp, known as self extinguishing or safety lamps in the field.
If you do use this bulb with no other housing, but except left it exposed with just the base second the ball was powered on in a very large room the UV radiation from this ball really does travel quite a ways to reach to objects that are black light reactive
It doesn't get more 90's than this I guess :D Nice MV Blacklight! ;) and it is nice that it has 2 different balasts, this way you can see one of the European balasts that are really rare in the US I guess ;)
And perhaps this black light is much more stronger than the fluorescent one. It’s basically just like the floor is in black like that you had a long time ago put on steroids.
There is also a similar fixture created by American DJ called the UV Canaan. It also uses a 125 one mercury vapor black light bulb, and it is in a similar casing to the shadow 125, but it’s brand differently and has a different shell, but with the same design and has the same technology
I am guessing that those fixtures were used in haunted houses, some theatrical shows, amusement ride effects, and maybe some commercial sterilization lab applications.
Indeed, I thought about this as well so I went looking online for a replacement bulb. There are some listings online but not many. The easiest and cheapest was a replacement on amazon for $20. It only had one review that was one star but I thought why not let's check it out and decided to pick it up. I should be receiving it this week and will definitely make a video on it.
Hello, Did you protect your eyes while recording this video ? I have a 400W mercury vapor blacklight and using it at close range without a welding hood or ski goggles absolutely hurts my eyes but what about yours VS the less powerful 125W lamp ? I'm also wondering if it could be used as a tanning lamp as well.
Great question, the glasses I wear have a UV protective coating on them so this fixture doesn't hurt my eyes to look at up close. I believe in a normal use case there would be no issues using this light without eye protection. However, non "black lights" that are only made to produce UV for cleaning should not be looked at with the naked eye, those will cause damage. I don't believe this fixture would case a tan either.
@@Parrot175Thank's for the reply. Yes I know that the germicidal UV tubes can cause arc flash aka sand in the eyes as well as sunburns and in fact I have a few of them and always leave the room before switching them on remotely. that's because of the UVC the blacklight on the other hand cause eyestrain and photophobia, at least for the 400 watt mercury vapor one. I also have a 6 watt tube and no big deal so far. From what I know blacklights can't cause arc flash or sunburn since they only output UVA but you still want to be careful around them.
That is pretty dope. I bet this would have looked really slick if this fixture was made in the late 80s or early 90s and used in clubs during the rave scene and the electronic and house music/eurodance popular at the time, along with all the bright neon colors of the time. In fact I had a couple of 60 or 75 watt black bulbs in the late 90s or early 2000s when I was a teenager and I loved them, threw off quite a bit of heat.
a year late response, but this light came out in the 90's.
Pronunced shawvey, i do event production for a living. One company i work for has both the american dj and the chauvet 400 watt versions, both are pretty sweet! Good find!
Yeah I remember that name and a similar fixture at a skating rink funplex in the 90's gotta love the nostalgia right 👍
I've seen that name before, but I don't remember that exact lamp fixture! That's a first 👍 any bulb with dark glass gets really hot! Especially MV I'm guessing. Pretty cool it has a double ballast and starter. Of course, anything metal halide works for MV also 👍👍👍
I found a 400 watt MV unit at a swapmeet for $25. Instead of a mercury vapor blacklight bulb, it has a 400-watt double ended clear MV lamp mounted in a regular looking HID floodlight fixture with the front lens consisting of Woods glass. It is mounted on a large, heavy base housing ballast and a cooling fan. It was made for the entertainment industry similar to the one in this video.
Cool find!
There’s another mercury vapor blacklight unit that was made by American DJ is called the American, DJ, UV cannon and it also is this type of light as well
Cool MV bulb ! It really looks interesting and the fixture its self is awesome too !
There were also 400 and 1000 Watt versions ( with the large E40 Edison screw base ) made by the Japanese EYE™ company ... I have the 400 Watt bulb and it is BIG ! , it will give you a suntan if held close ! ... WARNING : if the outer Wood's glass becomes broken , the UVC emitted by the inner quartz bulb is INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS , and must NEVER be looked at ( even for 1 second ! ) .... DAVE™ .........
yes they are very big I went to a lighting store and found a normal mercury vapour 400w and it was huge
oh yes Melbourne has complete phased out every mercury vapour Street light and has retrofit them with cfls or hps lamps because of the danger when the glass is broken because the glass would usually fall off on Major Roads Street lights from all the rattling from vehicles
Yes, there have been serious incidents in the past involving a mercury vapor or metal halide fixture in a school gymnasium getting stuck with a ball and the arc tube continues to light after the outer bulb breaks. To reduce these injuries which can be very similar to welders flash, there are (or were) special lamps available that were designed with an internal fuse in series with the arc tube that burns out when exposed to oxygen within 15 minutes of the bulb breaking. There was a letter designation for these special lamps, I believe it was a type T lamp, known as self extinguishing or safety lamps in the field.
Outer jacket is made of Woods Glass, same as what’s used in fluorescent and CFL black lights. Lamp is classified as ‘Medium‘Pressure’.
If you do use this bulb with no other housing, but except left it exposed with just the base second the ball was powered on in a very large room the UV radiation from this ball really does travel quite a ways to reach to objects that are black light reactive
It doesn't get more 90's than this I guess :D Nice MV Blacklight! ;) and it is nice that it has 2 different balasts, this way you can see one of the European balasts that are really rare in the US I guess ;)
And perhaps this black light is much more stronger than the fluorescent one. It’s basically just like the floor is in black like that you had a long time ago put on steroids.
Aw man, I was looking for something like this a while ago. Definitely need to start looking again.
There is also a similar fixture created by American DJ called the UV Canaan. It also uses a 125 one mercury vapor black light bulb, and it is in a similar casing to the shadow 125, but it’s brand differently and has a different shell, but with the same design and has the same technology
And I am pretty sure some tanning chambers may have use this type of bulb as well
Missing produce is much more strong UV than visible light even the large output in the UAB range. You should wear sunscreen near this.
I am guessing that those fixtures were used in haunted houses, some theatrical shows, amusement ride effects, and maybe some commercial sterilization lab applications.
You might pick up at value Village for $20 but its original price for this unit is originally $100
This thing actually produces a really strong amount of UV even the larger output in the UAB range… You should wear sunscreen here this
I’ve got a self ballasted mv blacklight, very nice
Only problem is what about when the bulb fails... still it's something that's hardly seen in use anywhere now
Indeed, I thought about this as well so I went looking online for a replacement bulb. There are some listings online but not many. The easiest and cheapest was a replacement on amazon for $20. It only had one review that was one star but I thought why not let's check it out and decided to pick it up. I should be receiving it this week and will definitely make a video on it.
@@Parrot175did you get the replacement bulb? How was it?
6:37 The transformer didn't convert the frequency into 50Hz, it's still 60Hz humm.
There is also a third version made by illuminator lighting, and it also uses this type of mercury vapor lamp
Eliminator lighting you mean ?
So cool!
I Own both the Chauvet Shadow and the American DJ Uv canon and it's pronounced (Show-vay) 😎
Hello,
Did you protect your eyes while recording this video ?
I have a 400W mercury vapor blacklight and using it at close range without a welding hood or ski goggles absolutely hurts my eyes but what about yours VS the less powerful 125W lamp ?
I'm also wondering if it could be used as a tanning lamp as well.
Great question, the glasses I wear have a UV protective coating on them so this fixture doesn't hurt my eyes to look at up close. I believe in a normal use case there would be no issues using this light without eye protection. However, non "black lights" that are only made to produce UV for cleaning should not be looked at with the naked eye, those will cause damage. I don't believe this fixture would case a tan either.
@@Parrot175Thank's for the reply.
Yes I know that the germicidal UV tubes can cause arc flash aka sand in the eyes as well as sunburns and in fact I have a few of them and always leave the room before switching them on remotely. that's because of the UVC
the blacklight on the other hand cause eyestrain and photophobia, at least for the 400 watt mercury vapor one.
I also have a 6 watt tube and no big deal so far.
From what I know blacklights can't cause arc flash or sunburn since they only output UVA but you still want to be careful around them.
I’ve seen a 400W mercury vapour UV cannon which is the same shape as this?
The American, DJ, UV cannon is a lot more similar to the shadow
Should've done a cool down
"Show-Vay?"
Занятные лампы эти "друф-125" не совсем понятно только вредны ли они .. ну после 2х часов в таком свете глаза немного побаливают
I want one.
How much heat comes off that thing?!...
Lots!
try use different bulb :D
Where did you get it.
Random thrift store find.
Even use the same shape
Cool video....are you a furry?
Which means set some poor sap paid 100 to $200 fuck for this black light unit before they sell it to value Village
Wtf