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Lifegard 3” 55w high output amalgam
rated per the website 9000 hours lamp life, got the UV in late December and have been running it since. I started breaking down my equipment to make a tank transfer and came across a burnt out bulb.... Just a psa for anyone else running the same unit. o_O

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Interesting. Isn’t there some sort of safe viewing portal on the unit that would have revealed a lack of light being emitted?
 
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There is but it was still light up, maybe I didn’t notice the difference in brightness.
 

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