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                Shiva, a few suggestions ; make sure lamp is installed correctly, anode side down, anode/ cathode connections nice n tight at the light source n power supply, over cooling ??? Turn cooling off n turn lamp on, for a 500W lamp the normal operating voltage should be around average of 60vdc and 8.5 amps, last but not least .. A bad batch of lamps ??? I have seen this a few times thru the years...<div><br></div><div>I hope this helps..... Regards <br><br><br><a href="https://yho.com/footer0">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0">On Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 4:52 PM, Shivakumar Bhaskaran <sbhas@uchicago.edu> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail">
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<p class="MsoNormal">The lamp in the mask aligner is not reaching 500W its stays at 150W. I did send the power supply to EVG to test it in their unit and it works fine. I changed the bulbs and still the same issue. Does anyone had faced similar issue in your
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Thanks</p> 
<p class="MsoNormal">-Shiva</p> 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shivakumar Bhaskaran, Ph.D.</span></p> 
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Searle CleanRoom Manager</span></p> 
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">The University of Chicago</span></p> 
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">5735 S.Ellis, Room 032</span></p> 
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chicago-60637</span></p> 
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ph:<a dir="ltr" href="tel:773-795-2297" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">773-795-2297</a></span></p> 
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