Horror stories... how about buying than lamping a large amount of VL1K-A’s with
HMI 575SEL lamps only to find out once in rehearsals that the fill pressure in the lamps is not sufficient to dependably work in the fixtures in strikeing an arc only after the show is already in rehearsals? Urr,... That was news in the same basic spec to all from manufacturer to tech... can one say a bunch of MSR 575HR’s flown in ASAP at great expense and to some extent I had to stop tinkering about with comparing lamp specs in providing lamps if at the last moment without testing?
On the other hand I have a lifetime supply of the above lamps for my Chroma
Q Daylight
PAR's that work perfectly fine with the lamp.
Can’t most often say horror stories like a Sting concert in Central Park a few years ago that got rain drenched and the after effects of Soco cable that got sub-merged under water sufficient that it infiltrated and shorted between conductors often spectactularly or even mention a brand of lamp box that’s more suspect able to mold than others. This or various lamp life reality studies amongst brands of lamps or fixture problems that are and cannot be public. Still working on such things amongst others in concept and specifics. Off line it’s industry person to person, beyond that not often public knowledge. Sorry but I can’t help in this.