Metal Halide Lamps
ME-DTC Advanced Lighting Technology Products -Since 1974
PREMIRA® Light Booster Metal Halide Feature:
Crisp white light-Great color accuracy
Stable Color -Minimal color shift
Light Booster Design - 12% Brighter
Premium Quality Components for Long-Life
Nickel/Brass Base w/Graphite Coating
Heavy Safety-Shroud-Open Fixture Rated
Metal Halide Usage Notes:
Installation
- Mounting position critical for lamps NOT having "U" designation
- Color may shift due to ambient temperature changes, ballast age, and improper burn position.
New lamps may require up to 100 hours burn-in time to stabilize color.
- Enclosed-rated mogul-base lamps will not operate in Open-Fixtures installed after January 2005. However, Open-Rated mogul base lamps work in both Open and Enclosed Fixtures.
- Pulse-Start lamps can not be retrofitted into all Regular Metal Halide fixtures. High Voltage Pulse-rated sockets are required for Pulse Start applications.
- Regular Metal Halides should never be installed in Pulse-Start fixtures. Violent lamp failure may occur. Pulse-Start MH lamps will not operate on Regular MH ballasts.
Troubleshooting
- Probe Starts require up to 5-10 minutes cool-down to restart.
- Pulse Starts require up to 3-7 minutes cool-down to restart.
- IF your new lamp won't start, make sure the lamp matches the fixture type. Enclosed-rated lamps will not make electrical connection and start in newer Open Fixtures.
- All MH lamps 100w and below are Pulse-Start Design, but are typicaly referred to as a Regular Metal Halide. Above 100w, MH lamps are available as both Pulse and Probe start. Pulse-Start ballasts utilize seperate Pulse Ignitor that can fail before the ballast. If a new lamp fails to strt in an older fixture, th eignitor may be faulty.
-You can identify Mogul-base Open-Rated_Lamp_Only sockets by their pink color.