HID lamps Index

ME-DTC Advanced Lighting Technology Products -Since 1974

Premira® HID’s with Long-life and Stable Color Output

Premira® 400 Watt Mogul Base Metal Halides & 400 Watt Pulse Start Metal Halides feature Improved Light Quality with our New Light Booster Design providing Crisp White Light & Stable Color Output

 New Light Booster Design Available for Open and Enclosed Rated Fixtures

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HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID) LAMPS INDEX

Metal Halide Lamps

Premium Quality design and construction.  Featuring Improved Light Qaulity, these lamps provide crisp, white light and stable color.  Available in Open-Fixture designs.  Light Booster design is up to 12% brighter.  Outlasts standard metal halides up to 8 to 1.

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Pulse Start Metal Halide Lamps

Premium Quality design and construction.  Featuring faster Start-Up, Improved Lumen Maintenance.  Save up to 20% energy using existing fixture.  Mogul base Open-Fixture rated (Also works in enclosed fixtures)

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HPS/MH Retrofit Lamps

Easy retrofit!  Replaces a High Pressure Sodium lamp with Metal Halide-quality light by changing the bulb, no ballasts needed.  Get crisp white light and good color rendition out of your HPS fixture.  Availabe in 250w and 400w.

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High Pressure Sodium Lamps

Premium Quality design and construction for Commercial/Industrial applications.  Golden white light great for outdoor lighting and security.   Unique double-arc model available for extra life and quick starts and guaranteed for 100 months.

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Mercury Vapor Lamps

Premium construction designed for long life and stable color output.  Phosphor coating gives cool white light.

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Self-Ballasted Mercury Vapor Lamps

Replaces incandescent light sources with 55% more seeable light, no special ballast or fixture needed.  Can cut energy use by 46%.  Blue-Dot Par38 great for lighting jewelry.

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GENERAL H.I.D. OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

INSTALLATION

- Must match wattage and type [M(Metal Halides), S(High Pressure Sodiums), H(Mercury Vapor)].

- Not interchangeable between types unless identified as retrofits.

- UV exposure hazard if outer envelope is broken.  M.E. recommends immediate lamp replacement of broken or cracked lamps.

- Must match lamp burning position (base-up only) and fixture restrictions )open or enclosed).

TROUBLESHOOTING

- Requires 3-15 minutes cool-down to restart

- Frequent on/off switching will shorten lamp life.

- Xtreme ambient temperatures will shorten lamp life (below -20°F, above 100°F