Smaller than their predecessors by 26%, 70- and 100-W e-Vision IMH-70-D and IMH-100-D electronic ballasts are designed to drive metal halide and high-pressure sodium lamps. Available in both side- and ...

Lighting ballasts are as essential to a fluorescent lamp as an engine is to a car. In essence, they provide the power behind the light, serving as both an inhibitor to limit the flow of current and as ...

Next time you’re at a night game or in a big box store, look up—if you see bright white lights housed in dome-shaped fixtures, you’re probably looking at metal halide lights. Strong new energy ...

Although they've been around for at least three decades, only in the last few years have metal halide lamps come to be specified routinely in such applications as arena and stadium lighting, parking ...

Light Balloon, which is designed to provide glare-free illumination. The 1,000-watt, metal-halide light balloon is packaged with a 120-volt portable ballast and a tripod. The balloon is constructed of ...

With all of the excitement surrounding LEDs these days, one might say high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are out of the limelight. But though LEDs get most of the headlines, HID sources are still ...

Aided by a new full-bridge controller, a popular electronic HID ballast topology manages lamp operation, while enhancing lamp safety. Tom Ribarich, Director, Lighting IC Design Center, International ...

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), on behalf of the American National Standard Lighting Group (ANSLG), published ANSI/ANSLG C78.43, “American National Standard for Electric ...

You are smart to start with the 250-watt unit. Too many growers set themselves up for failure by buying a light too strong and hot for their space. 400-, 600- and 1000-watt HID lights create ...