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Here’s a demo and info session on a xenon metal halide bulb that I made a reflector for and use as a work/desk light. It was originally a HID retrofit kit for automotive lighting. Metal halide is a type of high pressure discharge lamp that is basicly the evolution of the mercury vapor lamp. It uses very similar control gear (ballasts, ignitors, etc) but adds various halide salts to enhance light output and color spectrum. They have the best color rendering index of all high pressure arc lamps, as high as 0.96, second only to xenon short arc lamps used in large movie projectors. They are second in efficiency in lumens/watt only to sodium arc lamps. They are commonly used to light areas such as gyms, sports fields, streets, parking lots, warehouses, and, of course, ice arenas. Current offereings in high output fluorescent lighting such as T8 and T5 fixtures are gaining favor for indoor lighting since they are more efficient, can output equivalent levels of light at high color rendering indexes, put out less radiant heat, are easier to maintain, provide more diffuse lighting, and are easier to implement in ways to enable various levels of light output for a given installation. This example is a xenon discharge lamp that uses xenon for higher initial light output to make it more practical for use in automotive headlights. The ballast also has a pulse start ignitor that is strong enough to hot strike the bulb, meaning it can restart when still hot from running. The voltage …

In this video I show how to take a 400 Watt HID Metal Halide Warehouse light fixture and convert it to a grow light that you can you in your home. The same method can be used for high pressure sodium fixtures. These are verticle fixtures but can be converted to horizontal. I bought the fixture, bulb and new cord for .50 USD. I show where to look to find a deal like this.

This is my 1990 IKON engineering military surplus generator. It has a little over 400 hours on it (I put over 150 hours on it in the last few weeks). Generator is a 2 cylinder diesel 6kW Onan unit. It powers 4 metal halide 1000 Watt lamps, and has extra circuits for auxiliary equipment. The system is 12v and it has a HUGE 1000 CCA Interstate battery. It also has 2 stand alone tripods that hold twin 500 watt halogen lights, with 200′ extension cords. All of the equipment (including the HID lamps) stow away inside of the trailer for travel over rough ground. All 3 tires are new (about 100 miles on the installed tires, spare is brand new never used) Everything works perfectly and the generator is extremely fuel efficient; I ran through only 8 gallons of off highway diesel after a little over 20 hours of operation with light electrical loads, and 3 hours of operation with the HID lights running. With all 4 HID lamps on, there is enough power left over to operate several small tools, or one larger one (such as an air compressor, welder, etc.). For higher loads, the HID lamps can be turned off one at a time to free up additional power.

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You won’t see this anywhere else – all three types of HID lamps in both clear and coated versions, starting up all at once.

Starting and warmup of a Philips 35 watt D2R Automotive Xenon-Metal Halide HID lamp with the reflector removed. This type of lamp is commonly used for headlights in luxury vehicles such as Mercedes, BMW, or Lexus. Automotive Metal Halide lamps are commonly called “xenon lamps” due to the presence of xenon gas used to fill the arc tube. The xenon gas allows these lamps to provide a minimally adequate amount of light upon startup. If this lamp was filled with argon instead as is commonly done in street lamps or other stationary HID lamps; it would take several minutes for it to reach full brightness vs 30 seconds.

This is a hazardous locations fixture made by Holophane. It makes the coolest noises. It can run both probe start metal halide and mercury vapor lamps. It also has a quartz halogen lightbulb that turns on whenever the metal halide lamp isn’t working, such as during a hot restrike or when it is burned out and needs to be replaced, and probably when the metal halide lamps is simply just unscrewed. Since the glass is currently kindof stuck I haven’t been able to test that, but I do have a couple of hot restrike videos on the way. One start at full brightness, which is good since it didn’t get there in this video, and the other one shows the hot restrike at the very end. You can see the quartz halogen in action. Anyways, stand by for those videos and enjoy this cool metal halide startup video.

This is a hazardous locations fixture made by Holophane. It makes the coolest noises. It can run both probe start metal halide and mercury vapor lamps. It also has a quartz halogen lightbulb that turns on whenever the metal halide lamp isn’t working, such as during a hot restrike or when it is burned out and needs to be replaced, and probably when the metal halide lamps is simply just unscrewed. Since the glass is currently a bit stuck I haven’t been able to test that. Here we are starting with the fixture at full brightness and then we are going to do a hot restrike. This is the second video in which you see the quartz halogen in action. It almost seems like the lamp still won’t restrike, but surprise surprise. Just be patient and enjoy!

This is a hazardous locations fixture made by Holophane. It makes the coolest noises. It can run both probe start metal halide and mercury vapor lamps. It also has a quartz halogen lightbulb that turns on whenever the metal halide lamp isn’t working, such as during a hot restrike or when it is burned out and needs to be replaced, and probably when the metal halide lamps is simply just unscrewed. Since the glass is currently a bit stuck I haven’t been able to test that. Here we are starting with the fixture at full brightness and then we are going to do a hot restrike. This is the first video in which you see the quartz halogen in action. The lamp doesn’t restrike in this video but I have another one where it does. None the less, enjoy.