Ceramic metal halide

[Chuck Stewart]

Does anyone know who manufactures recessed fixtures using twenty watt
compact ceramic metal halide lamps. Seems like the green thing to install
on my new front porch. The biggest local electrical/lighting distributor
looks at me blankly and says, "You mean compact fluorescent?" They did come
up with Nora Lighting from LA.

Chuck Stewart

 

[JohnR66]

Does anyone know who manufactures recessed fixtures using twenty watt
compact ceramic metal halide lamps. Seems like the green thing to install
on my new front porch. The biggest local electrical/lighting distributor
looks at me blankly and says, "You mean compact fluorescent?" They did
come up with Nora Lighting from LA.

Chuck Stewart

You may want to search for commercial lighting. Perhaps the lamp makers
(Sylvania, Philips and such) have links on their sites.
Why do you want this? Anything MH is going to be costly. A compact
electronic ballast MH fixture will likely set you back a few hundred $$. The
bulbs are costly to replace and I don't think the efficiency of very low
wattage MH is much better than CFL.

John

 

[Victor Roberts]

You may want to search for commercial lighting. Perhaps the lamp makers
(Sylvania, Philips and such) have links on their sites.
Why do you want this? Anything MH is going to be costly. A compact
electronic ballast MH fixture will likely set you back a few hundred $$. The
bulbs are costly to replace and I don't think the efficiency of very low
wattage MH is much better than CFL.

John

I don't know why Chuck wants to use CMH lamps instead of
CFLs, but I suspect it may be due to the fact that he lives
in an area of the country, about 150 miles west of my house,
where the temperature in the winter can drop to - 30F. (-34C
for those of you who live in more civilized countries.) I
don't know any CFLs that are designed to start at these
temperatures, those there are a few that are rated for 0F
(-18C).

Or, he may want the smaller source size of low power CMH
lamps compared to CFLs with equal light output.

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[Chuck Stewart]

I don't know why Chuck wants to use CMH lamps instead of
CFLs, but I suspect it may be due to the fact that he lives
in an area of the country, about 150 miles west of my house,
where the temperature in the winter can drop to - 30F. (-34C
for those of you who live in more civilized countries.) I
don't know any CFLs that are designed to start at these
temperatures, those there are a few that are rated for 0F
(-18C).

Or, he may want the smaller source size of low power CMH
lamps compared to CFLs with equal light output.

--
Vic Roberts
http://www.RobertsResearchInc.com
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Indeed Vic is correct. The low temperatures in January/February are a
concern. The smaller source size is a secondary benefit.

For those who are interested I received the following list of fixture
manufacturers from a former GE associate. I haven't investigated any of
them yet.
"Here are a few choices... I haven't investigated these websites too
carefully.
Amerlux has recessed downlight fixtures for 20W. Choose Light/Power Source =
CMH Precise MR16

http://www.amerlux.com/pages/12_product_selector.cfm

So does Lucifer Lighting

http://www.luciferlighting.com/products/index.aspx?light_model=DL2DGZ&SeriesID=Whats

So does Cooper

http://www.cooperlighting.com/ search: metal halide downlight"