Pulse Start Commercial HID Lighting

Pulse-start metal halide lamps are more than worth the higher front end costs they present to you and your clients. Their improved efficiency and performance result in a superior energy saving light source and reduction in energy costs that translate down the line to a return on investment. Pulse-start metal halides also last a great deal longer than their probe-start standard equivalents. This creates even more savings that you can pass on to your client, because replacing standard MH HID fixtures represents both equipment costs and labor costs your clients simply do not want to pay in times of a recession.

Pulse-start metal halides, like their standard predecessors, fall into the category of High Intensity Discharge lamps, also known as HID lamps. On the average, a standard HID lamp performs with approximately 3 times the efficiency as an incandescent lamp. You can expect even better results from pulse-start MH fixtures, which in spite of their approximately 20% higher front-end cost, more than pay for themselves over the course of a life span. Here are just a few of the pulse start commercial lighting lighting fixture types we carry:

Parking Lot Lighting
Parking Garage Lighting
Car Dealership Parking Lot Lighting
Mall Parking Lot Lighting
Business Building Lighting
Park Lighting
Outdoor Landscape Lighting
Tree Lighting
Wall Pack Light Fixtures
Wall Mounted Lighting
Commercial Vandal Proof Light Fixtures
Outdoor Accent Lighting

Increased lumen efficacy (lumens per watt) by as much as 24%
While probe-start Metal Halides lead many sectors of the site lighting industry in the arena of LPW, it may very well serve both you and your clients to increase this efficiency by up to 24% by investing in pulse-start metal halides.

This may actually become the winning element of your bid if you are proposing an area lighting source in a major city such as Houston, TX where LPW efficiency regulations have recently change to 1 lumen per .05 watts. The power savings, plus the increase lighting output, could potentially represent an irresistible line item on your next proposal.

Higher light output per unit of electric power Pulse-start lamps produce more mean lumens per watt of electricity.

Improved lumen maintenance by as much as 15%
Pulse-start metal halides offer further competitive advantage over standard MH lamps by increasing lumens maintenance by as much as 15%. As standard HIDs age, they begin to produce less light. To compensate for this phenomenon, known as lumen depreciation, contractors will often slightly oversell the number of lamps so the overall lighting system will maintain the desired lighting output for the duration of its lifespan. This, of course, costs the client more money.

If you really want to be competitive with your proposal, show your clients how pulse-start metal halides are 6-15% better and reducing lumens depreciation—then show them a proposal with fewer fixtures for less front end purchase costs than your rivals are bidding.

Extended lamp life
Many of the latest, US-manufactured pulse-start metal halide lamps can last as long as 15,000 hours. This is 5,000 hours longer than the estimated 10,000-hour life span of a probe-start lamp of the same wattage.

Appeal to your clients not only on the basis of a longer lasting light source, but on the money they will avoid spending on expensive labor fees to replace burned out lamps.

Superior Color Rendering, Warm Up Time, and Re-Strike Time
As MH lamps age, their CRI (color rendering index) depreciates as well. Pulse-start MH lamps, however, maintain a consistently higher CRI than probe-start equivalents. They require only 2 minutes to warm up, and in the event of a power failure, normally re-strike in 4 or 5 minutes---much better for security lighting than standard MH lamps that take around 12 minutes to re-strike.

Pulse-start Metal Halides Work Best with Pulse-start Fixtures and Electronic Ballasts
Every contractor knows it is seldom a good idea to mix newer lamp technology with old technology. Pulse-start lamps should be fitted to pulse-start fixtures and operated with electronic ballasts for maximum energy savings. Since your clients will be spending more money on the equipment itself, it will be necessary to show them some math to justify the added expense, and to promise them a return on investment.

RLLD Commercial Lighting will help you do this in a number of ways. To begin with, we help you determine just how much power your client will be saving and estimate an adjustment in their lighting bill by showing you lighting examples. We will help you estimate a reduction in labor costs associated with replacements if your client will provide us with previous expenses paid along these lines. Last, and most significantly, we will give you a photometric lighting analysis of your client’s site showing the exact nature, number and position of your pulse-start metal halide fixtures. This directly relates to a previous point we made about other contractors overselling fixtures to compensate for lumen depreciation. With our advance lighting design software, we can publish a schematic you can hand to your client that proves how less is literally more.

All pulse-start MH fixtures, ballasts, and lamps are made here in the United States by leading HID manufacturers. RLLD Commercial Lighting is a full service lighting design and domestic equipment vendor offering adjunct lighting design support to all clients who make a purchase and adjunct design services for a reasonable fee to information seekers.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Check out our glossary of lighting terms and commercial lighting blog for answers and tips to many lighting issues.

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