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The Lighting Handbook
Metal halide lamps
– High luminous efficiency
– Good very good colour rendering
–
Good colour stability case lamps
with ceramic discharge tubes
– Usually not dimmable
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Use: industrial bays, spotlighting,
floodlighting systems, retail areas
Functional description
Metal halide lamps maintain extremely
compact electric arc discharge tube.
Lamps with ceramic discharge tube
offer the best lighting quality, efficiency and
service life.
Electronic ballasts can advantageously be
used for low-power lamps.
An ignitor needed start the lamp and
the current must limited ballast.
Lighting quality determined the compo-
sition the materials the lamp contains.
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