RE: Re: High output downlights

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well it's good to know that the opportunity exists - I've only ever seen
switched control gear/starters for metal halide sources. In fact the last
few fibre optic projectors I'd seen that used dimmable metal halide lamps
used a graduated dimming wheel to progressively block out more light rather
than dimming the lamp directly!

Neil B.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Buckley [mailto:db@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 18:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: High output downlights


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Neil Ball" <neilball@b...> wrote:
> Not dimmable I'm afraid - metal halide is a form of
> discharge lighting.

Common misconception - discharge lighting is dimmable, but it aint
easy, so the advice is exactly as you state, be sitting down :-)

I've only ever seen it used in Film/TV/Photo lighting applications.





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