Can you replace a mercury vapor bulb with a metal halide?

Can you replace a mercury vapor bulb with a metal halide?

Replacement of Exterior Incandescent and Mercury Vapor. Incandescent and mercury vapor lamps in exterior locations should be replaced with metal halide, high-pressure sodium and/or low-pressure sodium lamps. If color is important, metal halide lamps are a good option.

Are multi vapor and metal halide bulbs interchangeable?

There is no difference between metal halide and multi vapor lamps because both names describe the same form of lamp. Metal halide or multi vapor lamps are a form of the light source that creates light via passing an electric arc through a gaseous mixture of mercury vapor and vapor of some metal halides.

Can you use metal halide in mercury vapor fixture?

You will may run into some issue with using MV ballast with MH bulbs techally it will work but safety point no.,, unless you have open bulb rated then it will be fine.

Will a metal halide ballast run a mercury vapor lamp?

Sometimes metal halide ballast kits will list like M90 and H38 on it’s label, if it was designed run both 100W metal halide and 100W mercury vapor lamps, but not always. They do not manufacture “mercury vapor” ballasts anymore, so you would use a metal halide ballast and MH or MV lamp.

Can you use metal halide bulbs in a high pressure sodium fixture?

Both Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium bulbs are part of the HID family of bulbs. These bulbs cannot be interchanged without changing their ballast, the regulating element in all light bulbs.

Is there a difference in metal halide bulbs?

Metal halide lights are 3-5 times as efficient as incandescent bulbs and produce a much higher quality light. In many cases, and depending on the particular mix of metal halides, they have a very high color temperature (up to 5500K).

Will metal halide lamps work with high pressure sodium ballast?

Do mercury vapor lamps need a ballast?

A mercury vapor lamp is a type of high intensity discharge (HID) lamp that is typically used for commercial and outdoor lighting. As with fluorescent lights, mercury vapor lamps require a ballast to supply the proper voltage and regulate the current to the electrodes.

What is the difference between high pressure sodium and metal halide lights?

The primary visual difference between them is that metal halide light is white and the light emitted from a High Pressure Sodium bulb is amber orange. Both metal halide bulbs and HPS bulbs are available in medium and mogul base screw in connections.