What is meant by Pulse-Start?
Specially designed metal halide lamp that uses a ballast with igniter for starting. back to top • What is the economic life of a metal halide? Economic life usually refers to the hours of operation a lamp is designed to provide in terms of optimum light output, color quality and energy consumption. Economic life is generally defined at 60% -75% of the lamp’s rated life. back to top • What is the rated life of a metal halide? This is the lamp expectancy based on laboratory and field tests or representative lamps, operating on approved ballasts, with an operating cycle of 10 hours per start.
