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Considering purchasing an AEL 115

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ZarlogH46:
I am considering buying an AEL 115 for my collection in the near future (if LEDisease drives HID to extinction, which I hope wont be the case) since AEL might discontinue them. Currently, this is what I am planning if I buy one:

115 175M SC 120V RX DG LD

(175w PSMH, SCWA ballast, 120v, 4 way glass refractor, coated lamp included)



Is this the correct way to order these? If so, where would I go about ordering one or getting a price estimate?

Mike:
That's the catalog number. You'll have to email, call, or go to your local distributor (typically Graybar) and give them this model number for a quote. They'll get back to you. Just be warned, a 175W PSMH fixture with a 4-way refractor is going to be insanely expensive since those are infrequently ordered options. You're smart to order the lamp with it since 175W PSMH lamps are kinda rare even though the probe start version was so common.

joe_347V:
Yeah, I suppose if you want to use another distributor, you can contact AEL and ask what the local distributor is. 175w PSMH must be rare, I've really only heard of 150w PSMH which is also available in CMH.

ZarlogH46:

--- Quote from: Mike on March 07, 2017, 08:14:42 AM ---That's the catalog number. You'll have to email, call, or go to your local distributor (typically Graybar) and give them this model number for a quote. They'll get back to you. Just be warned, a 175W PSMH fixture with a 4-way refractor is going to be insanely expensive since those are infrequently ordered options. You're smart to order the lamp with it since 175W PSMH lamps are kinda rare even though the probe start version was so common.

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I found out that eLightbulbs has a nice selection of 175w PSMH lamps, but would I maybe be better off ordering it in 150w? I saw that one of the common orders was 175w MH (presumably probe start) with polycarbonate 4 way refractor. I don't want a refractor that will yellow or melt if ran upside down, so I changed that to glass. I also noticed that probe start wasn't avalable in the US, so I just changed that to pulse start thinking it would be no big deal. Plus, I would want to run 175w Eye moon pulse lamps (or even regular mercury lamps with the ignitor disconnected). Also, the reason I added a coated lamp was because I wanted something that would look like a coated mercury lamp when on. Would I maybe be better off ordering it in 150w, and would it be cheaper?

Mike:
I think with the ignitor removed you should be able to run 175W MVs so you could order it in PSMH and just run MV lamps... Yeah smart move on the glass. I wonder what the 4-way AEL lenses look like? The GE 4-way glass lenses are quite cool looking.

175W would be cool, and I think those lamps are easier to find in mogul base. The 50-150W PSMH lamps are rare in mogul base, though they do exist.

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