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Title: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: gailgrove on March 31, 2011, 01:12:39 PM
I've just discovered that the  125  (http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/library/AEL/documents/SpecSheets/RW-125-D.pdf) and  325  (http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/library/AEL/documents/SpecSheets/RW-325-C.pdf) are both available in Philips CosmoPolis and MASTERColour!
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: joe_347V on March 31, 2011, 08:15:41 PM
Cool, although I would like it more if they also offered a CMH option that didn't require a electronic ballast.
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Jace the Gull on April 03, 2011, 09:13:05 PM
Well I sorta know that CMH wasn't made to really run in magnetic ballasts....although I have tried....they do work...but with more flickering start up...while electronic start up doesn't flicker at ALL...just one BRIGHT strike and dims a bit before starting to warm up!
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Mike on April 05, 2011, 05:58:30 PM
Yeah, but not in 120v
Quote from: gailgrove on March 31, 2011, 01:12:39 PM
I've just discovered that the  125  (http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/library/AEL/documents/SpecSheets/RW-125-D.pdf) and  325  (http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/library/AEL/documents/SpecSheets/RW-325-C.pdf) are both available in Philips CosmoPolis and MASTERColour!
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Jace the Gull on April 06, 2011, 10:57:02 AM
Quote from: streetlight98 on April 05, 2011, 05:58:30 PM
Yeah, but not in 120v
Quote from: gailgrove on March 31, 2011, 01:12:39 PM
I've just discovered that the  125  (http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/library/AEL/documents/SpecSheets/RW-125-D.pdf) and  325  (http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/library/AEL/documents/SpecSheets/RW-325-C.pdf) are both available in Philips CosmoPolis and MASTERColour!

Actually, the AEL 325 can do 120 volts on the lower wattages
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Form109 on April 16, 2011, 02:30:33 PM
i'd love to see my utility install these....they'd certainly look nice at night....the electronic ballast's seem the most likely part to fail early,but they should run the lamps more efficently than a magnetic ballast.
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Mike on April 17, 2011, 12:02:31 PM
CMH lamps can run on QMH ballasts, right? If so, utilities can just stick CMH lamps in the existing QMH systems.
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Jace the Gull on April 18, 2011, 09:32:00 AM
yes CMH can work on PULSE start QMH ballasts....Although usually CMH are mostly designed to work on electronic ballasts, but they will work just fine! They both have same electrical charaterstics...... 

But the CMH are all pulse start...not probe start....
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Mike on April 18, 2011, 03:43:30 PM
Quote from: GullWhiz on April 18, 2011, 09:32:00 AM
yes CMH can work on PULSE start QMH ballasts....Although usually CMH are mostly designed to work on electronic ballasts, but they will work just fine! They both have same electrical charaterstics...... 

But the CMH are all pulse start...not probe start....

Yeah, i meant Pulse Metal Halide. Guess i just wasn't thinking at the time.
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Silverliner14B on June 25, 2011, 05:29:44 AM
Clarifying things a little here, some specific types of CMHs such as the Philips CosmoPolis lamps require electronic ballasts. The rest of the CMH line can run on either magnetic or electronic ballasts.
Title: Re: AEL 125 and 325 now in CMH!
Post by: Jace the Gull on June 25, 2011, 04:02:18 PM
Although I am sure you can cheat with the CosmoPolis Lamps and some type of ballasts  :P