Hortilux Protected e-Start Metal Halide (MH), 1000W

Indoor growers want lighting that turns on fast, runs safely, and keeps plants healthy. The Hortilux Protected e-Start Metal Halide 1000W lamp responds to these needs with reliability and flexibility, providing high-quality light and superior construction, an exclusive characteristic of its spectrum for leaf and stem growth.

Key Features

These are the lamp’s highlights at a glance.

• Protected Open-Rated Design: An open-rated arc tube design is enabled with a double-jacketed lamp that can safely operate in an open fixture, eliminating the need for an additional glass lens.
• Pulse-Start Ignition: The e-Start system ensures a fast lamp startup and maintains light output throughout its life.
• Stable Vegetative Spectrum: The light stays more blue throughout its life than standard MH lamps, promoting early vegetative growth and greater color.
• Eco-Friendly Materials: Manufactured without lead and built within the USA, it complies with stringent quality and environmental requirements.
• Wide Compatibility: It supports digital ballasts operating on pulse-start MH lamps and can operate on switchable core and coil ballasts with MH lamp types.

Design and Build

The lamp has a hard glass outer shell and a quartz arc tube inside. This jacket helps prevent breakage and heat loss. A mogul base (E39) in nickel-plated brass ensures an efficient connection to the light and resists corrosion. Being open-rated, it complies with ANSI/UL standards for fixtures that operate without a lens, as long as the fixture is also rated for open operation.

Performance and Spectrum

During the vegetative phase, plants prefer blue and white light. This light emits at approximately 6,000 K, which is very close to natural daylight. It kicks out at 85,000 lumens in early use, maintaining much of that output over its life, because of its pulse-start technology, which reduces lumen loss. For growers, light quality remains stable with use for as much as 20,000 hours.

Installation and Compatibility

The Protected e-Start 1000W is designed for use in standard mogul base open fixtures and can pass ETL inspection for open fixture use. For optimal performance, these are recommended for use in the Hortilux ballast. Select MH mode from the unit on the switchable magnetic ballast. It is important to provide adequate fixture ventilation and heat dissipation. By adhering to the manufacturer’s process, both the ballast and the fixture can be safely used without problems.

Applications

This light is suitable for many indoor growth systems and is ideal for the vegetative phase.

• Designed for indoor grow rooms, greenhouses and vertical farms.
• Gives an even spectrum to promote full plant growth.
• Favourite of commercial growers for massive, consistent crops.
• Researched trusted light with a reliable, consistent source of light for the plants.
• May be used with HPS lamps on switchable ballasts for flowering period flexibility.

Maintenance and Safety

Optimal practices for expanding life and shielding people.

• Don't start/stop it frequently. A consistent schedule prolongs lamp life.
• Check ballast, socket, and fixture alignment every 3 to 6 months.
• Wait for at least 15 minutes before touching the lamp to let it cool down. This prevents thermal shock.
• Although mercury-free, this lamp should be disposed of properly. Follow the local recycling or disposal guide.

Conclusion

The Protected e-Start Metal Halide 1000W is a lamp that operates on standard ballasts, a plug-and-play lamp that does not require cumbersome wiring. Open-rated, stable light output and the compatibility with a wide range of ballasts, it is the reliable choice for commercial and research applications. 

Made in the USA and backed with a one year warranty, it delivers quality and peace of mind for indoor growing operations.