Led Replacement Bulbs For Metal Halide Lights

E26 medium screw base hid and led hid replacement bulbs are commonly used in post tops and bollards.

Led replacement bulbs for metal halide lights.

When replacing metal halide lights with led lighting what you should carefully look at are the lumens the leds produce. Metal halide lights are very bright when new but lose their lumens very quickly. The most commonly used type of light bulb base an e26 base has a 26mm diameter and screws into a compatible socket. When choosing the best led replacement for metal halide fixtures you will want to decide whether or not you want to remove the ballast and operate the bulb on direct line voltage 120 208 220 240 or 277v or if you want to operate the bulb directly on the existing metal halide ballast.

We carry options that include complete new fixtures such as led high bay lights and led parking lot lights to change out the whole unit. These hid and led hid replacement light bulbs have a medium screw base also called an e26 base. Watts are important but they measure energy consumption not light output. Led light is focused while metal halide light is not.

Before led lighting became the powerhouse that it is today the most common form of commercial lighting was metal halide lights. Remember leds are more efficient than metal halide lamps so you cannot buy 20 1000 watt led bulbs to replace 20 1000 watt metal halide bulbs. With led lighting no lumens are lost because of reflection you need fewer led lumens than metal halide lumens to get the same amount of light it s a matter of quality over quantity. Nowadays however metal halide lights are at best outdated.