1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay

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Anonymous Poster	1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 10:58 AM
	Can anyone tell me the avg amp draw on one of these?
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#1 "Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay " by stevem on 07/27/2010 11:07 AM (score 2)
#3 "Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay " by kvsridhar on 07/27/2010 11:46 AM (score 6)
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#2 "Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay " by wareagle on 07/27/2010 11:27 AM (score 1)
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stevem Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Defreestville, NY Posts: 1072 Good Answers: 87	#1 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 11:07 AM
	Approximately 1000/(RMS voltage of lamp). __________________ Charlie don't surf.
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wareagle Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 1604 Good Answers: 63	#2 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 11:27 AM
	Amazing what you can find on Google. http://www.appletonelec.com/pdf/R-7thru9.pdf
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kvsridhar Guru Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Temporarily at Ashburn, VA Posts: 2744 Good Answers: 164	#3 In reply to #2 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 11:46 AM
	You bet ! __________________ Nothing worthwhile can ever be taught, it can only be learnt.
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Loupy Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: GTA Canada Posts: 722 Good Answers: 23	#4 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 11:53 AM
	Once, again - why are these flunkies wasting our time? Don't they realize that the questions they're asking are just a few keyboard entries away? If they have enough knowledge to post a question to CR4, I'm assuming that they have access via their computer to the great big WWW. P.S. Post #3 is right on the money. - GA - Loupy __________________ Have a Happy! ;-)
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#5 In reply to #4 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 12:21 PM
	First, we have to muster enough votes to undo the OT before any GA's. I did my part.
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kvsridhar Guru Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Temporarily at Ashburn, VA Posts: 2744 Good Answers: 164	#6 In reply to #5 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 1:04 PM
	Thanks guys, it is the thought which counts It really was OT wasn't it...i am happy when CR4 says "thanks for being honest" __________________ Nothing worthwhile can ever be taught, it can only be learnt.
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#7 In reply to #6 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 1:45 PM
	Something which is considered off topic by some may well be considered a good answer by others. Thus, the non-OT votes must be negated before the GA can be bestowed. Imperfect as it may be, that's how it works. Cheers.
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07/27/2010 3:46 PM

#3 was THE most perfect GA reply/response to a very simple posted question.

I don't know why it was summarily dismissed as an OT, even before it was reviewed by his peers (us).

#3 will probably eventually get more GA's on this thread, than anything else posted, up to this point. It's a beautiful, eloquent response to a simple, stupid question that should have been adequately addressed through a simple search on the examples given, and easily obtainable on the WWW.

I hope to see more of these kind of responses to stupid questions, like this one is, in the future.

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kvsridhar Guru Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Temporarily at Ashburn, VA Posts: 2744 Good Answers: 164	#10 In reply to #8 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 9:59 PM
	Thank you all friends ... as i said before, i myself made it OT since it really was not directly answering the OP.... i don't know how you guys managed to counteract the 5 OT votes and then went +3 Very much appreciated. i do hope the OP is not offended though __________________ Nothing worthwhile can ever be taught, it can only be learnt.
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Tobugrynbak Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Rutherford Oz Posts: 951 Good Answers: 145	#11 In reply to #10 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 10:53 PM
	Offending wayward "Guest" Op's is what we do best...lol __________________ There are two reasons for a man to do a thing, One that sounds good, and the real one...
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Tobugrynbak Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Rutherford Oz Posts: 951 Good Answers: 145	#9 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 6:13 PM
	Yup, definitely a GA worthy response to an almost mundane question. Which I'm sure has been asked and answered several times before. However one must berate the OP for only providing a part of the information required to generate an answer. To divine the result properly we need to know what is the operating voltage and (not so important) frequency. __________________ There are two reasons for a man to do a thing, One that sounds good, and the real one...
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Tobugrynbak Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Rutherford Oz Posts: 951 Good Answers: 145	#12 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/27/2010 11:03 PM
	OK I've just done some math for the OP 1000W/260VAC = 3.85Amps 1000W/240VAC = 4.2Amps 1000W/220VAC = 4.54Amps 1000W/115VAC = 8.7Amps 1000W/110VAC = 9.1Amps 1000W/100VAC= 10Amps These answers have been averaged to the next highest value for simplicity. They are valid for most application considerations. __________________ There are two reasons for a man to do a thing, One that sounds good, and the real one...
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Anonymous Poster	#13 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/28/2010 7:10 AM
	Don't forget to include the ballast. If you have a 1000 W lamp you probably have at least 65 Watts and maybe as much as 100 Watts in the ballast. As I learned in high school, dividing the wattage by the voltage is of course the way to find the current.
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noshorts Power-User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Olive Branch, Ms. USA Posts: 124	#14 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/28/2010 8:56 AM
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pnaban Guru Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: srilanka Posts: 2725 Good Answers: 5	#15 Re: 1,000 Watt Metal Halide High Bay 07/28/2010 7:57 PM
	Current drawn and other characteristics of any equipment(electrical or mechanical/electronic)should be obtained from Manufacturer as the values vary from brand name to brand name and even from model/type/design to type/design/model. Engineers reference books give values for guidance. __________________ pnaban
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