Super Metalarc

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Lamps for your Holophane Panel and Sign Vue fixtures

SKU: RE1018

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Lamps for Holophane’s Panel Vue and Sign Vue fixtures

Sylvania Super Metalarc Lamps are position dedicated, which means that they are specifically designed to run in a specific operating position. This feature allows these lamps to exhibit improved performance over standard (universal) metal halide lamps of similar wattage. Product features include longer life, higher maintained lumens, and increased efficacy.

Most billboard light fixtures require a horizontal burn lamp. Our two most popular lamps fall into the Super Metalarc category. They are the MS400HOR and the MS250HOR. These are the correct lamps for Holophane’s Panel Vue and Sign Vue fixtures dating from 1980 to 2010.

Need help determining which lamp is correct for your fixture?
You have a few choices, call us or look at the socket in which the lamp goes into. The original Sign Vue’s and Panel Vues will have a tan-colored socket. At the end of the socket, you will notice the threads. A billboard fixture that utilizes a HOR lamp will have a notch at the very end of the socket. This allows the nipple on the socket end of the lamp to lock into the correct place. This forces the curved tube inside the HOR lamp to face horizontally with the ground allowing the gases to move more freely. If your socket does not have a notch in it, you might have a pulse start Sign Vue or Panel Vue fixture. The pulse start lights were produced from 2010 on due to federal regulations. Not only do they not have a notch in the socket, but they also have an ignitor on the ballast. Typically this looks like a bar of soap mounted on the left side of the fixture.

Consider This:
If your billboard light fixture calls for a HOR lamp, it is very important to use one. The factory designed the fixture around it for a reason. A position dedicated lamp lasts 25% longer than a universal lamp and has 20% greater lumen output.

Product Highlights

  • Improved arc tube design
  • Increased light output
  • Up to 20,000 hours average rated life
  • Position oriented mogul bases (horizontal types)
  • Lead-free welded bases

Super Metalarc Specifications *( 1,2 )

Model Number:
RE1018
Brand:
SYLVANIA®
Product Weight:
5 lbs.

Product Specification Disclaimer *( 1, 2 )

*1. Manufacturer's specifications are supplied by the manufacturer and are subject to change without notice. The data and information contained in these specification sheets are representative; the ratings supplied are suggested as guidelines and should only be used for evaluating your specific application.

**2. Although Reliable Electric Products Company Inc. has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of information by third parties, it is ultimately the customer’s responsibility to validate these specifications to ensure they are suitable for SAFE use in a particular application. Reliable Electric Products Company Inc. disclaims to the extent permitted by law, any warranty or liability.

Manufacturer's Extended Intended Use Disclaimer

3M industrial and occupational products are intended, labeled, and packaged for sale to trained industrial and occupational customers for workplace use. Unless specifically stated otherwise on the applicable product packaging or literature, these products are not intended, labeled, or packaged for sale to or use by consumers (e.g., for home, personal, primary or secondary school, recreational/sporting, or other uses not described in the applicable product packaging or literature), and must be selected and used in compliance with applicable health and safety regulations and standards (e.g., U.S. OSHA, ANSI), as well as all product literature, user instructions, warnings, and other limitations, and the user must take any action required under any recall, field action, or other product use notice. Misuse of 3M industrial and occupational products may result in injury, sickness, death, or property damage. For help with product selection and use, consult your on-site safety professional, industrial hygienist, or other subject matter expert.

Super Metalarc Specifications

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HID Lamp Product Safety Sheet

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