T8 lamps

Status
Not open for further replies.
Yes it will. If you use OSs keep the timer settings for more than 15 min so they dont cycle on and off all the time.
 
superpaul said:
Will using ocupancy sensors with hibay t8s shorten the life of the bulb by cycling on and off often?
Click to expand...

Yes, substantially.
Not a whole lot if you use programmed rapid start. There isn't much to choose from though. The hibay probably uses high ballast factor. Only Osram Sylvania (PSH) and GE(MVPS-H) offers high ballast factor programmed rapid start ballasts.

You get around 5,000 hours @ 15 min.
15,000 hours if you use PRS.
http://www.gelighting.com/na/busine...ibrary/ballast/downloads/81173_ultrastart.pdf
That graph isn't made by GE. If you look in the OSI brochure, the same exact graph is there.

if it's more than one hour per start, I'd just go forward with motion detector without ballast change.
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top