Need suggestion for a quality FLUORESCENT high bay fixture

[bbaumer]

I'm working on a fitness center project with a high ceiling multi-purpose area (not a gymnasium, although it has one of those too).

The Architect wants to use fluorescent, not metal halide fixtures in this area that look similar to a high bay with a glass or acrylic refractor/reflector (glowing globe, not spun aluminum). Something like this:

http://www.luminis.com/products/specsheets/Prisma%20PDF%20Spec/PR2226-PR2227.PDF

I tried a fixture like this that had maybe 6 CFL lamps (26 or 42W, can't remember now) with I think 3 ballasts in it about 5 years ago. The ballasts got hot inside the housing and failed rapidly and repeatedly.

I have not used this style of fixture since but expect they have improved in design.

Anyone have any success stories and suggestions for brand and series?

thanks,
bbaumer

 

[brantmacga]

i've been installing fluorescent high bays like those made by TCP. We have a local distributor who sells them, and I just go by to install them. I can't tell you the model # or anything.

Here is their website: TCP]

The fixture I've installed for them looks just like that one in your picture. It has a mogul base, and they usually send a spring lamp comparible to 1k watts of incandescent light.

The guy here sells the lamps for $100 a piece and they get $200 for the fixture (which seems insanely high; its just the acrylic w/ a plastic mount on top and a mogul base inside).

I couldn't find the fixture on their website, so it may be made by someone else, but the bulbs are TCP.