Philips MasterColor®
Ceramic Metal Halide
Pulse Start ED231⁄2
Lamps featuring ALTO®
Lamp Technology
Ideal for downtown areas, colleges and universities where visibility and quality of light are important
CERAMIC METAL HALIDE
† This lamp is better for the environment because of its reduced mercury content. All Philips ALTO® lamps give you
Upgrade to better white light
Philips MasterColor® Ceramic Metal Halide Pulse Start ED231⁄2 lamps are a better value than quartz metal halide, with longer life, higher lumen maintenance, and energy efficiency.
Better quality white light is now available in a familiar
ED 231⁄2 bulb shape with a mogul base
•Easy upgrade to better white light just by changing your bulb*
•Choice of color
Better rated average life1 of 24,000 hours**
•vs. quartz metal halide pulse start 175W (MS175/U/PS) lamp with a 15,000 hour rated average life1
Better lumen maintenance than quartz metal halide
• Improved lumen maintenance increases time between
Better energy efficiency
• vs. mercury vapor and quartz metal halide with up to 90 lumens per watt
Better value than quartz metal halide
• Less mercury content than quartz metal halide, better for the environment
1) See back of page for footnote
*Requires a metal halide pulse start ballast
**100W 3000K lamp has a rated average life of 17,000 hours