I meant $700 total, it was $350 each. I wouldn't see them as being good top light fixtures, but if your
grid is 15 feet up, the third
electric is most likely close to the
cyc. With the 150
watt lamps in the
fixture, you will get decent light on your
cyc. If you had a wonderfully large budget, I would recommend some T3 cells, or even some MR-16 strips, but I don't mind what I get from the R40s. Not great, but they do their job decently.
You can do anywhere from 50w/120v to 1,050w/120v in the "T-3" lamp which isn't really a lamp description, more a term for the dia. of the lamp - in this case a 3/8" dia lamp similar to that of any number of lamps commonly 100w or less and single ended. A BRL for instance (a small moving light lamp) is using a T-3 lamp.
RSC, or R-7s is a more proper term for such lamp types once matched up with it's length. 4.11/16" (119.6mm)
RSC (R-7s-18) would be a more proper lamp description of the lamp type. In any
cyc fixture unless the direct lamp is recessed within the
reflector and not directly outputting, I recommend a frosted lamp over that of any
clear lamp normally used. Much more dispersed
wash of light.
T-3 is a far too commonly used term to describe a double ended single contact recessed lamp especially in the 4.11/16" length (and there is many sizes of them from 2.1/16" to 17.11/16" between contacts. Such lamps even in the 4.11/16" length common size also don't always have a T-3 lamp, they range from T-2.1/2 to T-4 for most lamps. This all after it always being best to
call a lamp by it's
ANSI code. 500w FDN lamps are possibly the most used on
stage when not 1,000w FHM or even the 300w frosted EHZ.
In a MR-16
fixture, anywhere from 6 to 240v and just about every imaginable
voltage between in how you distribute the "in series" lamp distribution and or even in going
line voltage for each lamp. Could do anything from 20 lamps per
circuit to one lamp per
circuit. Would take some re-wireing to do this range in how many lamps are on any one
circuit, but also in this lamp type you could change to different lamp bases as needed and go anywhere from 10w to 360w given you would also have to change the
wire gauge feeding each lamp. Believe most
cyc lights are rated for a maximum wattage of 75w. If you want a
cyc light with only 10w lamps, it's possible in having the largest range of wattage in lamps available in a lamp type.
Beam spreads and types on a MR-16 lamp as opposed to any other
fixture has more variation in lamps available than any others. You can get pre-lensed lamps that are harder to fit in the
fixture but will fit with
dichroic lenses pre-colored for the maximum in color mixing or even high
color temperature lamps to match up with moving lights or
daylight color temperatures. Some day you will also be able to do some limited black light in a MR-16 lamp (given limited output.)
In beam spread for a MR-16 lamp, you can go from fairly well parallel beam of light to about 60 degrees. That's a great reange.
Can't
beat at times the feel of a A-Lamp, R-40 or
PAR 38
cyc light, but on the other
hand, the other two types are respectable in having their own respectable feel to them.