SATCO Lighting S28930 20/30/40 Wattage Selectable, LED Hi-Pro Wall Pack, CCT Selectable 3K/4K/5K, Type B, Ballast Bypass, Extended Mogul base

No. The S28930 is a Type B ballast bypass lamp, so it wires to line voltage directly. The existing ballast has to be removed or bypassed before the lamp goes in. It accepts 100 to 277 volt input at 50/60 Hz, so it covers both 120V residential-style wall packs and 277V commercial circuits once the fixture is rewired.

Both are set on the lamp itself before install, using Satco's PowerQuick and ColorQuick switches. Wattage selects 20W, 30W or 40W, producing 3200, 4700 or 6000 lumens respectively. Color selects 3000K warm white, 4000K neutral, or 5000K daylight. One lamp covers all nine combinations, which is why maintenance crews stock it instead of nine separate SKUs.

Yes. The S28930 is an enclosed rated lamp, so it can run inside a gasketed wall pack or jelly jar without voiding its thermal design. It carries a damp location rating and is listed for indoor or outdoor use, meaning it belongs under a soffit, in a covered wall pack or a parking garage, not exposed to direct rain or standing water in a wet location fixture.

That is the intended swap. At its highest setting the S28930 draws 40 watts and puts out 6000 lumens, and Satco rates it as a 100W incandescent equivalent. Rated life is 50,000 hours versus the frequent relamping HID wall packs demand. The catch is the ballast: it must be bypassed and the fixture rewired to line voltage before the lamp goes in.

No. The S28930 is specified for horizontal burning position. It is built for wall pack geometry, where the lamp lies on its side and throws light out and down. Vertical base-up or base-down orientation is outside its rated position, so for a post top or a high bay you want a corncob rated for universal or vertical burning.

It is a 180 degree beam spread, a half-sphere rather than the full 360 of a typical corncob. That directs the output out of the fixture's lens instead of wasting it against the back of the housing, which is what makes it a wall pack lamp specifically. Color rendering is 80 CRI, which is standard for exterior security and parking lighting.

Draw depends on both setting and line voltage. At 20W it is 0.200A at the low voltage end and 0.072A at the high end; at 30W, 0.300A to 0.108A; at 40W, 0.400A to 0.144A. In practice, on a 277V circuit a 40W lamp pulls about 0.144A, so a 20A branch circuit carries a large number of them. That per-lamp figure is what you size the circuit from when relamping a whole building's wall packs.

The S28930 is flagged three-way on its spec data, but the practical control here is the built-in wattage selector: you pick 20, 30 or 40 watts on the lamp rather than dimming it from the wall. For exterior wall packs on a photocell or contactor, set the wattage at install and leave it.

Construction is aluminum and plastic, with a plastic lens and a white housing. The aluminum portion handles heat sinking, which is what allows it to be enclosed rated inside a sealed wall pack. Housing color is white, so it disappears behind a standard wall pack lens rather than showing as a dark shape.