SATCO Lighting S33117 100/120/150 Wattage Selectable, LED, Hi-Bay, Type B, Ballast Bypass, Mogul Extended, 5000K, 400W-600W Metal Halide Replacement

No. The S33117 is a Type B ballast bypass lamp, so the existing metal halide ballast has to be removed or bypassed and line voltage wired directly to the socket. It runs on 100V-277V at 50/60Hz, which covers 120V, 208V, 240V and 277V circuits, so one lamp works across most commercial panel voltages once the fixture is rewired. Leaving the ballast in line will not work.

It is sold as a 400W to 600W metal halide replacement. Output depends on which wattage tap you set: 100W gives 14,000 lumens, 120W gives 16,800 lumens, and 150W gives 21,000 lumens, all at 5000K daylight. If your existing fixture is a 400W metal halide, the lower settings will get you close on delivered light while the 150W setting gives headroom for a lamp that has been dimming with age.

The S33117 uses a mogul extended base, which threads into a standard mogul socket but sits deeper because of the extended neck. In a shallow reflector or a fixture where the socket is recessed high in the housing, check that you have the extra length before you order a case. Burning position is universal, so the lamp can go base up, base down, or horizontal without affecting rated life.

Wattage is selected on the lamp itself, at 100W, 120W or 150W, and it is a three-way selectable design rather than something you control from the wall. The lamp is not dimmable, so do not put it on a dimmer or a 0-10V control. Current draw tracks the setting: 1.000A at 120V down to 0.361A at 277V on the 100W tap, 1.200/0.433A at 120W, and 1.500/0.542A at 150W. Use the high end of those figures when you total up a circuit.

Enclosed fixtures are fine, the lamp is rated for both open and enclosed housings, which is where a lot of retrofit lamps fail. Location rating is damp, not wet, so covered outdoor areas like a loading dock, canopy or parking structure are in scope while a fixture taking direct rain or spray is not.

The 120 degree spread throws light wide rather than deep, so it suits fixtures with a reflector that redirects the output down, and it works best where the fixture spacing was laid out for the original HID lamp. In a high open bay with no reflector, a wide beam puts more light on the walls than on the floor. If your existing metal halide reflector is staying in place, this lamp fills it; if you are removing the fixture entirely, a dedicated LED high bay luminaire with a defined distribution is the better path.

5000K is fixed on the S33117, there is no color temperature selector, so it will not be tuned to match a 4000K neutral white installation. 5000K reads as daylight white and is close to what most metal halide looks like when new, which is why it is the usual pick for a warehouse or shop retrofit. CRI is 80. If the rest of your fleet is 4000K, expect a visible difference between areas.

It is Title 24 compliant and FCC compliant, but it does not carry a DLC listing. Most commercial utility rebate programs require a DLC qualified product number, so plan on this being a straight replacement purchase rather than a rebated one, and check with your program before you build the savings into a bid.

Rated average life is 50,000 hours. On a facility running 12 hours a day that is roughly 11 years, so for a property manager the real value is dropping the relamp cycle and the lift rental rather than the wattage alone. Because it is a ballast bypass lamp, you also stop replacing ballasts on those fixtures once the wiring is converted.

The base assembly is aluminum and plastic, with the aluminum handling heat dissipation so no separate heat sink or remote driver box is required. Everything is contained in the lamp, which is why it can be installed base up or base down in an enclosed fixture. Ordering identifier is Satco S33117, finish white.