Track lighting is a fashionable way to illuminate indoor house plants.
Track lighting, first used in commercial display windows, has proven to be a safe, rugged and flexible way to illuminate indoor house plants. Advantages of this ceiling-mounted system over traditional forms of lighting include the fact that it takes up no floor space and features a design that makes it virtually impossible to touch the live conductor inside the track. Some plant-oriented track lights are meant to serve as simple accents, others as spotlights and yet others as full-scale grow lights.
150-Watt Three-Light Spiral Ceiling Light Fixture
Pro Track's 150-Watt Three-Light Spiral Ceiling Lighting Fixture is designed as a chic room accessory with bullet-shaped lights and a brushed satin nickel finish. The spiral-shaped track, which measures 11 inches across, uses up less space than traditional track lighting and extends down just 9 inches from the ceiling. Each of the light heads is adjustable, allowing the user to focus the lights on just one plant or three separate ones. In addition, the 150-watt bulbs provide up to 2,800 lumens apiece, helping plants to grow and flourish.
96 Enzis Kit Matte Chrome, 300-Watt Pira Fixtures Low-Voltage Lighting Kit
Providing a total output of 300 watts, Bruck Lighting's 96 Enzis Kitis is so named because the length of the track measures 96 inches from end to end. The track itself is composed of two malleable aluminum rods that are easily flexible but also hold the desired shape intact when coupled with suspended cable supports. The fixture, which features a matte chrome finish, is intended more as an accent piece for those with a row of plants to illuminate, offering low-voltage lighting, short circuit protection and a dimmer switch. The unit is suitable for dry locations only and is not compatible with LED fixtures.
Spiral Bronze 5-Light Ceiling Fixture
Featuring a contemporary European-style design with five bullet lights and a dark bronze veneer, the Spiral Bronze 5-Light Ceiling Fixture, also by Pro Track, uses 50-watt halogen bulbs to illuminate, which produce more heat than traditional incandescent lights, allowing for increased plant growth. However, such bulbs should be several feet away from the plant lest they scorch the plant's foliage. The entire fixture measures 15 3/4 inches across, extends approximately 8 inches down from the ceiling and features fully adjustable lamp heads.
Ceiling Fixture
Pro Track's 150-Watt Three-Light Halogen offers a stainless steel exterior and interchangeable blue and yellow glass light casings for varying color looks. The fixture measures a full 11 inches across and takes three 50-watt MR16 halogen bulbs, which come with the unit. MR stands for "multifaceted reflector," a pressed glass with the inside comprised of facets that are covered by a reflective coating. These facets allow for better optical control and provide a more concentrated beam for plants that require greater heat.
Light Rail 3.5 Intelli Drive Linear Light Mover
Providing an unusual alternative for growing plants, the Light Rail 3.5 Intelli Drive Linear Light Mover is not intended as a stylish showpiece. The fixture's 6-foot-long ceiling-mounted track allows the lamp to glide effortlessly without the use of any noisy and unsightly pulleys, chains or gears. (Nine-foot track is also available.) Instead, it uses a drive motor attached to the track, which can be adjusted to travel any distance the user desires. The high-intensity discharge lamp uses metal halides to produce plant-friendly warm light that is beneficial for growth. The unit also accepts all vertical and horizontal horticultural HID lamp reflectors.
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