There are very few unlighted fountains being installed
today. As attractive as a fountain may be during
daylight hours, it is immeasurably more beautiful
at night with multi-hued lights playing upon it.
A few things to remember. You can rarely over-light
a fountain and under-lighting one can completely
ruin its potential beauty. Lights with clear lens
when operating at the same time as lights with colored
lens tend to "wash" out the color. Colored
lens have different light transmission values and
for balanced brilliance this must be taken into
consideration. Relative light transmission values
are approximately as follows:
White (Clear) ..... 100%
Amber ..... 50%
Red ..... 25%
Green ................. 15%
Blue ......... 15%
Different shades of these basic colors will, of
course, affect these precentages.
The new quartz iodine lamps, particularly in the
sealed beam PAR-56 and PAR-64 envelopes, provide
excellent light sources in the 500 watt and 1000
watt classification. It permits high light output
lamps to be housed in relatively small fixtures
and, when used with the PAR-56 300 watt incandescent
lamps, proves great flexibility.
