What is HID lighting?

HID lighting is high intensity discharge lighting. HID lamps have an arc which passes between two electrodes in a pressurized tube causing various metallic additives to vaporize and release large amounts of light. To learn more about HID lighting, visit: http://insights.regencylighting.com/what-is-hid-lighting Video Transcript: What is HID lighting? HID lighting stands for high intensity discharge. Electricity enters through the ballast. The starter inside the ballast ignites the HID bulb. Once the electricity enters the base of the HID lamp, it flows into a tube containing gas and metallic salts. The gas helps with the initial strike of light. It then heats up and vaporizes the metallic salts. After all this, a rolling plasma is created which produces artificial light. The light is extremely bright and powerful.