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In article <0001HW.BA9CFE870011EB2919E964B0@news.covad.net>, 
anon@bugus.net says...
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:09:16 -0800, Keith R. Williams wrote
> (in message <MPG.18e057bb6c6d0d0598a157@enews.newsguy.com>):
> 
> > Perhaps for bare-bulbs, but I've replaced almost all my home's 
> > lighting with QH and love it.  I have torchieres in the living 
> > and family rooms, reflectors in the kitchen and hall, and spots 
> > in the bedroom and computer room.  I love the crisp white light.
> > 
> > I noticed a bar/restaurant up in the sticks that had a system 
> > quote like what the OP wants.  They had fixtures hanging from 
> > stainless wires 6' or so over the tables.  I quite liked the 
> > effect. 
> 
> Indeed, this is what I'm considering doing. Do you remember how the lamps 
> were connected to the overhead wire runs? Was there a "cable nut" that 
> provided the mechanical connection between the individual lamp's wire and the 
> wire runs? 

That's what it looked like to me.  IIRC there were two styles of 
lights.  One had a "spreader" that fit between the horizontal wires and 
a single rigid tube down to the lamp.  The other had two wires, with 
the lamp being supported by the wires down from the horizontal runs. 
The wires were something like 12' overhead, so it was hard to see 
exactly how it was done.  Clearly the lamps could be positioned along 
the horizontal run, since they were placed directly over tables.

> Did it look like the lamps were plugged into a socket that were connected to 
> the wire runs, or were the lamps manufactured with long leads and no socket 
> was used?

There was a socket.  The lamps were standard LV QH mini-spots. I have 
the same bulbs in track lighting at home in track lighting. I can't 
remember the numbers off-hand, but I'll try to look them up when I get 
home. This was clearly a manufactured system.

-- 
  Keith