Quote Originally Posted by jonnychimpo
dude if you want to go cheap on lighting then get yourself to homedepo and get your self one of them stand lights
That sounds a lot like advice, and not an opinion to me. Like Shake said, you halogens may be working fine how you are using them, but they are about the most inefficient use of power because most of the energy dissipated is in the form of heat rather than light.

1200w metal halide? Is that 2 600s or one light?