Can a Parcan be Upside Down

[alexwindeatt]

Can a parcan be upside down with the cable coming out of the top? Or will it damage the fixture?

[alistermorton]

Pars can be used in any orientation although obviously watch where the heat is going.

[themadhippy]

upside down ,on its side,inside out the dam things will still work,just keep the cable away from the hot bits and all will be good,get the wire too close to the hot bits and youll get a funny smell and eventually either a dark can or a big BANG can

[nuttytechy]

The trusting Parcan... Yes I am a Par Fanboy ** laughs out loud **.

 

It can be used in any orientation because of their design. Basically its just a lamp held in by a huge circlip with the lamp holder in the back going into the lamp. No matter which way you put them, those things will still work. Just keep the cable away from the hot parts.

[vinntec]

Can a parcan be upside down with the cable coming out of the top? Or will it damage the fixture?

The power cable on a parcan comes out the back. The lamp itself is a single sealed unit containing both light source and reflector. A real parcan can be used any which way as long as you look after the cables v hot parts.

 

If the lantern you are looking at has the power cable coming out of the top or bottom, you might be looking at something else where the top of the lamp is away from the cable - in which case the orientation will matter. Can you post a photo or look what it says on the lantern regarding make and model if you are not 100% certain that what you have is a parcan?

[Seano]

Just to add to the above - if there's a gel frame, you want to avoid that dropping out too.

[timsabre]

The power cable on a parcan comes out the back.

Not really - comes out one side of the rear housing. So can come out of the "top" or the "bottom".

 

[Stuart91]

Although some Par 56 models do have the cable coming out of the back, and the OP hasn't been clear which exact type of lantern he's working with.

 

 

 

 

Most of the problems I've come across with Parcans haven't been to do with heat and cables, but rather failure of some kind at the gland. Either the gland coming away from the lantern shell, or the cable insulation breaking at the point where it flexes.

[paulears]

Even the ones I have with PARSafes, have the cable emerging from the dome, top or bottom. Don't think I have any where the cable comes out of the lamp connector into the outside world?

[boatman]

Popcorn anyone?