I bought a few residential grade MV fixtures new and most of them were supplied with clear lamps. The only one I have that came with a /DX lamp was the ICI-Lite Nite.

Anyway, since my MV fixture was mounted next to a window, shortly after installing it I switched the clear lamp it came with a /DX, so /DX would probably look better for most people.

I can't imagine shipping the F96PG17. I have some F48PG17s and even those seemed fragile to me.

This one might be a bit hard. Home Depot Canada still lists the Metalux SSF296T124WP for sale but it looks to be unavailable from the American Home Depot site.

The moment the power is connected, the 250-volt 10-microfarad capacitor connected to that bridge rectifier will charge through the relay coil. Current flows through the relay coil, which then triggers the contacts, ensuring that it can only be triggered once during a single power-up process. In contrast, traditional 110-volt starters may accidentally trigger and cause the light to go out when the voltage rises to 95 volts or above

almost a year ago, I was gonna order an F96T12 2 lamp fixture on lowes.com. it said they had three available. however i got busy with something else, and when i went to order it just a day later. the stock was permanently gone. and since then, I have not been able to find another online that will ship. Ideally it would be HO with magnetic ballast, but at this point even just a housing would be reasonable. i am looking for an F96T12. not T8 or 4 lamp tandem.

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@icefoglights , @Patrick — Good to know, I will do just that. Thank you!

I'd go with DX for the improved color rendition in the event the customer doesn't have an obvious preference for clear, especially for a light being used in the front of a house.

Back in the day, yardblasters, which were usually expected to be mounted higher up, were supplied with clear lamps.  Tallpacks, and smaller fixtures that maybe located lower and closer to a door, were supplied with coated/DX lamps.