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    19" motorized Carlisle and Finch searchlight restoration / lamp upgrade

    Obsessedwithlights, you're getting closer to pic posting. Keep at it! I am really disappointed with Photobucket for their scale back of hosting abilities and what they charge now. And yet, I've been dropping $5 a month for mediocre service and they STILL can't figure out how to link my old...
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    19" motorized Carlisle and Finch searchlight restoration / lamp upgrade

    Alright! We have a thread dedicated to the C&F 19 inchers :clap: There are plenty of these lights still out there on work boats and more are retiring to dark and dusty corners of forgotten dockside storage sheds where I found mine back in the early 90's. The one you have is called the DEC...
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    turbo or boost is useless to me (rant)

    I ended up buying 6 sofirn SP35. 2000 lumens and no step down. giving me about 14 lumens per gram of weight the drone must lift. If I got your payload numbers right, you can support about 142 grams or +/- 5 ounces total? Very cool project. A drone providing SAR field illumination :thumbsup:
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    1955 Francis Searchlight - 400W Short Arc - Restomod

    Hey Obessedwithlights! Welcome to the place where Legacy Spotlights get a chance at a new life. We don't have a thread for the 19" C & F lights yet, as far as I can tell. You may want to start one if you are serious about upgrading yours. We like to see progress pics, of course. I have three...
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    Haven't checked in for a little while. There's been more time available to dig through lots of special parts and devices to possibly set aside for a fresh build or upgrade soon. There's also time to see what is out there in the rest of the heavy lighting world...
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    Just had to dial that image action a wee bit. The short story, after major OEM (Varo) component failure, I was able to replace the voltage converter and ignitor with off-the-shelf gear and bring my -1 back to life. And the best part? Full overdrive capability! Next phase is to reconnect...
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    I saw that, thank you! And now PhotoBucket has a stupid water mark? Have I really been gone that long?
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    And now, from the Central Oregon high desert: The Deathray is alive!
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    Anybody here purchase the -1 from Las Cruces off of eBay yesterday? I need parts, and had my crosshairs lined up on that unit. Waited.....too.....long. Plus my freight receiver insisted on the lamp being removed prior to shipment. He didn't completely understand just how beefy everything about...
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    Seattle area 2015 fall meet-up - "It's getting cold" edition.

    Hey Y'all! The Deathray is not going to come alive for this fall event, if we can still get it together. There are some voltage converter/ignitor issues remaining. Working on this with an electronics tech. I can and will deliver on the 24" KK light though. Found the other ERC ignitor to get...
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    stormag, I think I have two canvas covers, at least one is in good shape. I will PM and email you. Good thinking to bump your post!
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    Seattle area 2015 fall meet-up - "It's getting cold" edition.

    I have missed too many. Gotta work on that! My aging arsenal of Heavy Lighting is an ongoing problem, but there are workarounds. It's not that hard to rig for a trip across the sound for some really good flash-time with you guys. I'm warming up to this opportunity. If I can strike an arc, there...
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    Reset Button of Doom When it got to this point, my heart sank. Yet I still bypassed CB1 with a 30 Amp blade fuse using a separate fuse holder, and no improvement. NITE LITE, yes, this is Burning Man. The Deathray shines for two departments and during free time whenever we pull up to an...
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    In the high desert, something went wrong with the Death Ray. Then this happened:
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    AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

    Always good to dig up my favorite Big Light thread! I haven't kept anyone up to date on the Death Ray's status, so here it is: Original Deathray (my spelling) as seen around page 11 of this thread, has suffered reliability issues that started out on the desert about 4 years ago. The crew and I...
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