The BIG Lights

[petrev]

hmmm, good idea.

BTW Petrev,

did you mod your ballasts n your VT to higher wattage?

Also, that PayPal is soon to be sent to you.

Hi Flash

Not quite the same ballasts in mine so left as standard to avoid reliability and unforseen problems . . .

Cheers
Pete

ps. have the wires arrived ? ? ?

 

[Flashanator]

oh yea!!!!


Works like a charm

Curious as to what FET's you used? The >40v or >60v

again thanks for you super skills.

 

[petrev]

oh yea!!!!


Works like a charm

Curious as to what FET's you used? The >40v or >60v

again thanks for you super skills.

HMMM

:thinking:
1 of each if I remember correctly

:naughty:

 

[Flashanator]

Pete, any news on that hush hush HID you mentioned?

 

[petrev]

Pete, any news on that hush hush HID you mentioned?

SHHHH

Still sorting out parts . . .

 

[Flashanator]

I took my second thorx10 outside to play/scare the neighbors. Up until then I hadn't used my other one for some time.

I was as much shocked by the insane output, as the moment I first experienced it. You never get tired of it.:devil:

 

[DM51]

Added modamag's Odyssey to the Dark Side.

 

[DM51]

I'm adding Holzheim's Handheld 500W LED Power creation. The thread is well worth a look, for those who haven't seen it.

 

[petrev]

Pete, any news on that hush hush HID you mentioned?

Hi Flash

It's posted

PX200-HID

Corrected: 1600 DecaLumen (16,000 Lumen) 1 hour runtime and great throw . . .

Cheers
Pete

 

[DM51]

PX200-HID

1600 Lumen, 1 hour runtime and great throw . . .

Now added to post #1 above!

You are very modest with your zeroes there, lol.

 

[petrev]

Now added to post #1 above!

You are very modest with your zeroes there, lol.

Thanks DM

Modest ! Moi ?

:candle:

Corrected it - Thanks
Pete

 

[DM51]

New entry: Homemade 24" scratch built & designed reflector - LightSward

 

[LIGHTSMAD]

good work DM

 

[rasserie]

i have a query, do u guys notice BVH's 60inch CA light beam shots curved to the right in the atmosphere. is that general relativity in action or just some shaky camera work? LOL!

 

[JetskiMark]

I shot those pics with a Canon S2 IS on a tripod with the image stabilization turned off. The 12x zoom lens was at it's widest setting and there is a little barrel distortion on most zoom lenses when they are zoomed all the way out.

I do not remember if there was any curvature at the time I was looking at the beams. It is such an impressive sight to behold.

 

[Patriot]

Like Jetskimark stated, there is a lot of barrel distortion at the S2's widest setting and a bit of pin cushion distortion at the S2's tightest setting. This is also a common trait with most fixed lens SLR and point & shoot camera's with a wide zoom range. When I desire to have the straightest lines from my S2 I zoom in to about 55-75mm, (35mm equivalent) which helps quite a bit but often I have to back away from the subject to make this work. More expensive interchangeable lens SLR set-ups usually keep distortions of any type to a bare minimum.

 

[BVH]

Actually, it is a combination of the Earth's normal rotation, its presession and the Magnehelic effect that causes that. The Earth is spinning so fast that the beam needs some time to catch up..................

 

[Mjolnir]

Did you ever get any shots of the light shining at something horizontally? I realize this could be pretty dangerous, but I can't help wondering how far it could "throw" (throw seems like sort of an understatement) horizontally.

 

[BVH]

I would love to do that in a safe place but in all the gigs I've done, none has had a long distance, clear view. I was able to shine it on a hill about 500 yards away. Yes, on the dirt hill, it was one very, very defined hot spot and kind of a orange'ish tinted, partial eclipse moon looking thing. It was very bright and intense but not to the level I had expected. Maybe because it's so large and intense, my perspective was not function correctly. Supposedly, when they were new, a person could read a newspaper at 5.7 miles.

 

[LightSward]

New entry: Homemade 24" scratch built & designed reflector - LightSward

I am honored to be with the BIG Lights. lovecpf

This was a fun and educational project. I did this out of budget considerations....wanted to have something 'big' acting for little $$$. This will be a continuing project. :twothumbs