Enderman
Enlightened
So I'm having trouble finding a good quality HID bulb+ballast with about 50-100W and 6000+ lumens.
Anyone know some good bulb+ballast combos that can be purchased for a few hundred bucks or less?
There are a lot of cheap 75 or 100W chinese hid car kits but I don't trust the specs they advertise at all.
I've looked for xevision 75W 8300 lumen bulbs and ballasts but can't find them in any online stores like amazon or whatnot.
Ideally the lamp I use will have a short arc, like 1mm or so, I'm not sure what the arc gap in the hellfire bulb is. The shorter the better, but I want more than 6k lumens for sure, which I think might not be possible with a 50W kit, so 75 or 100W would be best?
Side question, the hellfire here has a 3700lm output from the light, including reflector efficiency loss and everything, ( http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...e-intensive)&p=4003353&viewfull=1#post4003353 ) but it only uses a 35W bulb, and 35 bulbs supposedly make only 3000-3500 lumens. How is this possible? It can't be being overdriven by a 50W ballast because it only draws ~3 amps at 12v which is 36W...
Anyone know some good bulb+ballast combos that can be purchased for a few hundred bucks or less?
There are a lot of cheap 75 or 100W chinese hid car kits but I don't trust the specs they advertise at all.
I've looked for xevision 75W 8300 lumen bulbs and ballasts but can't find them in any online stores like amazon or whatnot.
Ideally the lamp I use will have a short arc, like 1mm or so, I'm not sure what the arc gap in the hellfire bulb is. The shorter the better, but I want more than 6k lumens for sure, which I think might not be possible with a 50W kit, so 75 or 100W would be best?
Side question, the hellfire here has a 3700lm output from the light, including reflector efficiency loss and everything, ( http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...e-intensive)&p=4003353&viewfull=1#post4003353 ) but it only uses a 35W bulb, and 35 bulbs supposedly make only 3000-3500 lumens. How is this possible? It can't be being overdriven by a 50W ballast because it only draws ~3 amps at 12v which is 36W...