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Currently for sale on Ebay:
"Up for sale is a perfect condition handheld military ultra long distance searchlight. It's in the class of the more widely known Maxabeam military handheld searchlight but is about 1.6 times as powerful. All components look new and unused, not a mark, scratch, ding, dent, tear or any other damage on any piece. I'm calling it "used" because I don't know if it's new, old stock or hardly used. When the front part of the light is extended, it produces a Laser-like slender 2-degree beam that puts bright light on a target well over a mile distant. In-fact, the beam travels so far that you would need binoculars to identify what the bright spot is hitting at distances over about 3,000 to 4,000 feet. It is quite spectacular to see in-person. For closer-in use, the front end of the light is retracted and produces a wider, floody style wall of light. There is a "select" switch that allows the light to be used at a lesser power and also in a strobe mode.
The package does not include any batteries. The batteries are placed in the vest and connect to the wiring harness inside the vest, The other end of the harness has the mating plug to the plug on the light cord. The required batteries are available anywhere and are simple 12 Volt, 9-12 Amp Hour sealed Lead Acid type. The unit originally came from the factory with a total of 4 each, 12 Volt, 9 to 12 Amp Hour batteries wired up in 2-Series, 2 parallel providing 24 Volt input to the light. You can get these batteries for about $20 to $25 each almost any place online that sells batteries and in many brick and mortar store. The light will automatically operate on any input Voltage from 12 to 30. I have programmable DC power supplies and tested the light using them at both 12 Volts and 24 Volts as the power source. The original factory Lead Acid battery charger is included as are shoulder straps for the light and the carry case.
I will ship this light only to the United States." (End of Ebay ad)
I'll give a $175.00 discount for anyone here on CPF that wants it. $979 and free shipping to the US
Beyond that, if you buy it and want to use Lithium RC packs to power it, I can rig the input cable wiring to accept up to a configuration of 2 Serial/3 Parallel packs with Anderson Power Pole connectors. You can get over 2 hours run time if you go the 6-Lithium battery route.
I bought this as a "New, Old Stock, not working" package off Ebay. Why? because I love working with and fixing Short Arc lights. So as soon as it arrived, I had the case halves split to see what I could see. The light does look new and unused, inside and out. I discovered that everything was operational except the ignition system. Capacitors are a frequent old age failure component. They can fail just due to old age with or without use. So I pulled the 3 ignition film caps off the board, tested them and found that they had only 10% of their rated capacity. I bought 3 new caps, installed them and she fired right up. (Thanks to FritzHID for his help in this.) Also good news, I measured power to the lamp at 132 Watts so she is over-performing the manufacturer's specs.
Price Reduction
Currently for sale on Ebay:
"Up for sale is a perfect condition handheld military ultra long distance searchlight. It's in the class of the more widely known Maxabeam military handheld searchlight but is about 1.6 times as powerful. All components look new and unused, not a mark, scratch, ding, dent, tear or any other damage on any piece. I'm calling it "used" because I don't know if it's new, old stock or hardly used. When the front part of the light is extended, it produces a Laser-like slender 2-degree beam that puts bright light on a target well over a mile distant. In-fact, the beam travels so far that you would need binoculars to identify what the bright spot is hitting at distances over about 3,000 to 4,000 feet. It is quite spectacular to see in-person. For closer-in use, the front end of the light is retracted and produces a wider, floody style wall of light. There is a "select" switch that allows the light to be used at a lesser power and also in a strobe mode.
The package does not include any batteries. The batteries are placed in the vest and connect to the wiring harness inside the vest, The other end of the harness has the mating plug to the plug on the light cord. The required batteries are available anywhere and are simple 12 Volt, 9-12 Amp Hour sealed Lead Acid type. The unit originally came from the factory with a total of 4 each, 12 Volt, 9 to 12 Amp Hour batteries wired up in 2-Series, 2 parallel providing 24 Volt input to the light. You can get these batteries for about $20 to $25 each almost any place online that sells batteries and in many brick and mortar store. The light will automatically operate on any input Voltage from 12 to 30. I have programmable DC power supplies and tested the light using them at both 12 Volts and 24 Volts as the power source. The original factory Lead Acid battery charger is included as are shoulder straps for the light and the carry case.
I will ship this light only to the United States." (End of Ebay ad)
I'll give a $175.00 discount for anyone here on CPF that wants it. $979 and free shipping to the US
Beyond that, if you buy it and want to use Lithium RC packs to power it, I can rig the input cable wiring to accept up to a configuration of 2 Serial/3 Parallel packs with Anderson Power Pole connectors. You can get over 2 hours run time if you go the 6-Lithium battery route.
I bought this as a "New, Old Stock, not working" package off Ebay. Why? because I love working with and fixing Short Arc lights. So as soon as it arrived, I had the case halves split to see what I could see. The light does look new and unused, inside and out. I discovered that everything was operational except the ignition system. Capacitors are a frequent old age failure component. They can fail just due to old age with or without use. So I pulled the 3 ignition film caps off the board, tested them and found that they had only 10% of their rated capacity. I bought 3 new caps, installed them and she fired right up. (Thanks to FritzHID for his help in this.) Also good news, I measured power to the lamp at 132 Watts so she is over-performing the manufacturer's specs.
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