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    Warm spotlight for light painting?

    You could use pretty much any Halogen spotlight. If you don't like the color temp of the halogen bulb, change it out with a lower temp halogen bulb. Two I can think of in the 100W class are the Wagan 18M and the Professionals Favorite 20M. If those lights aren't powerful enough for you...
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    Need advice on Professional's Favorite spotlight power options

    Powering through charge port: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most spotlights cannot be powered through the charge ports. Most manuals will warn that damage will result. I have one spotlight that can be powered through the DC charge port...
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    I want to make a hunting spotlight...

    There is a 40 Watt (total output if all die are on) diode that LEDEngin makes. You could use the white die and red die in it (and not use the blue/green). You could easily use that and they even have focusing optics for it. The smaller the degree of the optic, the farther it should throw...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Thank you very much for your time and thanks again for the ebay recommendation.
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Maybe for the price-range of this project and low cost of my light, it would be best to just use a piece of PVC for a shim. If i need it to be offset in one direction, I could just cut the PVC on an angle or sand it... It doesn't seem like there is anything commercially available and something...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    That's almost exactly what I need (with the exception that I would need it to fit an H4 bulb and I wanted it to have 4 point adjustments). So basically you just have two metal rings, one mounts to the reflector, you mount the bulb to the other one, and then you use the screws to adjust the...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    I was posting to see if anyone knew if there was one you could buy that was adjustable in all three axis (not just collars or spacers to adjust insertion depth). I was hoping to find something that I could not only adjust insertion depth but also be able to move the arc point around inside the...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Unfortunately I'll need one with 4 (or 3) screw points so i can move the arc gap around inside. Something is telling me that they don't actually make one...
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    Best bulb choice for 55W HID ballast (looking for throw)

    Thanks for the post BHV. I have my 55W China ballast on order so I'll give it a shot in about 3 weeks. I originally started with 4300K bulbs because everyone said they were brighter and looked nicer. I just ordered a batch of 6000K bulbs because they 4300s were way to yellow for me. I'm...
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    Best bulb choice for 55W HID ballast (looking for throw)

    So I'm working on final HID upgrade. I have a professional's favorite that I was able to find a 55W ballast for (that fits behind the reflector). I'm going for the most throw I can get... Is it better to put in a 55W (H4) bulb to match the ballast or is it better to put in a 35W (H4)and...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Does anyone know if anyone makes/sells a focusable headlight (H4 preferred) socket? I'm looking for something that I can drop into the spot where an H4 bulb goes into the reflector that has 4 screws so you can adjust insertion depth in and angle.
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    It might be because the two original bulbs are two-stage (hi/lo) halogen and when I'm trying to replace it with is single stage (hi only).
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    They must because the Wagan and the Professional's choice had two drastically different length bulbs in them. I can measure them when I get home tonight.
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    It's an H4. I actually purchased two hosts to try this with when I started. The Wagan and the Professional's Choice. When I tried this HID bulb Prof Choice, there was no way I would ever be able to get it deep enough in the reflector. I think the difference was greater than 1/2 an inch. On...
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    Wow, it was $10 for TWO bulbs LoL. What a deal!!! The first kit I got was 4200k but I'm going to try 6000K this time... 2 X 55W HID Xenon Replacement Headlight Bulb H4 6000K
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    For ten dollars, I guess I'll roll the Chinese lottery dice :)
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    Maybe I should try getting a different 50W or 55W bulb off of Ebay and overdrive it with my 75W ballast? I wonder if the output of a 55W drive at 75W would be brighter? Maybe I'll have better luck focusing with a different bulb...
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    Yeah, I bent those all in. I gained quite a bit, but still not enough sadly. That's what I get for trying to make a Maxabeam for $200 I guess LoL. I looks very nice, it's just not 'perfect'. I wish I could tweak it just a hair more. I don't really have anything to compare it too either to...
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    Well, shimming the bulb out only made the hotspot larger. I was able to push down on the reflector a bit (it deformed) but I got the bulb in another couple thousandths or so. I got the pattern on the wall to shrink a bit but I'm not sure how much more I needed it to go. I guess all HID...
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    Wagan 18M Spotlight - 75 Watt HID conversion

    Again, many thanks!

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