Australian source for HID at last

[ICUDoc]

Hi all
I notice Jaycar has a 35W HID single bulb / ballast set up available. I shall buy one in the next few days and suss it out. $89 bucks is a good price I think.

 

[Cigarman]

Got a link there m8?

 

[quokked]

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productVie...&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=256

Here you go, it's a Car HID conversion Kit with only one ballast and HID bulb

 

[Flashanator]

IMHO id stay away from the kit unless you can get one with 4200-4300K colour temp.

That 6000K temp would suffer for illumination over 4300k.

 

[Morepower!]

I actually have one of those, I bought it a little while ago but havn't had a chance to test it yet. But I totally agree with Flashanator that you really want ~4300K temp. bulbs. I'll fire it up and test the output in the next day or so.

 

[Flashanator]

Yea last night I compared my Mega Illuminator with a 6000K bulb to 4300K bulb.

The 6000K just cant hold a candle to the 4300K. I knew this already, but forgotten how good it looks with 4300k.

 

[KrisP]

You can get an eBay kit (pair of ballasts and bulbs) for $90-100AUD with whatever style globe you want and whatever colour temp you want. I've bought several H4, H1, H3 kits in 4300K.

For example:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250286531811
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380058429799

 

[lukestephens777]

Good find,

May have to pick one up...

 

[Norm]

If anyone in Oz wants to go halves in an ebay kit 4300K let me know.
Norm

 

[Morepower!]

I don't know if you guys are interested or not but if you get THIS KIT you can mod those ballasts, by soldering a few resistors into the circuit, from 42W @ bulb up to 62W, so far. I've ordered some higher powered FETS to see if even more power is possible from them.

The test results for the Jaycar ballast are as follows:

With 4300K bulb(from the "55W" kit)
@12V 0.37A x 89.9V = 33.15W @ bulb
@15.4V 0.39A x 90.1V = 35.14W @ bulb

With 6000K bulb(supplied)
@12V 0.38A x 89.6V = 34.05W @ bulb
@15.4V 0.39A x 90.5V = 35.29W @ bulb

These arn't as regulated as the kits I linked up above.


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[t3h]

I can get those Jaycar kits wholesale through Electus if anyone's interested in a bulk buy. Though with me having only 11 posts here, might not be such an option.

DX also has a wide range of these kits: http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.711

 

[Norm]

How does the electus price compare?
Norm

I can get those Jaycar kits wholesale through Electus if anyone's interested in a bulk buy. Though with me having only 11 posts here, might not be such an option.

DX also has a wide range of these kits: http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.711

 

[Morepower!]

I can get those Jaycar kits wholesale through Electus if anyone's interested in a bulk buy. Though with me having only 11 posts here, might not be such an option.

DX also has a wide range of these kits: http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.711

I didn't pay retail for mine either as I also have an account with Electus :naughty:. The only problem with those kits from DX is the colour temp. of the bulbs.

 

[t3h]

It's about $25 less for single ones. About $35 less for 5 or more. Not including shipping costs. Might not end up saving all that much when it comes to shipping them out.

 

[SafetyBob]

Is there any particular bulb that works better when you guys are putting these things in the lights you are gutting?

Any suggested lights that seem to be better for modding? 7 inch lense better than a 9 inch or bigger? I assume a big, deep reflector would be really good for these but don't have a clue as to what is out there to mod.

Bob E.

 

[t3h]

Approximately how big is that HID bulb on the Jaycar one? Will I have a chance of getting that in a handheld torch-sized creation?

 

[Morepower!]

Approximately how big is that HID bulb on the Jaycar one? Will I have a chance of getting that in a handheld torch-sized creation?

45mm from the flange to the tip of the bulb, 70mm total length. Ballast is 87mm x 72mm x 30mm. If you mean a handheld torch like a Maglight configuration, then no. But you can make the kit fit basically any light that takes a H4 bulb and if internal space is limited you can always mount the ballast on the outside of the torch.

 

[t3h]

I guess it's going to look something like my existing 100W halogen:

What it lacks in looks, it more than makes up for in lumens. It uses a standard bi-pin 12v 100W halogen bulb. That 7AH battery gives it about 1/2 hr of runtime (SLAs get lower amp hours at high discharge levels). 35 watts should last a while...

 

[Flashanator]

LMAO


"she may be ugly.... but she puts out"

 

[Morepower!]

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