cyclops --> hid battery solution?

[mr.squatch]

Considered buying a cyclops today when we found em on sale, solely for the purpose of converting to hid like some here have done. I've read a few threads about the procedure and I'm more interested than ever. Only thing I have yet to see in any of the threads is what power source is being used. Is the battery that comes in the light being utilized? Thanks in advance

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[Cigarman]

Sure thing. With the Thor X-Platinum it comes with a decent 12V 7Ah battery which is capable of running my HID mod just fine for about an hour. Might even be able to take a larger one but I havent checked the battery compartment.

 

[mr.squatch]

Niiice, that cuts way down on project costs. Ok, so I've been doing a lot more reading about maxablasters and maxabeams etc. Curious where the cyclops/thor hid conversion stacks up in relation as far as performance. I'd hate to build this guy and have it get beat by my current mag throwers (1200ft so far). Thanks for the info on the battery :thumbsup:

 

[Ra]

With good quality HID-stuff, the Cyclops Thor 15M will have a throw well over 1000 yards..


And..uhhh, Maxablasters..?? There is only one Maxablaster !

Oh, And I can tell you how a comperison between Maxablaster and a 50watt HID-Thor 15m would look like:

Trees are 400 yards away, in the magnified crop, you can see the trees just left of the Maxablaster beam be enlightened very faintly by the HID-beam:

Best,

Ra.

 

[a4d]

About how much would it cost to turn a light into HID?

What parts would be needed?

I don't know all to much about HID, and i have a Motor Trend 10 million CP light pretty much look EXACTLY like the thor 15 million CP. It does have a 7AH battery in it.

 

[mr.squatch]

Thanks Ra, Oh yeah, Maxablaster is like the highlander, there can be only one

Hard to tell in the pic since the other one is so magnificent. If that's 400 yds, I wonder how well it'd do at 1000yds. Did u mean ft since that's what I was asking about?

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[scott.cr]

What parts would be needed?

I converted my Thor using a broken Harbor Freight HID. There is plenty of room for the ballast inside the Thor. The main differences were the Thor uses an H4 lamp and most of the 35W HIDs use H7 so I had to machine an adapter. Stock Thor battery works great! And in my case, the HF HID had the same exact battery already in it, so now I have two.

Pics HERE.

 

[Ra]

Thanks Ra, Oh yeah, Maxablaster is like the highlander, there can be only one

Hard to tell in the pic since the other one is so magnificent. If that's 400 yds, I wonder how well it'd do at 1000yds. Did u mean ft since that's what I was asking about?

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No, I meant yard's..

Note that it was not dark yet and trees are quite dark objects. And the exposure time was a bit on the low side as well.. There always is the discussion how much light an object must receive to effectively enlighten it.

In general, most say the throw of a light is the distance at which the object receives 1 lux of light from the flashlight. But in real life 1 lux is a pathetic amount of light! On white buildings, even 0.6 lux can be sufficient to see the object enlightened! But in general, you need more like 4lux at the object..

In the situation in the picture, the trees received about 360 lux from Maxablaster and about 15 lux from the 50watt HID thor..


Best,

Ra.

 

[mr.squatch]

Ahhh that makes sense. I can't take beam shots to save my life haha. I'm still looking (I think a couple other people are too) for a parts list and directions to do the swap. I've been looking around at hid kits but there are so many to choose from I have no idea which one is right. I may go pick up a cyclops this weekend and start tinkering with it. If somebody could point out a good candidate for a swap and mention what good qualities it has for this application vs other ones I'd be forever in your debt. I'm not above buying on ebay, I've kinda made a career out of it

Thanks again to everyone who's helped so far. Learning a lot

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No, I meant yard's..

Note that it was not dark yet and trees are quite dark objects. And the exposure time was a bit on the low side as well.. There always is the discussion how much light an object must receive to effectively enlighten it.

In general, most say the throw of a light is the distance at which the object receives 1 lux of light from the flashlight. But in real life 1 lux is a pathetic amount of light! On white buildings, even 0.6 lux can be sufficient to see the object enlightened! But in general, you need more like 4lux at the object..

In the situation in the picture, the trees received about 360 lux from Maxablaster and about 15 lux from the 50watt HID thor..


Best,

Ra.