finally fired up my dl50

[markdi]

I powered up my xenlight 25/50 watt ballast and dl50 bulb.
the ballast has a lot higher frequency buzz to it.

I had the bulb lying horizontally over the edge of my dining room table and it burnt a big black spot into the edge of the table in less than a minute - a bit of smoke - a non contact radiation burn - the bulb was not frying itself - kool.

nice old oak table - very not kool mom told me it is old and worth 3000 bucks or more when she gave it to me.

I told grandpa to stay back because it was emitting radiation.

at least I was not lying.

it is nice and bright even when running at 25 watts.

the ballast goes into power save 25 watt mode if I turn the voltage down past 9 volts or so.

at about 6 volts it shuts off and will not turn back on untill you turn the voltage supply off then on again and supplying more than 10 volts or so.

I ran it for about 8 minutes and the ballast got luke warm.

it is a bright sunny day out side and my house is not that dark inside.

 

[MaxaBaker]

Very nice. I can't wait to see it in something /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/huh.gif


Poor table though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/awman.gif

 

[markdi]

I took the rear cover off of my hid modded vec 126 vector spotlight to see if the xenlight ballast and igniter would fit completely inside the vector.

the ballast and igniter will fit inside and I think I can get or make a new door( I cut a hole in the original one)

so a 25/50watt 5300 bulb lumens - stealth(completly stock looking)vec126 hid vector mod is possible.

or maybe I will get another xenlight ballast and save the dl50 for the giant thor mod.

the xenlight ballast and igniter is smaller and a lot lighter than the one I have installed in it now.

I think the weight would go down to about 3.5 pounds or so.
my mom has thin glass(and glass cutting/grinding equipment)so I am going to replace the plastic lens with a glass one
a glass lens will add a bit of weight.

I took more pictures of my hid vector including the insides
- if any one is interested I could email them.

 

[MaxaBaker]

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Thanks! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/popcorn.gif

 

[markdi]

my last post to this thread was really strange.

I was positive it did not work.

1 nano second after I hit the continue button I got the cpf is down for maintenance message.