HID noob, please help!!!!

[Bernard]

I bought a XeRay 50w last year about this time and we love it!!!!! I am a night manager of a 2000 acre horse farm and have a pretty impressive arsenal of lights for the crew to choose from. We got the 50w Xeray last year, and an AE 25w Xenide this year, along with assorted Collins Dynamics handhelds, magchargers, and UltraStingers.

Anyway, here is my problem:

The light output of the XeRay has diminished rapidly, and it occaisionally buzzes and flickers. This light gets used on a nightly basis in all kinds of conditions but not abused. Everyone loves it so much, they treat it very well.

I am wondering, is this simply a bulb that is dying a slow death? Or do I have a ballast or other problem?

I am pretty ignorant about HID technology so any advice will be helpful.

 

[Patriot]

I once read a post where Dan at Xevision said that the lights dim substantially before going out all together when the bulbs have run their lifespan. You also described flickering and sometimes that's a ballast issue.

I would contact XeVision first and let them guide you through this.

http://www.xevision.com/

 

[Bernard]

Thanks. Yeah, I'm going to try to contact the folks at XeVision sometime this week. Hopefully it is just a bulb. We LOVE the light and replacing a bulb every year is really no big deal.

I bought this light to see if HID would suit our purposes and it does for sure. The throw combined with the sheer volume of light this thing puts out makes it an extremely valuable tool.

We have 5 Collins CD-Magnums, which are our "workhorse" spotlights, but the Xeray is the one everyone tries to get first. I just need to get it fixed before it results in a mutiny.

 

[dudemar]

Hi Bernard,

Any luck?

Dudemar