Looking for a good value 24/35w HID

[tomtomy44]

I agree..... Once upon a time if you really really "needed" that much lumens and/or just had tons of money to throw around "like the government - who uses other peoples money" you might opt to buy a mere 35 - 50 Watt HID light for that much money....

But there are just too many other options now.... some for less money than it cost for a football game!

The best place to promote such items are in arenas that haven't caught on yet and are not savvy to the bleeding edge of HID technology.... some place other than this forum.

hello, I'm looking for a flashlight 24/35w HID very good value for money. . . Several ideas please? sent the links and beamshots
thank you very much ... :tinfoil:​

 

[Patriot]

Re: New HID From Group 5 Engineering

hello, I'm looking for a flashlight 24/35w HID very good value for money. . . Several ideas please? sent the links and beamshots
thank you very much ... :tinfoil:​

Welcome to cpf tomtomy! :wave:


You posted nearly the same question in another thread so I guess I'll just answer here. Your the choices are very limited. Surprisingly, there just aren't many dual or multi-output HID lights to choose from that also are available at a good value.

The first I light that came to mind is the Oracle
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=224303

The second is the Stanley but I'm not sure how wide the wattage range is between high and low setting.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=225844


Thanks for joining CPF, we're glad that you found us!

 

[BVH]

Re: New HID From Group 5 Engineering

If memory serves, the difference is about 4 Watts or so.

Found it:

"Steady running after 3 minutes…………… .42 Amps @ 88.1 Volts AC = 37.00 Watts
While running steady after 3 minutes, I noticed a .05 Amp cycle up and down as Mr. TB has indicated in his description of how the ballast cycles.

Input power to the ballast 3.5 Amps @ 12.6 Volts DC = 44.1 Watts

Ballast is 84% efficient – not bad as compared to a lot of ballasts out there running at 75 to 80% efficiency.

Low Power

Steady running after 3 minutes…………… .37 Amps @ 88.1 Volts AC = 32.60 Watts"

 

[Patriot]

Re: New HID From Group 5 Engineering

Input power to the ballast 3.5 Amps @ 12.6 Volts DC = 44.1 Watts

Ballast is 84% efficient – not bad as compared to a lot of ballasts out there running at 75 to 80% efficiency.

Thanks BVH, I thought the range was fairly small but couldn't remember after all the data that's been shared about that light.

I have to chuckle about that 84% ballast efficiency with the Stanley because it's really quite amazing. That light is such a fluke and I'll never know how they packed so much goodness into a light for that price. It seems like it would be impossible to do.

 

[roadie]

Re: New HID From Group 5 Engineering

:twothumbs

 

[DM51]

Re: New HID From Group 5 Engineering

I've split the above posts off from the thread where they were originally posted, to form a new thread. They were a little off-topic where they were, and it was an old thread.

 

[Patriot]

Thanks David, it was kinda weird in the other thread.

 

[Juggernaut]

hello, I'm looking for a flashlight 24/35w HID very good value for money. . . Several ideas please? sent the links and beamshots​

thank you very much ... :tinfoil:​

I read your post and re scrolled to the top of the screen to see:

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Is there like advertisement recognition or something? Because whenever I went to the Oracle thread the advertisement seemed to be at the top and you mentioned 35 watt HID and there it was again. "Not trying to advertise there brand or anything Mod, just though it was a funny coincident:candle:!"

Anyways I recently bough a 35 watt Oracle and these type of lights aren't really my style "more of a lantern / hotwire guy" but I was surprised by their quality feel and so far mine hasn't gave me any problems yet. Also they have two modes 35 and 28 watts "I think".

Though they are a flashlight not a spot light so they are mostly flood, there is throw, but don't expect a blistering beam to come out of this thing. The only reason it throws is because of all the light coming out the front end. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, I for one was looking for a high power flood type light.