Here is a homemade 36 inch diameter GORILLA reflector with various light sources...: First a 700 watt HMI bulb. Further down is the same reflector with a 1200 watt HMI, Then a STANDARD HID of 600 watts and 100 watts further on down. fun and yes youy can get some through if you make a
50 Inch Monster reflector...see thread....
700 watt HMI
Beam Shot 700 watt HMI short arc HID Gorilla over CPF gathering
1200 watt HMI 36 inch Gorilla
Gorilla
Here is a view showing the focused beam from the Gorilla.
Day shot of
1200 watt HMI test on South Mummy Mountain, just outside Las Vegas, NV.
Night shot of same mountain. 1200 watt Gorilla lit up all the mountains visible from this location!
Mummy Mountain mile long beam shot
Here you can see the top of Mummy Mountain a mile from this parking lot, lit by the Gorilla searchlight.
600 watt HID big arc, competes with 2,400 watt Xenon short arc, precision reflector!
The Tank Light is to the Left and is showing the Gorilla how it must shine in the future.
Gorilla to the right, (of course), with it's 600 watt parking light bulb and the Spectacular Tank Light with it's (I may be wrong..?) 2.4K watt Xenon short arc Imax type bulb, frame the sky.
Mummy Mountain couple days before Beam Shots with only a
100 watt regular HID
Mummy Mountain, 11,460 foot tall, as seen a couple days before the Beam Shots were taken. This mountain can be seen over a hundred miles away from an airplane.
Night shot with
100 watt HID
Here I am checking on the 100 watt HID, 36 inch Gorilla's focus at Mummy Mountain and Ridge, over a mile away. :naughty: The light is competing with a nearly Full Moon, which helps light up the surrounding landscape. It was very cold...!!! The light could be focused a little better...