Lux, in my post #43, the Dominator was the one I mentioned (not by name) might be putting out 1,000,000,000 CP if their claims are correct. They're using the same physical shell as my light but gutting it as yuandrew said above.
Edit: Opps, it must be a competitor. It's a $50,000 "Freedom" here. //cgi.ebay.com/The-FREEDOM-tm-High-Intensity-Searchlight_W0QQitemZ190135309109QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1268QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
And the AN/TVS3 I mentioned uses up to a 25KW lamp so it may be even brighter? I went so far as to buy one of the original manuals on this little light before I got cold feet. I think it could be used with 3 different lamps, 12 KW, 18 KW and 25 KW.
Amorphous, thanks for correcting me on the content of the rods. I thought seizium sounded radio active and bad!
Mash, this light is "regulated" so-to-speak. The automatic feed system maintains the optimum gap which controls the size of the arc which somewhat controls the amount of light produced?
I forgot to mention, it is focusable, too. The big wheel in one of the pics rolls the feed mechanism in and out of the focal point of the mirror so it goes from spot to flood. I never knew that until a few weeks ago.