Where do I get that twin vector 20 million?

[jmccalip]

I want to do the 55w HID conversion, but first I need the host. Can I find this anywhere locally? Thanks!

 

[Essexman]

That would depend where locally is?? :thinking:

 

[Team Member]

Now this is interesting.. Is it possible to buy it somewhere in Europe?

 

[jmccalip]

That would depend where locally is?? :thinking:

Well fine.:ironic: Locally to Houston, TX. We pretty much have all the major stores.

 

[Flashanator]

pfft.... Your lucky, USA can get it for $80-90USD

Us aussies have to put up with ~$80 shipping, by that point its $220AUS.

Such a turn off. Makes me lose interest in this hobbie.:sigh:

 

[jmccalip]

pfft.... Your lucky, USA can get it for $80-90USD

Us aussies have to put up with ~$80 shipping, by that point its $220AUS.

Such a turn off. Makes me lose interest in this hobbie.:sigh:

Bwhahaha(sorry, couldn't help it), $80 for one flashlight!:wow:

I can get three POB's shipped to me in one package for $10.

 

[BlueBeam22]

This is the cheapest place to order it I can find. Once a long time ago I found a site selling it for around $30, but I can no longer locate it.

I know of no stores that carry it locally.

 

[ledebuhr1]

Is this light as bright as the Vector HID POB light? Which has more lumens?

 

[BlueBeam22]

Is this light as bright as the Vector HID POB light? Which has more lumens?

No, this light with its stock halogen bulbs will not appear as bright as the Vector POB. The POB HID will throw nearly twice as far and have a much brighter hotspot and more intense beam.

However, the 20 million power series Vector has twin 120W Halogen bulbs, so it will most likely put out a few more lumens than the POB. The POB puts out around 3000 lumens, and this 20 million may put out a little more than that, so it will just light up a room or large area better.

The Vector POB HID however is rated at 22 million candlepower, so it is clearly a step up from this 20 million candlepower twin beam halogen Vector.

I do own a twin beam spotlight with twin 100 watt bulbs and it doesn't come close to the POB in light output or throw.

The main difference between the Vector POB and Vector 20 million candlepower is that the HID will have a very focused beam, and the 20 million candlepower will have a very wide beam which will be more usable at close range, but won't throw very far.

 

[jmccalip]

Haha, typos are funny. Look at the link the guy above sent me:

http://www.boatandrvaccessories.com/VEC192.htm

TEST LAB CERTIFIED AT 314,735 LUMENS LIGHT OUTPUT RATING

Test lab certified, so you know it's correct.





I think it's actually 3335 lumens.

 

[BlueBeam22]

Haha, typos are funny. Look at the link the guy above sent me:

http://www.boatandrvaccessories.com/VEC192.htm


Test lab certified, so you know it's correct.





I think it's actually 3335 lumens.

Very funny typo!

 

[ledebuhr1]

3335 Lumens is still a lot. Ill bet its not even that much.

 

[M@elstrom]

Is this light as bright as the Vector HID POB light? Which has more lumens?

It WILL be once it's been converted to twin HID bulbs! :thumbsup:

 

[Flashanator]

LOL- I see talk of exaggerated CP again? Why?

If memory serves me correct, my stock VEC192 with 12v 7ah SLA out throws my 15mcp. Of course its running 200w off small 7ah, so it lacks pretty bad.

modding this to HID is great & rewarding fun.

Im really pissed @ the fact that its costing me $220AUS for this light.

I could get a new N30 for around same price.

 

[3rdrock]

This is the cheapest place to order it I can find. Once a long time ago I found a site selling it for around $30, but I can no longer locate it.

I know of no stores that carry it locally.

Thanks,I just bought one.Cannot wait to mod it.

:thumbsup:

 

[electromage]

Optional reading:

Well, the lumen claim is obviously false, considering the lamps would have to put out over 1500lm/W... but I also noticed the claim that it was "8 TIMES AS BRIGHT AS THE LIGHTHOUSE AT MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK". I took it upon myself to see how accurate this was.

I visited their (the lighthouse) official web site, which only claims that "The light flashes every 5 seconds and can be seen a distance of 19 nautical miles". I checked Wikipedia for more information and found this "The current light, equivalent to 2,500,000 candle power,...". This seems a bit suspicious, but I know that this Vector light does not put out 20,000,000, and there's a chance that a lighthouse does. I was wondering if perhaps Vector was basing their output claim on the output of a standard lighthouse. It seems more likely that someone read this claim by Vector, and edited the Montauk Point Light article to reflect a false claim.

So the next step, call the lighthouse. I just spoke directly to the lighthouse manager, who was suspiciously uneducated about the light he's managing. He didn't know what type of bulb(s) were being used, but he recalled that there were six (6) fifty (50) watt bulbs, and they were "probably" halogen. He did recall that the assembly was a Vega VRB-25 DC, link to brochure.

From the look of that light, it's intended to support a single lamp, and produce six beams from it with the use of fresnel lenses. I don't think that the lighthouse manager's 6x50W claim makes much sense, perhaps it's 300W, and the technician explained it to him as having 6 seperate 50W beams. In which case, I don't have any problem believing that the Vector spotlight has a higher beam intensity or output than any one of the lighthouse beams. Since the Vector is rated at 200W, and it's probably under driven by the SLA batteries, it probably has less total output than the lighthouse.

FWIW, my conclusion is that the Vector probably has a more intense beam, since all of the light is going in one direction, but lower output since it's got at least 100W less power overall.

 

[applevision]

Including shipping, Amazon.com is actually a bit cheaper since shipping is free.

 

[Turbo DV8]

Probably already been answered, but... I have the POB. It has been stated the lumens of the dual 55w Vector HID mod is greater than the POB, but it has also been stated that the dual Vector lens will spread the light out a lot more than the POB. Which actually has more throw?

 

[Flashanator]

Turbo,

The Vector Twin with dual 55w HID Mod has far far more Lumens 8000+ 4300K & will smash the POB in throw like you wouldn't believe. It's a beast It spreads the light more & throws more:laughing:

 

[Juggernaut]

Optional reading:

"The current light, equivalent to 2,500,000 candle power,...". This seems a bit suspicious, but I know that this Vector light does not put out 20,000,000, and there's a chance that a lighthouse does. I was wondering if perhaps Vector was basing their output claim on the output of a standard lighthouse. It seems more likely that someone read this claim by Vector, and edited the Montauk Point Light article to reflect a false claim.

Again with the inflated candlepower, the light house probably really does make 2,500,000 candle power, most people don't see just how much that is, it's a lot! I thought I heard some were that the police helicopter lights were like 5,000,000 which sounds right, this all comes into perspective when one sees the output of sealed beam bulbs. For example the GE 4545 100 watt sealed spot bulb puts out 225,000 candlepower, and I am willing to bet it will easily out throw the twin vector's "advertised 22,000,000 CP" the 2.35 watt 4546 bulb puts out only 6,300 CP but easily outshines the advertised 51,000 CP of a Mag charger. The moral of the story is that advertised CP is only good to compare other lights to each other "from the same manufacture" some times they are good enough to compare between different brand names but not all the time.