Masterofbeam
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Expensiv favorite lights are:
Megaray, Maxa Beam, Dynaluxx, Xenonics Nighthunter and any more ...
Some do have a extrem spot, what do you want to do with these lamps ?
They have low lumen, (only 20 Lumen/ Watt) so you dont have any floodlight.
They have expensive bulbs.
Bulbs with only hundrets not thousand of hours live.
Often after 45 some 90 minutes the accumulators are empty.
To expensive to playing arround with.
And what are you paying for repair if you get a problem ?
No standart parts at all inside.
So what is the alternative ?
Standart parts and relative cheap, with a nice spot and acceptable flood, > 5300 Lumen briiiiiight, long live >3000 hours and so on.
We start with any cheap 20-40$ lamp housing
Ballast and igniter from Xenlight or Auerswald, dimmable from 24W up to 50W maximum 200$ or less.
Bulb, the best on ! thousands of hours lamplive, cheap, ~ 5400 lumen, more bright as the sun.
From Philips "Made in Germany" the DL50 80$
Akkumulator, Lithium Ion, no Lipos, no NiMH,no anything else.
Not to expensiv but light weight at smallest measurements ~ 180$
And this is the minimum and at the same time the maximum what you need.
Also at all round about 500$
Its also possible with a heavy and fast empty lead acid akkumulator, and bulb, igniter and ballast from automotive. Also not dimmable, only 35W and it starts with 20 amperes (not 4-5 only) works on 12V so it needs much higher ampere then mine. I am using near 30V and low amps. This its a absolute low budget compromiss, working (for 100-150$ with parts from junkyard) but nothing at all is optimal. Its the technic then from 1996 not from 2006.
If somebody is interestet for diy parts or there are some questions, please send me a e-mail.
I was building diy a lot of lamps the last jears.
Its also possible i create one for you.
Sorry for my bad english but i am still learning.
Please ask me for pictures from the lamps and burning at night.
OK i got it, now the pictures.
And b.t.w. i will give you a little bit information about the bulbs to.
These are the bulbs.
The fat Philips DL50 with 50W on the left and the D2S 35W on the right.
From left to right:
Absolute dead, dont use longer, long used, new with the yellow dot inside.
Same as above
If you are using the D2S overpowerd at 50W after 200 hours the bulb looks like the second from right.
The lightoutput is down (like a 25W bulb) and the heath is high.
DIY kit/ set, bulb, igniter, ballast 24-50W dimmable, switchable, perfect.
The lamps i am modding with the set above.
Very tiny but 1 hour running. With separate LED for lowlight conditions.
The "Big Bertha" or Berta [google] with 6 pound only isnt big, but big in the lightness a real B B .
Same lamp as above.
Picture on 35W only from a frend with the grey lamp on the right (lamps picture above)
All the pictures following are made with HP945 on 37mm.
Also near the same as you ar standing there in realtime.
Zooms are made by zoom on the computer only.
They are all made with my Big Berta.
See the house and powerconductor/ conductor cable in the back.
The house and conductor cable as zoom now
Half mile daylight.
Half mile daylight, BB sitting on the street.
Zoom from picture above
Houses quater mile away.
Houses quater mile away as zoom now.
Powerstation far away, so how little is the housing area.
Powerstation as zoom.
Tree 1000 feet away
Tree now as Zoom
Tree more then 1000 feet
And the zoom.
Here i was swinging the lamp over the agriculture field.
Skybeamer
Skybeamer there was been a little bit fog.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Forest
Lamp swinging from left to right so i get 2 spots left and right.
Megaray, Maxa Beam, Dynaluxx, Xenonics Nighthunter and any more ...
Some do have a extrem spot, what do you want to do with these lamps ?
They have low lumen, (only 20 Lumen/ Watt) so you dont have any floodlight.
They have expensive bulbs.
Bulbs with only hundrets not thousand of hours live.
Often after 45 some 90 minutes the accumulators are empty.
To expensive to playing arround with.
And what are you paying for repair if you get a problem ?
No standart parts at all inside.
So what is the alternative ?
Standart parts and relative cheap, with a nice spot and acceptable flood, > 5300 Lumen briiiiiight, long live >3000 hours and so on.
We start with any cheap 20-40$ lamp housing
Ballast and igniter from Xenlight or Auerswald, dimmable from 24W up to 50W maximum 200$ or less.
Bulb, the best on ! thousands of hours lamplive, cheap, ~ 5400 lumen, more bright as the sun.
From Philips "Made in Germany" the DL50 80$
Akkumulator, Lithium Ion, no Lipos, no NiMH,no anything else.
Not to expensiv but light weight at smallest measurements ~ 180$
And this is the minimum and at the same time the maximum what you need.
Also at all round about 500$
Its also possible with a heavy and fast empty lead acid akkumulator, and bulb, igniter and ballast from automotive. Also not dimmable, only 35W and it starts with 20 amperes (not 4-5 only) works on 12V so it needs much higher ampere then mine. I am using near 30V and low amps. This its a absolute low budget compromiss, working (for 100-150$ with parts from junkyard) but nothing at all is optimal. Its the technic then from 1996 not from 2006.
If somebody is interestet for diy parts or there are some questions, please send me a e-mail.
I was building diy a lot of lamps the last jears.
Its also possible i create one for you.
Sorry for my bad english but i am still learning.
Please ask me for pictures from the lamps and burning at night.
OK i got it, now the pictures.
And b.t.w. i will give you a little bit information about the bulbs to.
These are the bulbs.
The fat Philips DL50 with 50W on the left and the D2S 35W on the right.
From left to right:
Absolute dead, dont use longer, long used, new with the yellow dot inside.
Same as above
If you are using the D2S overpowerd at 50W after 200 hours the bulb looks like the second from right.
The lightoutput is down (like a 25W bulb) and the heath is high.
DIY kit/ set, bulb, igniter, ballast 24-50W dimmable, switchable, perfect.
The lamps i am modding with the set above.
Very tiny but 1 hour running. With separate LED for lowlight conditions.
The "Big Bertha" or Berta [google] with 6 pound only isnt big, but big in the lightness a real B B .
Same lamp as above.
Picture on 35W only from a frend with the grey lamp on the right (lamps picture above)
All the pictures following are made with HP945 on 37mm.
Also near the same as you ar standing there in realtime.
Zooms are made by zoom on the computer only.
They are all made with my Big Berta.
See the house and powerconductor/ conductor cable in the back.
The house and conductor cable as zoom now
Half mile daylight.
Half mile daylight, BB sitting on the street.
Zoom from picture above
Houses quater mile away.
Houses quater mile away as zoom now.
Powerstation far away, so how little is the housing area.
Powerstation as zoom.
Tree 1000 feet away
Tree now as Zoom
Tree more then 1000 feet
And the zoom.
Here i was swinging the lamp over the agriculture field.
Skybeamer
Skybeamer there was been a little bit fog.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Spot in the forest, a bit to much spot maybe.
Forest
Lamp swinging from left to right so i get 2 spots left and right.
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Those are some impressive shots. You may be a newbie on CPF but you're clearly an experienced modder. I'm very interested to see what you come up with next.
