Is anyone interested in the creation of a HID sub-forum category? I only own one HID light however I would personally like to build an HID beast.
I'd love to see a "budget" HID sub-category... I'm still new to proper flashlights in general, but would like to try out the HID side of things too.
Not sure if the words "Budget" and "HID" belong in the same paragraph together, but yes, I'm interested!
True but they can be built for an OK price considering the lumens output. Some of those youtube vids of homebrew HID's are just ......unbelievable.
I would love that for sure. The little HID info we get around here, mainly from 2100, is just enough to get me interested and confused at the same time.
I would definitely like to try to put one together, so yes.
Goodness, if there is, I'm going to spend even more time on this forum... but yes that would be nice.
would be nice
may be not a budget light but a HID can be built for a reasonable price
the one i built cost around £40 = approx $50-55 and is by-far the brightest light i have
though not the most practical so yes
lets see how cheap we can do a HID for
i used one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002TW92PG/ref=asc_df_B002TW92PG553774?smid=A... and one of these
XENON HID CONVERSION KIT H4 H/L 6000K BRAND NEW IN BOX (110694458164)
cheers Barrie
Yep... I'd certainly be interested in an HID sub-forum.
A bit off topic: I'm a little confused as to why most commercially available HIDs are marketed as 3,500,000 candlepower etc, and LED torches are marketed (and logically) in lumens.
I found this piece on another site, and was wondering if this is correct (although it doesn't quite explain the "candlepower" designation to a newbie).
1 candlepower = 12.57 lumens. But in order to interpret that statement, you need to understand that candlepower and lumens do not actually measure the same thing.
Candlepower is most useful as a measure of illumination in a particular direction, while lumens are most useful as a measure of total illumination. The conversion above is saying that a light source shining with 1 candlepower in all directions would produce 12.57 lumens.
Imagine you're in a dark room with just a thin beam of sunlight shining through a tiny opening between heavy curtains. That beam represents high candlepower, but modest lumens. You wouldn't want to look straight into the direction it's coming from, even though the sunbeam doesn't brighten the whole room much.
On the other hand, a table lamp could brighten the room much more than that sunbeam, even though it's not nearly as bright as the sun when you look directly at it. That lamp represents high lumens, but modest candlepower. See the difference?
And yes, I can see the difference in this scenario, but it still doesn't explain why HIDs aren't designated and/or marketed on their lumen value.
I have an Arlec 3,500,000 candlepower 7" reflector HID. What sort of practical lumens am I getting out of it?
I wonder, all this talk about yezl HID, 85 watt Ebay HID, POB, FF3 maybe …… Well can’t hurt to bump an old thread