The_Driver
Flashlight Enthusiast
Any updates?
For those who want to know:
At first even I underestimated the dangers involved with a project like this:
One day, standing in the bathroom, I noticed a severe sunburned area on my forehead, at first not knowing where that came from...I suddenly remembered testing the Mercury arc lamp a few days earlier, protecting my eyes with a type 13 welding-filter. Conclusion: The rest of my face unprotected, in about 45 seconds (!!!) I 'ultraviolated' my forehead, causing those sunburn-marks!
That even when I knew the dangers involved: The downside of superhigh surface brightness: The 100watt mercury-arc lamp relatively has the highest UV-output of all short-arcs ! Down to the most dangerous, ozone creating UV-C !!
Oh.. and yes WINDSTRINGSS, very,very hot!! After switch-off the entire bulb glows yello-hot !! Thats why there always is the danger of lampburst! If I can find the time this week I'll try to photograph the bulb just after switch-off..
Regards,
Ra.
Yeah, you're right they're all very similar.P-VIP, UHP, HRI sirius and MSR Platinum are all built on the same technology, UHP - Ultra High Performance, AC Mercury arc. But the moving head lamps, MSR and HRI, may be built a little more robust to handle more heat. Perhaps slightly thicker electrodes and longer molybdenum foil, but nothing significant as far as I know.
I am going to jump in here, the kit looks GREAT I know the quality of parts as I used MC heavy duty parts to rebuild a W56. I know your in R&D mode for the W transmissions. I am currently in NEED of a new shifter seat and socket for my W55 trans 93 2wd, as I am having to lift the shifter up to find gears but, I would prefer to grab the short shifter kit any idea on a time line for my trans? Thanks
Yeah, you're right they're all very similar.
The differences are mainly the amount of lumens and the arc gap.
Maybe in a year or two we will see those experimental 0.3mm arc gap bulbs available? One can hope.
There is a chance to get 0.3 mm arc burners if we create group buy!
As far as i know original burners are made in Japan (phoenix wick burner)
I will try to contact them soon.