converted lamp

[Guest Hugh Mcmurchie]

i got my fac,rimfire, recently, and i decided to go lamping lastnight, i used a converted spotlight with a halogen bulb that i bought from ebay, the thing is i had a 12v battery with me and put it this way my lamping at night was cut short, (gutted) the battery drained after a 10 hour charge, it was defo down to the bulb. 100w. now here comes the the question. is there any other bulb out there that i can use except from an halogen one, but with the same affect of brightness but uses less power.

 

it is a front headlight bulb from a car with the one spade connection,

[ukhunter 111]

try a 50w bulb and a bigger amp battery

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Scrimp and save like a maniac until you are comfortable splashing oot £250 on a deben lithium battery and a lightfoce stiker, change the plug for a masterplug rewirable,, and never look back.

 

In the meantime hit Halfords with the lamp and get an offroad use only 35W rallye lamp to fit.

[Guest Hugh Mcmurchie]

sounds good mate, will that give me a good beam

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Yup.. but the 35w off road rallye lamps will use less power for a better beam.

 

There is another thread up just now about Cyclops lamps, which are pretty cheap,,40 bucks or so,, perfect stand in until you get the striker.. better than a home made job, and uses a 55w lamp with a lens designed to give a perfect spot.

[charlie caller 3,654]

i got my fac,rimfire, recently, and i decided to go lamping lastnight, i used a converted spotlight with a halogen bulb that i bought from ebay, the thing is i had a 12v battery with me and put it this way my lamping at night was cut short, (gutted) the battery drained after a 10 hour charge, it was defo down to the bulb. 100w. now here comes the the question. is there any other bulb out there that i can use except from an halogen one, but with the same affect of brightness but uses less power.

 

it is a front headlight bulb from a car with the one spade connection,

Or just buy a cree led torch from china for around 15 quid, either make or buy a scope mount,forget batteries,wires and all that crap,carry a couple of spare 18650 rechargables in your pocket, job done. Edited September 25, 2012 by charlie caller

[Guest Hugh Mcmurchie]

thats what i have done, just bought the x verminator 2, for 70 quid, where im not forking out a fortune for gear, and ill keep the conversion kit as a back up,