HID single bulb kit?

Post by **Punx0r** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:57 pm

Is it possible to buy a single bulb 50W H1 HID kit (or similar)?

If they can be had and cheap I'm thinking about pimping one of those big old torches with the car headlamp bulb and 6V lead acid battery (going to 12V Lithium, obviously)...

1994 BRG Coupe · Post by **1994 BRG Coupe** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:06 pm

Or..............
Pimp two torches

E_T_V · Post by **E_T_V** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:07 pm

Yes perfectly possible. Look for motorbike kits or simply buy the ballast and the bulb seperately.

E_T_V · Post by **E_T_V** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:08 pm

Oh and most of those old torches use H3 bulbs!

Post by **Punx0r** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:46 pm

I didn't think about motorcycles...

Looking again now, it'd need to be 100W HID to be bright and they get pricey (for a silly toy). 600W incandescent aircraft landing light looks tempting...

vinny19791 · Post by **vinny19791** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:30 pm

Post by **Punx0r** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:38 pm

£10 for a 100W HID kit?

The cheapest I can see are £45, from HongKong.

E_T_V · Post by **E_T_V** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:44 pm

Why does it need to be 100w?

The 50w ones are more than enough for most people!

Post by **Punx0r** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:01 pm

Because it's only equivalent to around 150-200W of incandescent. Why go big, when you can just as easily go really big?

fivepence · Post by **fivepence** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:56 pm

Are these bulbs not illegal ?

Maxxed_Ross · Post by **Maxxed_Ross** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:05 pm

anything over 55W is... plus 100W will likely melt the headlights in time as they give out some amount of heat

fivepence · Post by **fivepence** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:32 pm

Interesting thanks for that. Had considered getting these for 25.

ZSx · Post by **ZSx** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:34 pm

Maxxed_Ross wrote:anything over 55W is... plus 100W will likely melt the headlights in time as they give out some amount of heat

No headlights in the "project"

its a torch :p

Maxxed_Ross · Post by **Maxxed_Ross** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:37 pm

ah right

jase · Post by **jase** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:43 pm

Anthony, by the time youve bought the hid kit and lion battery you may aswell of bought a hid torch. I got a 75w hid for about £80 iirc. Its a nice bit of kit to. And much easier to bludgeon burglers to death with after you blind them.

That said, i dont think its that much brighter than a lightly modded halogen torch I had running a 12v lead acid battery. The biggest benefit is the hid with the lion battery is a fraction of the weight and lasts twice as long.
When i did a side by side with an average car main beam my hid torch only offered greater range and a nicer light.

An interesting bulb that is cheaper to get hold of are cree leds, these are extremly bright for there size. But given your starting point it would take the most powerful cree available to only match a 55/65w Hx . Although power consumption is minimal.

Post by **Punx0r** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:47 pm

Interesting - I didn't know you could buy HID torches...

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