hi wattage bulb in Nite Hawk Nomad head?

[Aps]

I'm currently using a PVC fitting in my homemade lighting
rig, but I see that the Nomad is running $25 so I wonder
about using its head and cabling for a 10w mr11. The Nomad
uses a 5w bulb, so my concern is whether 10-20w would get
too hot for the housing, which is different from their other
units. Actual experience and/or wild speculation would be
appreciated!

 

[daveornee]

Originally posted by Aps
I'm currently using a PVC fitting in my homemade lighting
rig, but I see that the Nomad is running $25 so I wonder
about using its head and cabling for a 10w mr11. The Nomad
uses a 5w bulb, so my concern is whether 10-20w would get
too hot for the housing, which is different from their other
units. Actual experience and/or wild speculation would be
appreciated!

I agree with your concern. I think that heat would be a problem.
Some lights warn of heat problem potentials even when used with the rated bulbs.
If you buy it and try it, let us know the results.

 

[Matt O'Toole]

daveornee wrote:

> Aps wrote:
> > I'm currently using a PVC fitting in my homemade
> > lighting rig,
> but I see > that the Nomad is running $25 so I wonder
> about using its head and > cabling for a 10w mr11. The
> Nomad uses a 5w bulb, so my concern is > whether 10-20w
> would get too hot for the housing, which is different >
> from their other units. Actual experience and/or wild
> speculation would > be appreciated!
>
>
> I agree with your concern. I think that heat would be a
> problem. Some lights warn of heat problem potentials even
> when used with the rated bulbs. If you buy it and try it,
> let us know the results.

It could definately be a problem. I wouldn't use anything
hotter than Nitehawk sells. Also, if you have lead acid
batteries, they really can't handle more than about 10W
without running the batteries down very quickly.

Matt O.

 

[Chris B .]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:31:44 -0700, aps <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm currently using a PVC fitting in my homemade lighting
>rig, but I see that the Nomad is running $25 so I wonder
>about using its head and cabling for a 10w mr11. The Nomad
>uses a 5w bulb, so my concern is whether 10-20w would get
>too hot for the housing, which is different from their
>other units. Actual experience and/or wild speculation
>would be appreciated!

I was going to point out that they sell a 20 watt model
which uses the same housing but you say that the one which
comes with the Nomad model is different. Now I have to ask,
how is it different?

 

[Steve Knight]

the second item down http://www.truckaddons.com/Catalog/sub-
pages/EagleEyeFogDriving01.asp are nice little lights. they
use a mr11 bulb though they say mr16. they are pretty small
and not bad looking. they use regular mr11 bulbs and I have
used 20watt bulbs overvolted to 16volts without problems. I
have 4 of them if you want one cheap.

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