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Patrick Mitchel
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Went to the big box retailer looking for a "spot" pattern mr16 to use for a home made light and all
I found was 50 watts..... OK, I'll get ine just for the first light, then have to hash out where to
find something of lower wattage after I build the light. The darned thing is nowhere near a spot-
from a distance of 5', the thing must be 5' wide. Labeled as a "esx"- dunno if that is supposed to
be a spot or not. Does anyone (in the us or canada) have a favorite brand "spot" ? Was further
thinking that if the lower wattage (no more than 20 watts) are hard to find, then perhaps I'll buy a
non front glass mr16, dig out the capsule bulb, and cement a lower wattage in it's place. What would
be a good -I hope I'm using the correct term- "potting coumpound" to bind the bulb to the reflector.
Anyone done that? The compound on the one I played with was pretty friable- sort of a hard plaster-
and the glass didn't seal the back of the capsule to the reflector. I noticed on another tha the
front lens was one piece (least it looked like it through the package) with the reflector which
would make the process of replacing the bulb kinda problematic (cept if I had a diamond saw and a
lot of patience) By the way, a 2 liter soda bottle (in southern california) has a label that is made
of some kind of heat shrink plastic- I tried to wrap a sub c nicad with the stuff, sealed the seam
with a film of polyurethane glue and let it dry. I then hit it with the heat gun and the plastic
took the shape of the battery nicely.
Pat
I found was 50 watts..... OK, I'll get ine just for the first light, then have to hash out where to
find something of lower wattage after I build the light. The darned thing is nowhere near a spot-
from a distance of 5', the thing must be 5' wide. Labeled as a "esx"- dunno if that is supposed to
be a spot or not. Does anyone (in the us or canada) have a favorite brand "spot" ? Was further
thinking that if the lower wattage (no more than 20 watts) are hard to find, then perhaps I'll buy a
non front glass mr16, dig out the capsule bulb, and cement a lower wattage in it's place. What would
be a good -I hope I'm using the correct term- "potting coumpound" to bind the bulb to the reflector.
Anyone done that? The compound on the one I played with was pretty friable- sort of a hard plaster-
and the glass didn't seal the back of the capsule to the reflector. I noticed on another tha the
front lens was one piece (least it looked like it through the package) with the reflector which
would make the process of replacing the bulb kinda problematic (cept if I had a diamond saw and a
lot of patience) By the way, a 2 liter soda bottle (in southern california) has a label that is made
of some kind of heat shrink plastic- I tried to wrap a sub c nicad with the stuff, sealed the seam
with a film of polyurethane glue and let it dry. I then hit it with the heat gun and the plastic
took the shape of the battery nicely.
Pat