Headlights?

[capsfan]

So I was in the car store today doing a project for school and I came across the car headlights. One word caught my eye... Halogen. So I was thinking to myself, could I just buy one of these lights and throw it over a fishtank?

 

Any thoughts?

[capsfan]

Anybody?

[mogurnda]

Halogen lamps are essentially overdriven incandescents. If you are looking for a way to heat a tank without getting too much PAR, it will work great

[capsfan]

Ooops. I thought metal halide was a form of halogen?

[jason the filter freak]

shop lights are halogen too, still not a good idea

[dshnarw]

Ooops. I thought metal halide was a form of halogen?

 

Nope, halogens are just incandescents with newer technology that allows for more efficiency, somewhat higher color T, and longer lifespans than normal incandescent lamps. Just a typical tungsten coil wire.

 

Metal halides are arc lamps, like HIDs. They depend on the creation of a plasma by arcing electricity from one metal to another through a gas/metal-salt filled chamber. Much more efficient, much higher color T, much more useful for us

[Amuze]

I talked about something similar with someone earlier in the year about using HID kits for autos and making a nano light out of them. Lol. It's not very cost effective though and the cheap "kits" still run about $89-$99 a pair and you'd still need a reflector, an ac converter and power supply. It'd be too ghetto and I'm not trying to make my nano look like a pos honda.

[m3fan8ic]

. It'd be too ghetto and I'm not trying to make my nano look like a pos honda.

 

LOL hey man you got something against HONDA?? not that I drive one but I use to get those young guys trying to race me in my EVO IX at stop lights..

Bring the topic back..

I thought about using HID kist from the car which comes in few different kelvins these days 3000K-all the way 20K.. I would have used 8K though..it won't be a bad idea if you have some spare time and few parts to play around and see how it turns out. I actually upgraded the D2S bulb (HID) to 8000K's in my bmw, wife's MZ3 and my GSXR.

[octopus]

Nothin wrong with a Honda! My 89 is still kickin, with no repairs to date! NO JOKE.

[trockafella]

I have a few extra HID kits if anyone wants to try them... I have the bulbs and ballsts, they are 67k light bulbs...