Light Monkey Salvo questions for newbie!

[paperdesk]

I found a used Salvo for sale for $66 and bought it. Now please tell me about this light! It has no battery pack so I'm thinking of making one. Would this light be 12v? Are there different models? I want to look up an owners manual.

It doesn't need glass accross the reflector right? Just a kind of glass enclosure around the bulb itself.

I obviously don't know anything about this type of light having never used one before.

Thank you for any help you can provide.


Ted

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[runsongas]

anywhere from 12v to 14.4v for nimh and the new li ion are 14.8v

NiMH Battery Pack: 12V 13.5Ah ( 30x4/3AF) for Salvo / Halcyon HID Diving Light

 

[paperdesk]

anywhere from 12v to 14.4v for nimh and the new li ion are 14.8v

NiMH Battery Pack: 12V 13.5Ah ( 30x4/3AF) for Salvo / Halcyon HID Diving Light

Thanks for the link! Are you saying that the light can accept a battery pack in the 12-14.8v range?

Ted

 

[lucca brassi]

reflector looks poor
Reflector for Goodman

I would avoid NiMH and go with LIFePo4 because of cold resistance and great stability of pack ( and have similar voltage on battery pack )

BatterySpace.com/AA Portable Power Corp. Tel: 510-525-2328 but they have to be build in same dimensions.

or Li-Ion

Light Monkey Replacement 10.4Ah Li-ion Battery [12.103.104] - £295.00 : Deep Ideas Ltd, Online Shop

 

[tbone1004]

anywhere from 12v to 14.4v for nimh and the new li ion are 14.8v

NiMH Battery Pack: 12V 13.5Ah ( 30x4/3AF) for Salvo / Halcyon HID Diving Light

their new lithium packs are 11.1v not 14.8v for reference

 

[paperdesk]

Interesting. Sounds like it can take a wide range of voltages.
How can I find out what model this is?

Ted

 

[tbone1004]

the ballasts used to fire them have a wide range of input voltages. Think about HID's on a car, they have to be able to fire and sustain anywhere from 11 to 13.6v depending on the state of the alternator and the HID bulb itself requires something like 25,000v to fire and around 100v to sustain.
It is likely a 10w HID, I have one in my garage right now decidedly unused. If the bulb and ballast are bad I would really recommend upgrading to something a bit more useful.
You can contact LM directly for the bulb/ballast, they're rather helpful.
On the battery/charger, I would get from Batteryspace. It might be this one
Li-Ion Battery: 11.1V 15.6Ah (173 Wh) with Anderson connector

 

[lucca brassi]

LiFePO4 have 3,2 V per cell not 3,7 V as usual Lion

because HID balast is digital controlled switching circuit , a few difference volts have no influence on output ( internal reference in IC)

same is with led current controllers

 

[paperdesk]

Thank you all for the very helpful responses. I have experience with LED's but not HID's. Lucca Brassi, that's quite the post you have there at candlepowerforums. I love that site, I've been a member there for a long time.

So, there doesn't need to be a glass lens in front of the "test tube" HID cover right?

I'm planning on building a balanced charge battery pack with 18650's that I already have. I also have a good charger already. I'm certainly not planning on spending a lot of money on this unit, but it looks like it would be fun to get it going! Really appreciate the help.

 

[tbone1004]

@paperdesk have you welded 18650's before?