HID Bulbs... cheap?

[IowaCaveDiver]

Looking for a replacement 10W HID bulb to go in my DR handheld... some of you might not know this light too well... it was out for a couple years then discontinued... DR won't touch mine now, but of course they offered me a more expensive upgrade. Finally deciding to trouble shoot it myself I found it needed a fresh battery and a wire re-soddered... very dissapointing that they would not help me to fix this (I was willing to pay). Anyhow... I was dissassembling today to full inspect before putting it all together, and dropped the bulb on the garage floor... shattered. So this is what I'm looking for:

Part Number: M10P001-1 (manufactured by Welch Allyn)

their site: http://www.hi-lux.com/lpd/webstore/d...mber=M10P001-1

$129 seems too high... I stumbled on some forum and found a post that claims they bought the bulb for $65... link was dead. Can anyone help?

-Matt

[saturation]

If your DR handheld use that number Welch Allyn bulb, you may be able to use the DR reflector insert, then get the Light cannon bulb from Leisurepro.com

http://www.diveriteexpress.com/lights/batteries.shtml

See notation around part LT6502.

I have 2 10W HIDs, an old DR wreck canister and a Halcyon Proteus/Helios. I put the adapter reflector in it and now use the Solarc bulb, which is the same as that used by the Light cannon, and its sold now about $75.

I have a really old DR canister and I don't know if the head is slightly longer than the newer light heads from DR. The reflector is short by 1-2mm. Thus, it loose. In the Halcyon, there is a spring that hold the reflector snuggly against the glass lens. I made a spring by taking a short length of wire, better if you have the stiffer wire from an old keychain ring, making a small spring from that to insert in the DR MR11 head to hold the reflector snuggy against the glass.

[chimie007]

Like this ?

http://www.trailtech.net/HID-SP-R.html

http://trailtech.net/replacement_lamps.html

[tmcdonal]

Here's the cheapest I've seen - $86 (same price as when I bookmarked it in March, 2008 ):
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=2204

I've used batteryspace for battery packs and wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again.

-Tom

[loquat149]

$129 seems too high... I stumbled on some forum and found a post that claims they bought the bulb for $65... link was dead. Can anyone help?

-Matt

It was probably this:

http://www.trailtech.net/HID-SP-R.html

Trailtech says they manufacture these themselves, but my Trailtech ballast has W-A printed on it...

Dave

[tmcdonal]

Like this ?

http://www.trailtech.net/HID-SP-R.html

http://trailtech.net/replacement_lamps.html

Whoa! Disregard my above post - much better price at trailtech.

[saturation]

Like this ?

http://www.trailtech.net/HID-SP-R.html

http://trailtech.net/replacement_lamps.html

Nice, if that's a drop in replacement that's better than my approach. However, I can now use the same bulb for both my lights, and the reflector is tighter beam than the original 6 deg. Welsh Allyn bulb.

[aainslie]

Trailtech don't like to sell to you if you don't have one of their lights (don't ask me why). Lie and say that you have an old light on a second hand vehicle you bought. They're more likely to sell you the bulb and ballast then.

[loquat149]

Has anyone come up with a reliable UW lighthead for the TrailTech MR16 30W HID? I know a couple of years ago some DIYers had machined some in delrin, but these had issues with heat dissipation.

Dave

[IowaCaveDiver]

thanks... i've got one comming!

-Matt