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Mingo
 
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| and those suckers put out some light. I made a couple U brackets for them and mounted 2 on the bow and pointed them down towards the ground. Had to turn them off because alot of indirect light was hitting my neighbors house 50 yards away. I still have 4 more lights to mount but really don't think I'll need but 2 more. I got the capacitors coming so I'll probably just mount a total of 4 lights and wait to mount the last 2 after I try them out. With the honda on eco-throttle, when I plugged in 2 halogens it would cycle the rpms up. With the 2 hps lights, I did not hear the Honda cycle up at all. One thing for sure, they should throw alot of extra light on the shoreline to help with navigation.
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Grouper
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Pix's BBB Pix's. 
Where did you get these?
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Pensacola, Fl
Custom 23ft Mako Pilothouse w/ twin DF-140 Suzuki's
162 Scout w/ C-90 Yamaha
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Mingo
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| They are the E-conolights 150w. I'll see if I can take a picture to show the light output of the hps vs the halogens.
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Mingo
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Are you going to install the capacitor in the fixture or build a remote ballast box? I have 6 of these lights ordered with capacitors and a enclosure to build a remote box to mount under my deck. I want to get all the weight out of the fixture so it's not so rough on them running across the bay. After doing A LOT of research, I can't wait to get mine installed and see just how much better they are than the metal halides that I have now!!!!
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Grouper
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I ordered 4- E-conolights 150w today. Then I ordered 4- 55uf Caps to install in them.
For those that don't know, this will make them start quicker and be more efficient.
http://yhst-17357477413172.stores.yahoo.net/cafor250wa.html
Yes I know it says it's for a 250W HPS. Extensive testing has been done and the 14uf Caps for the 150w units are not as efficient.
That was a extra $54
The original lights that I picked are back ordered for 2 months.
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"Just cause it's new, doesn't mean it's worth a Damn."
Pensacola, Fl
Custom 23ft Mako Pilothouse w/ twin DF-140 Suzuki's
162 Scout w/ C-90 Yamaha
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Mingo
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| I'm gonna leave the guts inside the lights for right now and ziptie the capacitors to the light frame. Running just 4 of these lights and nothing else, I don't see a need for the capacitors. btw I bought six of the 55 capacitors. I'll take my extra 2 lights, take the guts out and start working on the box with them. I understand almost everything about the box, except the grounding wire coming out of the light fixtures. Where does this go?
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Grouper
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Well using a 3 conductor wire cord it goes to the GND wire. Or your hook it to the case of the light and also hook the GND from the 3 wire cord to that point.
Still waiting on pixs.
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"Just cause it's new, doesn't mean it's worth a Damn."
Pensacola, Fl
Custom 23ft Mako Pilothouse w/ twin DF-140 Suzuki's
162 Scout w/ C-90 Yamaha
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