Need help with wiring on workhorse

[StirCrazy]

Hurry I am going Camping ;) :D

Steve

[Delphinus]

Seems these WH's are a keen little secret weapon then ... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Thanks for the info

[DJ88]

Wkhse 6

single lamp

1 wire - 156
2 wires - 213
3 wires - 266
4 wires - 296

Two lamps

2 wires - 200 (one wire to each lamp)
4 wires - 281 (two wires to each lamp)

[ 05 July 2002, 13:56: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

[DJ88]

I'll get the Wkhse 7 up a bit later. Need to do some things around here. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[DJ88]

For ease of reading here is a breakdown of the PAR put out by each ballast running 75W VHO Aquasuns. Measured at 3" form the lamp.

Workhorse 5 (Two lamps parallel) - 220
Workhorse 5 (Single lamp parallel) - 230
Magnatek (Single lamp) - 243
Workhorse 6 (Two lamp parallel) - 281
Workhorse 6 (Single lamp parallel) - 296
PFO (Single lamp kit) - 296
Icecap 430 (Two lamp) - 330
Workhorse 5 (Two lamps series) - 358
Hellolights (Two lamp) - 371
Icecap 660 (Two lamp) - 380
Workhorse 6 (Two lamps series) - 499

[ 06 July 2002, 16:55: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

[DJ88]

As an FYI....

Hellolights 2 lamp retrofit kit.

371

IceCap660 (two lamps)

380

I'll get the Wkhse 6 and 7 data up a bit later..

[ 05 July 2002, 13:47: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

[DJ88]

PFO single VHO/PC ballast.

296

[ 05 July 2002, 13:44: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

[ldzielak]

Darren,

What about connecting 2 lamps in series. I have a WH7 and I played with various connetions and found that if I connected 2x 36" philips Atinics in series and then 2 wires to these, I got the best overdrive for the buck. I then used the left over 2 wires on a single Philips Daylight bulb, by over driving it, the spectrum "looks" more blue. This was the best setup could over drive 3 36" bulbs. I tried 4 bulbs (overdrivin 2 wires and in series) but the balast would not handle the load captain!!

What do you think is going on here?

Lee

[ 08 July 2002, 02:06: Message edited by: Lee ]

[DJ88]

Ok new data.. Thanks Lee.. I forgot about doing them in series.

workhorse 5 in series with:

1 wire - 180
2 wires - 256
3 wires - 295
4 wires - 358

Workhorse 6 in series with :
1 wire - 256
2 wires - 358
3 wires - 417
4 wires - 499

Man that hurt the eyes.

I am not sure about the wiring and how running them in series gives them that zip Lee. I am assuming that when you start wiring the lamps in series you are taking that extra boost you can see by running a single lamp over two in parallel and driving two lamps in that fashion. All I really know is that the workhorse 6 in series hurt. I have a headache now.

As an aside.. I measured the wkhse 6(two 75W lamps in series) at 18". It is no where near the testing set up Sanjay did for the MH but I took a reading of 65. That is as good as many MH's out there.

*This was a quick approximation and in no way recreates the testing done by Sanjay and is NOT a direct comparison. Just an FYI. Pretty interesting none the less.*

Another FYI.. I measured my 400W Ushio at 18" with a reflector. 384 was what I measured. So keep that in mind for a perspective.

[ 06 July 2002, 16:55: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

[ldzielak]

When I did all my testing with my 2 x 36" Atinics, with my buddy, we found the series circuit did kick some ass, can't wait for some numbers from your WH7.

Now I see why walking through the house after, we could see only in yellow like some kickass drugs. (all our testing was done in the garage, at night and turning my normaly garage lights off.)

The voltage must increase huge for the longer firing distance, tricking the ballast to max the power. I was too lazy to even pull out my Fluke and do some simple test. The eye ball test were obvious.

I did this at Christmas and have not run the bulbs long term in this configuration so as always, attempt this at your own risk.

Thanks Darren for the tests..

Lee

[ 06 July 2002, 20:49: Message edited by: Lee ]