Do these projectors have the same limitation as the Morimoto where they will melt the bowl if used with 55w ballasts?
1334126
Working fine for me on 55w since purchase. No problems! Used in a Geo Tracker / Suzuki Sidekick. Fits perfect.
156290
I doubt it, but I didn't see any definitive statement on the boxes. I replaced existing 50 watt R30s floods in bathroom recessed downlights with frosted trims, and they work superbly; coverage and color are great. Check Lightkiwi's website which I found to be useful.
201253
No, it will actually decrease the life span of the bulb. When the bulb is not used at the recommended wattage, ot also does not put out the full spectrum that the bulb is rated at. If you intend to only run the bulb at 50%, i would recommend just using a 400 watt bulb with your 600 watt ballast.
1146075
I would stick with the factory-recommended bulb, otherwise, the projector may either overheat or not perform satisfactorily.Al
1041419
I don't know. The seller, who specializes in slide projectors, would be able to answer this question.
2128306
no. That would be dependent on the hid kit that you buy to go with this projector. remember, this is only the projector that houses the bulb from the hid kit.
60563
A brighter bulb would mean more heat and I don't think the fans in it could keep up. I imagine someone out there would be capable of modifying it so that it could manage the heat better, but I suppose the question would be whether or not it's worth it. I've since bought another inFocus projector off of an auction site for less than $200. Now we've got a pair of projectors we use for our Halloween and Christmas decorations. This Sharper Image projector was great to test the waters without a huge investment, but in the end we decided that it would be worth it if we kept an eye on the auctions and waited for a deal to pop up. We haven't used this Sharper Image projector since.
1683052
You don't. Throw them away and buy something else. I tried with no luck. 55w ballasts are notorious for burning up and causing problems. Go with 50-80watt crew led bulbs or 35watt hids
1880244
I have 5 of these, as long as you keep within the 15 amps and under 1775 Watts you will be fine. I run all my LED lights off these, and I have run digital ballast off these, but don't plug a power strip into this with 5 (1000 Watt) digital ballast on the end of the power strip. Hope this helps.
517918
I have them in my garage here in south Texas. As per instructions no ballast is required. It rarely gets below 25 degrees here. I do not see why they would not work since they are led. They have no issues in the South Texas heat. Not sure if I really answered the question but I tried. :-)
289803
FYI - A 40W light bulb is about 450 lm, so a 55 lm source would be about 1/8th as intense as a 40W bulb.
2280639
I use 55w hids with a high 4 relay. The beams are nice the housings are the third set I've had and the only ones I've been happy with so far I also bought them as a possibility to do real projector retrofit in the future.
1538433
Yes, they would work. The bulbs really don't care what wattage of ballasts you use.
117704
No. Socket and reflector is same but ballast only good for 600. It adjust down to 75% or 50% which means you'd have 450 watt at 75% and 300 watts at 50. So short answer no.
2112725
They worked just fine in my stock ballast and ic think those are regularly 35w Cuz 55w is high beams but if you have a after market ballast it'll work fine if the ballast was 55w to my understanding I could bec wrong but it'll just last a Lil bit less longer than usual no fires or n e thing
1120014
Yes, they can. The bulbs (4 per unit) come separate from the unit when purchased. A standard or color correcting compact fluorescent light bulb will work just fine. We are not photographers, we are a prop compan y, and use these to light one of our large props. The warmer look is what we want as well. For the price, these are great.
1398755
No. These are just projectors/lenses. They have wiring for the internal LEDs, but the actual headlight bulbs and everything are not included. They are built for the oem halogens which would not have ballasts. If you have oem hids, I do not believe that this will work for you. Aftermarket hids can be applied as long as you use the oem halogen bulb size (wanna say h7 off the top of my head)