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emeritus · 14th Mar 2018, 2:40 am

Here's some photos of the one I have, inherited from a late uncle. No idea when it was made.

Comparing them, mine is all black, and has a perforated metal spacer between the reflector housing and the barn doors which provides ventilation and presumably allows better convection cooling. The two close-ups show the "modification" I made to get a 300W lamp to fit: a brass eyelet (not a copper rivet as previously stated) that fits snugly over the left-hand contact to accommodate the slightly shorter 300W lamp.

When I was using cine in the 1970's, I couldn't afford a posh movie light so I made my own, using two of the 275W reflector photofloods that were generally used in commercial movie lights for amateurs before halogen bulbs were invented. I got two brass batten ES lampholders, screwed them to a piece of wood along with a double 2-way switch wired so I could run them in series for aiming and parallel for shooting: they could be left on for as long as you liked, but only had a rated life of one hour at full voltage.

14th Mar 2018, 2:40 am	#12
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,345	Re: Arrow 1000/S 1000W Quartz Halogen Movie Light Smoking Here's some photos of the one I have, inherited from a late uncle. No idea when it was made. Comparing them, mine is all black, and has a perforated metal spacer between the reflector housing and the barn doors which provides ventilation and presumably allows better convection cooling. The two close-ups show the "modification" I made to get a 300W lamp to fit: a brass eyelet (not a copper rivet as previously stated) that fits snugly over the left-hand contact to accommodate the slightly shorter 300W lamp. When I was using cine in the 1970's, I couldn't afford a posh movie light so I made my own, using two of the 275W reflector photofloods that were generally used in commercial movie lights for amateurs before halogen bulbs were invented. I got two brass batten ES lampholders, screwed them to a piece of wood along with a double 2-way switch wired so I could run them in series for aiming and parallel for shooting: they could be left on for as long as you liked, but only had a rated life of one hour at full voltage. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by emeritus; 14th Mar 2018 at 2:46 am.