Non-Aquarium Lighting question

[moger]

Hi,

I've built an home-brew projector using the IceCap 250 MH electronic ballast and a 250DE HQI bulb (FC2). It works great, but the colors are a little yellow because the color temp is about 4000K.

I'd like to be able to use a different bulb with a high color temp. I was looking at this bulb:

Iwasaki 250 MH Mogul (http://www.eyelighting.com/cleanarc.html)

The 250 Watt variant. But it uses a Mogul base. I really don't know much about lamp technology/verbage (MH, HQI, Mogul, FC2, etc). The ballast claims to be able to ignite ANY 250 MH bulb. If I got the right base for this bulb could my ballast drive it? If so where could I find the proper base?

Thanks in advance,
James

[IceCap Service]

The Icecap 250MH will fire the Iwasaki mogul base just fine.
On where to get the mogul socket go to http://www.icecapinc.com/resell.htm for a list of our distributors.

[moger]

That is great news.

Does the mogul socket have any special specs, requirements, or IceCap part number that I should look for and/or be aware of? I ask this because I've seen something about "capacitive" bases or something like that.

Is the wiring the same? My current FC2 holders connected simply with wirenuts.

-James

[nebraskareef]

Any mogul base socket will work without issue.

Any links to a site on the DIY projectors?

[moger]

Sure.

Two of the usual suspects on this topic are:

Lumenlab (http://www.lumenlab.com)
DIY Projector Company (http://www.diyprojectorcompany.com)