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Question Converting a Halcyon 6 to NiMH?
Hi All

My trusty five year old Halcyon 6 10W HID (not Proteus or Helios, it is the original model) sealed Lacid battery has finally packed up... In that time I have flooded it, replaced the cord twice and put locking latches on it.

Its a bit of a pain to carry on the plane, so instead of just buying a new battery I wondered about retrofitting it with NiMH and a smaller canister to make it lighter and more portable.

Question: Has anyone done this? Will the original Halcyon HID ballast strike ok when connected to a NiMH battery? I seem to remember theres a slight voltage difference.

Halycon charge 160 quid for a Helios canister, and 65 quid for the lid... SO is there a cheaper place for such stuff.

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Hi All

My trusty five year old Halcyon 6 10W HID (not Proteus or Helios, it is the original model) sealed Lacid battery has finally packed up... In that time I have flooded it, replaced the cord twice and put locking latches on it.

Its a bit of a pain to carry on the plane, so instead of just buying a new battery I wondered about retrofitting it with NiMH and a smaller canister to make it lighter and more portable.

Question: Has anyone done this? Will the original Halcyon HID ballast strike ok when connected to a NiMH battery? I seem to remember theres a slight voltage difference.

Halycon charge 160 quid for a Helios canister, and 65 quid for the lid... SO is there a cheaper place for such stuff.

cheers

Andy
$200 sound good?
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Brilliant thanks, I have emailed them to ask about it. Any idea if the original Halcyon HID ballast will handle being connected to NiMH?

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Brilliant thanks, I have emailed them to ask about it. Any idea if the original Halcyon HID ballast will handle being connected to NiMH?

Andy
No problems, it will just wake up one morning and think it had one hell of a make over

Just be sure to connect the correct wires i.e. colours!
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