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Converting Omega 5x7 E3 Cold Light Head to LEDs for $100

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This is encouraging for those of us using Aristo Cold lights, I think. We are awaiting one final production run on various forms of the V54 lamp (which, at my age, I would just as soon stay with).
I'm not so good at electronics, or designing this kind of "rigging up". Does anyone have any feel as to how this might work with an Aristo head?. The one is use is a single bulb, with a 6" filter drawer for a D2, and I also have an old standard Aristo head, that came with the original HI lamp. Could either be converted like this?

You mean trashing your Aristo head and using only the housing?? I'd not do that. Realize that the head converted in the original post is an extremely obsolete item designed for 4 fluorescent lamps. It was NOT a COLD CATHODE head. The 4 lamps needed to run continuously and a shutter controlled the exposure.

Nice comparison article showing the important differences between HOT (common fluorescent) and COLD (Aristo) cathode lamps http://www.edisontechcenter.org/Fluorescent.html
 
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