A simple question about output of these packs. I have a Pulso 4 - 3200 ws pack with 4 head connections. My question is the total output 3200 j or does each head have 3200 j output. So if I connect 4 heads at 100% power do I get 800 ws per head or 3200 ws per head?
Also on the older blue flash heads can you replace the 700 ws flash tube with a 1400 or 1600 ws tube? I heard that the heads are the same with the exception of the flash tubes
The pack's rating is the total output of the pack. A 3200 Ws pack will output up to 3200 Ws, total, each time it pops. That can be up to 800 Ws to each of 4 heads, or ~1067 Ws to 3 heads, or 1600 Ws to 2 heads, or so on.
The newer heads are indeed identical with the only difference being the preinstalled tubes; I'm not certain about the older ones.
I asked a similar question regarding the Pulso heads, and here's the response from Broncolor US: The Pulso 2 and Pulso 4 lamp head have detection resistors on the circuit baords. Pulso 2 has a 22k and Pulso 4 has a 33k resistor. These resistors were put there so that the Pulso 4 and Pulso 4A pack (only) would know whether the lamp head is a 1600ws or 3200ws. If you were to connect a Pulso 2 lamp base (1600) to a Pulso 4/4A pack and put the power level at 10. The power display will not display the power level because it knows that the lamp head is a 1600ws. But that is only for the Pulso 4/4A power pack. All other packs Grafit, Primo, Topas, Scoro etc. whether the lamp head is 1600 or 3200 will go up to power level 10.
Now imagine 1600ws flash tube a bag and 3200 flash tube another bag. The 3200ws flash tube being a bigger bag. If I have a 1600ws pack at power level 10 and dumped the energy into a flash tube whether 1600 or 3200ws it is only going to take the 1600ws. That is all the power pack has to give. Now lets say that we have a 3200ws pack and the energy is dumped into a 1600ws flash tube, the 1600ws bag is smaller. So what is going to happen is that as time goes on the life of the 1600ws flash tube will end before it's time because you are hitting it with too much power. ...Show more →
Therefore, I guess you should send an email to Salomon, the service manager of Broncolor US: srafael[at]bronimaging.com
