The pico projector is small enough that it should only be used with our 250w HQI metal halide light kit. You can attempt to use more powerful light sources, but in those cases you will need to use IR-filter glass behind your fresnel lens (recommended anyway) and use enhanced cooling to avoid burning the insides of the enclosure.

To install the light source in your pico, locate your bottom panel of MDF. You will want to carefully install the lamp into the lamp holders by sliding each end of the lamp into a lamp holder. It does take some firm pressure from your thumb onto the lamp end in order to get it to click into the lamp holder.

Now use a pencil or other marker to make a dot in the location described by the image below. Then center your lamp assembly over this location and mark where the holes from the lamp holders will need to be drilled through to the MDF surface. Then use short wood screws (1/2" long) to secure the lamp holders to the bottom panel of MDF. Do not over tighten - the lamp holders are ceramic and will crack!

 

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