xenon

I recently picked up a carbon arc trouper that had been converted to xenon at some point, mid-80s if I were to guess. Everything is functional and the whole setup is pretty interesting, but someone along the line made a few questionable choices, which I'm slowly working on rectifying (Example...

This has to be the most bizarre thing I have run into in years. Bit of a back-story: Back in the 1980's, I sold the spotlight end of my business to my brother in-law. These were the old days of carbon arc spots. We partnered for awhile, but then there was a classic falling out and as a result...