Can Pocket Scans take a 250Watt 24 Volt bulb?

That must be very dim if it works at all. Why not use the original lamp? It makes no sense to me to do that.

Well, running a 24v 250w lamp at 12v would net about 125w or 25w more then the standard lamp. The issue is 25w at 12v is another 2 amps running through the fixture. It is probably not rated for that much amperage to run through it (about 8.3 amps with 100w 12v lamp, 10.4 amps with 250w 24v lamp). You can damage the fixture and/or end up starting a fire. More amps, more heat.

So while it might work, it would not be recommended as something to do. However, the lamp life would most likely be vastly improved since running lamps bellow their maximum voltage increases the lamp life.

If you are looking for more output, find a 100w lamp that fits that runs less voltage, say a 10v lamp. That would net a 120w lamp without the added amp load. The problem with that is the 10v lamp will burn out much quicker then the 12v one. An 8v lamp would be about 150w at 12v, but they would probably fry almost as soon as it was turned on. Its a trick you can use a lot with higher voltage lamps. You have voltage that runs at 120v and use 115v lamps instead. 500w lamps become 540w lamps for example.

Well, for me, I replace with identical lamps only. There's other reasons to stick with it besides "that's what the company that made it crammed in there"

But what is identical? For example, here is the list of HPL lamps and its a long one:

Wattage Voltage Lamp Life (in hours) Output (in lumens)

375 115 300 10,540
375 115 1000 8,000

550 77 300 16,170
550 77 2000 12,160

575 115 300 16,520
575 115 2000 12,360
575 120 300 16,520
575 120 2000 12,360
575 230 400 14,900
575 230 2000 11,780
575 240 400 14,900
575 240 2000 11,780

750 77 300 22,950
750 115 300 21,900
750 115 1500 16,400
750 120 300 21,900
750 120 2000 16,400
750 230 300 19,750
750 230 1500 15,600
750 240 300 19,750
750 240 1500 15,600

Now, with all the above, color temperature for standard life 77-120v lamps is 3250K, 230-240v standard lamps is 3200K, and all lamps long life is 3050K. All the lamps look exactly the same (minus a slightly different filament between some) and use the exact same T-6 base.

So lots of options. The difference between all them in the fixture was is first, you won't find 230-240 watt lamps here because everything here is 120v and the wiring is thinner gauge due to less amps needed. Second, the 77v lamps are for double dimming. Beyond that, you can pick and choose to your heart's content. The major difference however is that most fixtures (Source Fours) are rated to handle up to 750w lamps, the Pocket Scans are not however.

But I did give you a way to cheat some more power out of them. The problem is I don't know how long the lamp will last running with 20% more voltage then it is rated to handle. It might very well burn out instantly. The 115V to 120V is a much smaller increase, 4.3%. But doing that also shortens the lamp life again. The 8v is a 50% increase which I am positive it won't handle at all.

In movers, I almost always change lamps for different color temperatures I want, namely MSD 250/2 for MSD 250 since they are exactly the same minus the fact that the 250/2 has a color temperature of 8500K and the 250 has a color temperature of 6700K. I prefer the lower color temperature because it is more true to white and colors like ambers, oranges, and reds come out better. However, here is a HUGE disclaimer: DO NOT MIX/USE DIFFERENT SPEC ARC LAMPS IN WRONG APPLICATIONS, YOU CAN AND WILL CAUSE SEROUS DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY INJURY.

SerraAva,
My concern was will a 24 Volt bulb work in this fixture, as that is what the seller was telling me. I have a background in Computer Engineering so I fully understand the conversion of voltages. I was more worried about if the pocket scans have thick enough gauge wire to handle the additional amps.

Soon I will be testing an LED bulb in a mighty scan fixtures. Both the Pocket scan and mighty scans take MR16 bulbs. Just waiting on the LED bulb to arrive.

In that case, you should be good to go then since you already know about how much slightly increasing wattage in low voltage situations can cause problems real fast.