Heh, I remember that protective film on the reflector in my cooltube too. You guys musta been stoned to have missed that! Where'd you get your kit, bghydro? That's where mine came from, looks similar, and it didn't have any docs on how to wire it either. Not like it was hard, but sheesh, a little sheet with info would have been nice!

The goo, I dunno, pretty freaky, I'd be scared of it. But with a cooltube, I probably also would have done what you did and used it anyway.