Bingo, this is what I was looking for.
Cheap, can be driven straight from 12v wall wart and simple to implement. Just need a glass cutter for bottom of bottle...
I want to put an LED in some cool liquor bottles I have. Mains powered (with 3.3v or 5v wall wart etc) to avoid annoyance of changing batteries. Don't want a heatsink and after the simplest solution in regards to driver etc.
Perhaps a 5mm LED with current limit resistor is the way to go but...
Great info DaYerk,
Mine is still in the post so will have to experiment when it arrives. Any pictures of your enclosure if you have them are always great :thumbsup:
Thanks,
Dave
Re: Will I need a dive light for video...
Fantastic info thank you Delphinus.
I am only really interested in taking videos since the camera doesn't offer enough control for pictures.
I will be buying an auto-magic filter you recommended since the camera only has auto-WB and I am diving in the...
for down to 25m in bright daylight (Thailand) to get enough light to film with a GoPro Hero HD video camera I picked up recently:
http://www.goprocamera.com/
I've never filmed underwater before and won't get a chance to test before I go.
Thanks for your input guys and gals.
Dave
Help me choose - narrowed choice to 2 lights
I have a Fenix LD10 with OP reflector - my first real torch.
I'm about to buy my first Li-ion torch to step up the ladder. I want something brighter with better throw but still small enough to EDC. I don't want to spend loads of $$$ with my first...
After plenty of searching I found a thread where someone had placed the heated star on a metal plate to remove the emitter.
I simply put the star board on the aga plate. Someone used a knife to hold down the board whilst I pushed the emitter sideways. As soon as it moved I lifted one edge up...
On no!
I've just read this website:
http://www.tomsarazac.com/tom/Bicycles/dualcree.html
I now think I should have bought bare emitters and glued them straight to my heatsinks. How easy is it to remove the Cree Q5s from the star boards? Pretty tricky I'd imagine?