Recent content by papasan

fenix-store
  1. P

    Underdriven 5W - is it practical?

    i have a plastic, waterproof headlamp that i retro-fitted with a 5 watter. not sure how much it's run at, i just kept turning the BB750 up until the heatsink was too hto to touch (while closed and sealed) and then turned it down a little. i get 5 hours or so off of 4 1800 AA batteries, however...
  2. P

    Crime doesn't pay

    Re: Crime doesn\'t pay he's gonna get his *** handed to him by the courts. he wasn't in any mortal danger, they were running away. he had no right to run them over, at least not according to the law. he should have thought this one through a little.
  3. P

    Saudi Arabia comercial on tv

    WHOLLY CRAP!...i just saw a commercial for saudi arabia on tv. some propaganda crap about how nice they are and how our relationships are strong and how anti-terrorist they are. hahaha. what PR dweeb came up with this one? man...i guess it's all abot the marketing these days, even for...
  4. P

    A quick HTML question

    target="_blank" works a little better, it's gauranteed to open a new window. target= anything else will try to load to the window with the name after the = sign and open a new one if there is no such window.
  5. P

    Auction!

    could you post the layout/schematics/part list for these boards? or at least give the winning bidder the layout? kind of useless without knowing the parts and where they go.
  6. P

    FRS/GRMS radios

    Re: GRMS radios glow bug, how does this compare to .5W (so-called 2 mile) models? i never expected the advertise range to be actual, but i would expect a model that puts out 2X the power to shoot twice as far. 7 mile models are 2 watters i think. paulr, yes, i've heard that cross-talking...
  7. P

    FRS/GRMS radios

    i'm on the hunt for a good deal on FRS/GRMS radios. i saw over in the 'new stuff' forum the tiny motorola radios... http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB11&Number=260632 ...so i went out to the local wal-mart and checked them out. really impressed with their...
  8. P

    New [to me] Luxeon behavior observed

    it will probably be impossible to know for sure until you can reproduce the effect on a fairly regular basis. you could just have happened to test an odd LS. wierder stuff has happened.
  9. P

    The poor mans 123 battery holder

    why would a poor man be using a 123 cell light?
  10. P

    Beware of Ebay sellers!

    if he didn't list the S&H price in the auction then you should have asked before you bid. your fault, not the sellers. let the buyer beware.
  11. P

    Internet Explorer hacks to lock settings?

    if you're logged onto a domain you can control the homepage through the domain controller. have the system admin set up a security policy to lock the home page. of course, it would lock the same homepage for everyone on the domain...
  12. P

    Spectra Cord any good for lanyard?

    while we're on the subject, is there a special knot to be used to facilitate the break-away? doesn't seem very practical to use cordage that is garaunteed to break with a sharp tug, you'ld be replacing it all the time. currently i use a single barrel knot (single fisherman's bend without the...
  13. P

    Anyone workng on a PWM to use with step-ups?

    at least i'm not alone =). my needs, at least for this particular project, are a little different tho. a permanent, or semi permanent, dimming effect to under-drive a 5W unit while keeping a good color balance. in my case it's imperitive that the light never function at full power as the LS...
  14. P

    Anyone workng on a PWM to use with step-ups?

    tonyb: is it a secret? =) jonathan: sounds liek you're on a good track. if you think i may be able to help in some way let me know. i'm pretty good with soldering and doing eagle PCB layouts. dat2zip: i looked into programming ICs a while back but i dropped it after realizing the time and...
  15. P

    Anyone workng on a PWM to use with step-ups?

    was caving last weekend with my underdriven 5W headlamp (it's prolly ~3 watts) and generally disgusted by the color temperature. the greenish beem isn't as bad as the old pee green luxeons but it's not nearly the snow white of the highly overdriven LSes. i'm hoping that eventually i'll be able...
See more

Latest posts

Top