Is there a low brightness, long running incan setup?

[divine]

One that is somewhat small?

A 6P or smaller, probably an 18650 setup. With <10 lumens of output? Preferrably around 3 lumens.

Does anyone know of such a setup?

[metlarules]

Sounds like a minimag to me.

[divine]

I hope that's not the only one. >.<

[JasonC8301]

Voltage becomes an issue. A 18650 fresh off the charger is ~4.2V. I do not think anyone makes a board to cut down the voltage to get below 10 lumens.

A Maglite solitatire should be dim and run off a AAA. Surefire had a light called the "Hurricane" that was incandescent and run off "dead" CR123s.

Good luck on your search. I would say it would be easier to meet those specs with LED's.

[TITAN1833]

One surefire hurricane for sale

[Jake.t]

Sounds like a minimag to me.

hey minimag's are awesome

[fivemega]

One that is somewhat small?

A 6P or smaller, probably an 18650 setup. With <10 lumens of output? Preferrably around 3 lumens.

Does anyone know of such a setup?

A cut down Streamlight Twin Task 3AA to accept a single 14670 may fit your needs or using same bulb in 6P with single 18650

[BigusLightus]

I just crammed a WahWang 4die led into a Surefire E1W by way of an FM E series socket. It will drain every last bit of juice from my used 123's and gives just enough light to be useful.

Just another idea. Best of luck.

[divine]

A cut down Streamlight Twin Task 3AA to accept a single 14670 may fit your needs or using same bulb in 6P with single 18650

I'll try it, thanks.

[divine]

I just crammed a WahWang 4die led into a Surefire E1W by way of an FM E series socket. It will drain every last bit of juice from my used 123's and gives just enough light to be useful.

Just another idea. Best of luck.

I want to stay away from LED for this. Thanks for your suggestion, though.

[lctorana]

One that is somewhat small?

A 6P or smaller, probably an 18650 setup. With <10 lumens of output? Preferrably around 3 lumens.

Does anyone know of such a setup?

It's brighter than you are asking for, but how about this:

Start with a FM 18650 E-body and SF E-head.

Use a LiFePO4 18650 with a standard SF MN01 lamp.

The result is 15 lumens, should run for 2+ hours and is smaller than a 6P.

[divine]

I have all of that except for the E series 18650 body, and that is on its way.

For some reason I think the stock E1E lamp is brighter than I wanted. I might try it out.

I'm thinking a 6P or 3P with a Lumensfactory Energy Saving lamp and an AW soft starter is what I'm looking for.

[lctorana]

Actually, come to think of it, I already use a dim, incan, smaller-than-6P setup every day!

Don't know how many lumens a #13 gives you, but I do get 7+ hours' runtime on an AW 18650 cell.

[divine]

Actually, come to think of it, I already use a dim, incan, smaller-than-6P setup every day!

Don't know how many lumens a #13 gives you, but I do get 7+ hours' runtime on an AW 18650 cell.

Cool, thanks.

I searched that thread for #13 and only came up with post #13.

[lctorana]

One that is somewhat small?

A 6P or smaller, probably an 18650 setup. With <10 lumens of output? Preferrably around 3 lumens.

Does anyone know of such a setup?

OK, got it this time.

Step 1: Buy a $1 1AA incan from ypur local KMart or equivalent. This will have a 1.2V, 3-lumen flange based bulb. The bulb is what you want.

Step 2: Buy a Hugsby B2 for a host. This takes flange-based bulbs.

Step 3: Buy a 4/3 A sized NiMH battery - some go up to 4Ah in capacity.

This will give about 2 lumens for 16 hours, and is the same size as the 6P.

Do I win $5?

[divine]

Oh wow! A 18650 sized NiMh battery!

Does anyone but Tenergy make them? I'm not a big fan of Tenergy. I'm going to bet you $10 that no one makes a LSD 4/3 A battery. =\

[lctorana]

Oh wow! A 18650 sized NiMh battery!

Does anyone but Tenergy make them? I'm not a big fan of Tenergy. I'm going to bet you $10 that no one makes a LSD 4/3 A battery. =\

Actually, its a 17670-sized cell. You won't get an 18mm cell into a Hugsby B2.

Here's where I would get one from:
http://www.radioparts.com.au/ProdVie...NIMH+WITH+TAGS

Appears to be made by GP.

[Bullzeyebill]

Oh wow! A 18650 sized NiMh battery!

Does anyone but Tenergy make them? I'm not a big fan of Tenergy. I'm going to bet you $10 that no one makes a LSD 4/3 A battery. =\

Google 4/5A NiMh battery.

Bill

[divine]

I ordered a couple titaniums from Battery Junction. We'll see how it works out.

http://www.batteryjunction.com/tpeh-t43a3600p.html

[leukos]

Divine,

Would you be willing to go with a 2D sized light? If so, I know there is a regulated setup that runs off 8x AA cells for almost 12 hours, maybe 15 lumens. http://www.flashlightreviews.com/rev..._powerstik.htm

[lctorana]

Google 4/5A NiMh battery.

Bill

It's 7/5 A wer're talking about, not 4/5 A.

A 4/5 A cell is about 40mm long - a common size in NiCad battery packs in the 1980s, whereas the 7/5 A cell is the size of a 17670 cell and is used in 1990s laptops.

[divine]

Divine,

Would you be willing to go with a 2D sized light? If so, I know there is a regulated setup that runs off 8x AA cells for almost 12 hours, maybe 15 lumens. http://www.flashlightreviews.com/rev..._powerstik.htm

That's very interesting, I want to try it out!

But now I still have to find a 3.6 volt low output lamp.

[fivemega]

Google 4/5A NiMh battery.

Bill

It's 7/5 A wer're talking about, not 4/5 A.

A 4/5 A cell is about 40mm long - a common size in NiCad battery packs in the 1980s, whereas the 7/5 A cell is the size of a 17670 cell and is used in 1990s laptops.

Its 4/3A and sometimes they call 7/5A with 17mm diameter and 67mm long.

Also fat version of these called 4/3AF with 18mm diameter and slightly higher capacity.

[metlarules]

BatteryStation has Sanyo brand 4/3a in 17mm&18mm from 3800mah to 4500mah. I have some Panasonic 4/3a 3800mah on the way to try in my Surefire 6p with Malkoff m30wf.

[leukos]

That's very interesting, I want to try it out!

But now I still have to find a 3.6 volt low output lamp.

Here's a source for some low voltage, low amp PR based lamps: http://www.servicelighting.com/PR-HP...nt-Light-Bulbs

[Nubo]

Oh wow! A 18650 sized NiMh battery!

Does anyone but Tenergy make them? I'm not a big fan of Tenergy. I'm going to bet you $10 that no one makes a LSD 4/3 A battery. =\

The Sanyos are excellent. HR-4/3FAUX are rated at 4500 mAH. I used 9 of those to rebuild a Light&Motion battery pack; the cells live up to their rating. Dang I could have given you 3 of them left over from cell-matching; had no use for them so they finally got tossed just recently.

[Burgess]

Keep it simple . . . .


A plain ol' 2-D cell flashlight,

using a PR-6 bulb.


Twice the run-time of the "normal" bulb ( PR-2 ).

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