BirdofPrey
Enlightened
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- Jan 12, 2007
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Had an old LED desk lamp that was going to go in the crapper because most of the LEDs had quit working. So, I took a piece of old leather belt, gorilla glued it to the gutted light fixture, put my Zebralight into its optional pocket clip, and slid it onto the piece of belt. Voila, great light for giving just a little bit of reading light on low or really lighting up a picnic table, desk, campsite, etc on high. First pic shows the light itself (ugly I know) and the sequential pics show it in off (control shot), low-low, high-medium, and low-high modes.
The lamp itself. Not pretty I know but wasn't too concerned with that. Gutted the old LED system out of it, glued a piece of old belt to the underside, used the included pocket clip (rather than the headlamp strap) to clip it to the belt, and got a very useful piece of kit for the desk, the picnic table, or the campsite.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2dTZxsUZ3WqVyDQK2or5jw?feat=directlink
Control shot. Lamp turned off. Only light is the two keyboard LEDs, the indicator light from my WD external hard drive, and my desktop computer lighting.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H-GXfH_jpLeJebLGw4ug5A?feat=directlink
Lamp turned to Low-Low. One of the 6 available light settings
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FJcUg3l1y5tgptk3fknq6w?feat=directlink
Lamp turned to Low-Medium. One of the 6 available light settings. This particular setting is perfect for almost everything. Its easy to see, read, and do activities by.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mFamh_EMgUrbT-WDc6z5mw?feat=directlink
Lamp turned to Low-High. One of the 6 available light settings. This setting was used instead of High-High since that setting will only run for 10 minutes before it defaults back to Low-High for heat reasons. This setting I rarely use for much. Even when hiking at night I usually max out at High-Medium. Its actually much brighter than this in real life. The camera just doesn't quite capture the full brightness.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lIfCiMdM76xsyneUJXG4YQ?feat=directlink
The lamp itself. Not pretty I know but wasn't too concerned with that. Gutted the old LED system out of it, glued a piece of old belt to the underside, used the included pocket clip (rather than the headlamp strap) to clip it to the belt, and got a very useful piece of kit for the desk, the picnic table, or the campsite.
Control shot. Lamp turned off. Only light is the two keyboard LEDs, the indicator light from my WD external hard drive, and my desktop computer lighting.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H-GXfH_jpLeJebLGw4ug5A?feat=directlink
Lamp turned to Low-Low. One of the 6 available light settings
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FJcUg3l1y5tgptk3fknq6w?feat=directlink
Lamp turned to Low-Medium. One of the 6 available light settings. This particular setting is perfect for almost everything. Its easy to see, read, and do activities by.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mFamh_EMgUrbT-WDc6z5mw?feat=directlink
Lamp turned to Low-High. One of the 6 available light settings. This setting was used instead of High-High since that setting will only run for 10 minutes before it defaults back to Low-High for heat reasons. This setting I rarely use for much. Even when hiking at night I usually max out at High-Medium. Its actually much brighter than this in real life. The camera just doesn't quite capture the full brightness.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lIfCiMdM76xsyneUJXG4YQ?feat=directlink
