SF \"Classic\": host to drop in LED light engines
Hi guys,
I let TylerDurden get me side tracked on a project that I wanted to visit later when I had production parts but since my boss can never get me to stay focused on the current work at hand when there are more fun things to experiment with.....
In a nut shell, The soon to be available McCapsule will digest into a classic body tube with no modification to the tube required. It just drops in. A modified McR-27 reflector is threaded past the threads in the C head and then free floats in captivity. When the head is screwed down onto the tube, verifying that the reflector has found center on the LED, the reflector and McCapsule end up in compression between the rear shoulder of the LA cavity in the battery tube and a lip in the head against the reflector. The only McCapsule I had that was built out was my prototype which has a BB and is set for 1x123. Consequently, the picture above is of a "mut" 3P. Since I don't have the time or components for verification, I don't know to what extent this drop in package will be compatible across all of the classic system. There may be some head specific mod requirements for the reflector. It may be that a universal geometry can be determined. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif I need to disappear for a while now and get some stuff shipped and parts prepped for the anodizer.
My first impression is that this is going to be fun! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif This is a real drop in module here and completely reversible with no modifications required. I think there's some more mileage left in these aluminum reflectors. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
A two stage 6P with 5W LED might be pretty cool! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif
Hi guys,
I let TylerDurden get me side tracked on a project that I wanted to visit later when I had production parts but since my boss can never get me to stay focused on the current work at hand when there are more fun things to experiment with.....
In a nut shell, The soon to be available McCapsule will digest into a classic body tube with no modification to the tube required. It just drops in. A modified McR-27 reflector is threaded past the threads in the C head and then free floats in captivity. When the head is screwed down onto the tube, verifying that the reflector has found center on the LED, the reflector and McCapsule end up in compression between the rear shoulder of the LA cavity in the battery tube and a lip in the head against the reflector. The only McCapsule I had that was built out was my prototype which has a BB and is set for 1x123. Consequently, the picture above is of a "mut" 3P. Since I don't have the time or components for verification, I don't know to what extent this drop in package will be compatible across all of the classic system. There may be some head specific mod requirements for the reflector. It may be that a universal geometry can be determined. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif I need to disappear for a while now and get some stuff shipped and parts prepped for the anodizer.
My first impression is that this is going to be fun! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif This is a real drop in module here and completely reversible with no modifications required. I think there's some more mileage left in these aluminum reflectors. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
A two stage 6P with 5W LED might be pretty cool! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif