if you like to hunt scorps get a flourescent
camping light with a forward directing reflector.remove the lense and put in a blacklight tube.makes them glow nicely.
just dont get stung.been there done that and it hurts.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by gerG:
Not a solid state bulb, and about as fragile as a fliament type lamp when operating. Uses an high voltage arc to ionize a gas and deliver photons. I don't know the details of the physics. I have a dive light using the 10 watt module. I took it outside the other night to hunt scorpions, and was absolutely stunned! It was bright, to be sure. Somewhere between a 35 watt and a 50 watt halogen (filament type) light. The thing that I hadn't expected were the colors. Trees were green, granite was pink, scorpions were absent, and grass was, well, this is Arizona and I don't have any freaking grass!
Anyway this module strikes me as almost ideal for a handheld light. The efficiency is amazing (500 lumens for 10 w) and the beam pattern is awesome. My dive light is a battery pack/lighthead configuration, which is cumbersome out of water. I want to either build a relatively compact handheld, or buy a LC100. I am very intrigued that that module+bulb can be had for as little as $40. Wow.
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