RecycledElectron
Newly Enlightened
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5971
With 3 Q5's/R2's might be interesting.
I have a MR16 12 volt bulb with 3 3watt emitters in it. Actually, two of them. I'm going to put them in housings for motorcycle running lights. They're a drop-in in the Kurkalyn motorcycle teardrop housings. It's easily as bright as a 55 watt xenon headlight, maybe brighter. I don't know what it would do in a big reflector with an aspherical lens in front of it. They can be had in both spot and flood configurations, mine are 45 degree angle medium floods. I believe that they can be had in a 15 degree spot configuration. I got them almost a year ago on Ebay from a Canadian who imported them from China. I believe that they are much more easily found now.
At 13.8 volts they draw about 400 ma. That's about 6 watts. I don't know if that's going to be brighter than the 3 led light from DX or not. On the site, they claim the 4 CR123's are driving the led's at 700ma/yielding 400 lumen. I remember reading of someone modding it with Q5's and claiming 600 lumen.
You might have to mount a little water pump and tubing to cool the flashlight's heatsink. :devil:
With 3 Q5's/R2's might be interesting.
I have a MR16 12 volt bulb with 3 3watt emitters in it. Actually, two of them. I'm going to put them in housings for motorcycle running lights. They're a drop-in in the Kurkalyn motorcycle teardrop housings. It's easily as bright as a 55 watt xenon headlight, maybe brighter. I don't know what it would do in a big reflector with an aspherical lens in front of it. They can be had in both spot and flood configurations, mine are 45 degree angle medium floods. I believe that they can be had in a 15 degree spot configuration. I got them almost a year ago on Ebay from a Canadian who imported them from China. I believe that they are much more easily found now.
At 13.8 volts they draw about 400 ma. That's about 6 watts. I don't know if that's going to be brighter than the 3 led light from DX or not. On the site, they claim the 4 CR123's are driving the led's at 700ma/yielding 400 lumen. I remember reading of someone modding it with Q5's and claiming 600 lumen.
You might have to mount a little water pump and tubing to cool the flashlight's heatsink. :devil: