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Finding 123a in australia
I would try this place: http://www.ledsales.com.au/batteries.htm Lots of interesting stuff, must get around to putting an order together.- Potto
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- Forum: Flashlight Electronics - Batteries Included
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"All I Really Wanta Do..." --- Somebody Help!
Re: \"All I Really Wanta Do...\" --- Somebody Help! This looks like a simple solution using a 555 timer with a 9V battery. I'm sure I saw a couple of circuits on the web last year. Do a google search on 555 and timer, i'm sure you'll find something simple to fit your requirements. Welcome to...- Potto
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- Forum: Flashlight Electronics - Batteries Included
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1Watt Low cost LED's
1Watt Low cost LED\'s Has anybody seen these?: http://shops.bizarsoftware.com.au/ATAShop/catalogue/category16/category41/category89 They look like maybe a Chinese copy of the LS. Price appears to be in AUD$. Anyone know where I may be able to get any specs, or who makes them?- Potto
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- Forum: LED Flashlights
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Who is liking the warm white luxeons?
I've tried out one of the original violet tinged Luxeons, a pea geen one and a warm white on several "normal" type people. Without exception the warm white came out as the preferred light source as ordinary light, the easiest on the eye for viewing things and perceiving colour correctly. The...- Potto
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- Forum: LED Flashlights
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Inexpensive Gell Cell battery charger.
Gel Cell batteries are a very good high density battery for portable application where a fairly large power store is required. I've used 4, 6, and 10 Amp/Hour 6V batteries for about 15 years for caving, as have a number of my collegues. The important factor to remember about gel cells is that...- Potto
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- Forum: Flashlight Electronics - Batteries Included
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Help: Am I a Flashaholic ?
You've become a CPF member and you are "asking" if you're a flashaholic? The answer should be obvious! While the onset of the condition, in your case, seems to have been slowly creeping up on you over some months, or years, it is now time to face reality. You have 2 possible remedies to...- Potto
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- Forum: General Flashlight Discussion
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Anyone have the small Browning headlamps?
That Clipper 3 looks like one I got locally (Australia) at Jaycar called a Gunpower. Its yellow and I bought it specifically to retrofit a Nichia 5mm LED into. The "torch" now runs on 1 AAA, with a spare AAA in the body, and has a respectable beam. The light beam is even remarkably...- Potto
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- Forum: General Flashlight Discussion
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nightstand and car flashlights
Don't listen to these guys too closely, otherwise you may end up with lighting hardware hanging out of every nook and crevase you have. I have no need for a batton/trunchion thing and find that the ARC AAA fits easily into the back pocket with the wallet, and rests on the bedside table at...- Potto
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- Forum: General Flashlight Discussion
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My Idea For A Light
I just have to put in my ha'pennies worth here. The ARC AAA is a great little unit However the capacity to use a different power supply is a must. Half of the solution already exists - the LS has a AA battery compartment, all that is needed is an adaptor, with the O ring, to go between the...- Potto
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- Forum: LED Flashlights
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caving light
Importing from the US is the only way. And yes the shipping cost can only be described as excessive compared to local shipping in the US. To purchase 1 ARC-AAA and 2 LS/O modules cost somewhere in the order of AUD$140. This blew my LED budget out for 6 months, although I'm very happy with the... -
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caving light
Just for interest sake I've recently retrofitted an Oldham Cap Lamp with a LS/O module, using a 6V 4Ah Gel Cell(with a DC/DC step down converter ). The light output is quite impressive and reasonably comparable (I think) to the pictures provided on the HDS website. Thermal control was a bit...
