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    Need Suggestions for DIY Reverse Light overkill.

    Well yes, perhaps, but they wouldn't be custom jury rigged nor as much fun now would they?
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    Need Suggestions for DIY Reverse Light overkill.

    I have the square aluminum tubing, but what I lack is having a good clue on how to make these things water resistant, or at least somewhat waterproof (submerged for a few minutes if backing in a boat, and rain-proof). I will definitely come up with something. Just what... I'm not sure lol.
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    Need Suggestions for DIY Reverse Light overkill.

    I have an old beater utility truck I picked up for a sweet price over the Christmas holiday from some family. It's a 1990 GMC 1500. I do a lot of night fishing and have many times I have to back up my truck to turn around, knowing there is a 40 foot drop off behind me (followed by a 20 foot deep...
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    Some upgrade potential here?

    I figured something like this might be the case. I don't need the light to be waterproof, so some holes for passive heat dissipation wouldn't bother me at all.
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    Some upgrade potential here?

    I bought two of these today, mostly because of the battery run time (12 hours supposedly, I have one that's been running for 5 hours now on the battery's first charge and it's surprisingly bright for using cheap 5mm LEDs). I gave one of the drills to my 4 year old son for a fun toy (no battery)...
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    Are there any DIY LED kits for incandescent base (edison base) lights????

    There are a few fairly light ballasts that can be connected to 110VAC that will run a few small LEDs. Originally I was going to use some very small light drivers (MR16 drivers) but I forgot those are 12v input. I may have to do this, it's certainly simple. I could mount the aluminum (old CPU)...
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    Are there any DIY LED kits for incandescent base (edison base) lights????

    I have a small stash of white LEDs (everything from Cree XML, XPG, Rebel ES, and chinese 3-watts) that are leftovers from me playing around with my reef aquarium lighting and a few utility lights I've built. I'd LOVE to find a way to screw these into an edison-base light socket (non-dimming)...
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    Swapping emitters on a Sipik SK68?

    I'm definitely open to that option. This is on the back burner for the moment because i'm graduating with my Masters here in a month, but afterward, I may do just that. The main reason I like the Sipik is because of the adjustable lens--- I don't know if the L2 has that or not, I haven't...
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    Swapping emitters on a Sipik SK68?

    You could probably get such a thing from Cutter, I may do it in the future. I wonder how the new XTE (for royal blue) would perform in the Sipik. The emitter is a good bit smaller, so I expect it might goof with the adjustable beam. For white, you might want to try an XML. They emit quite...
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    Shipping times from various chinese companies.... suggestions for a AA Cree light?

    This go-around, my chinese orders showed up in about a month, which is fine with me in most cases and I'm happy with all of the lights I got. The Skyray was the biggest surprise, it's extraordinarily tiny and quite bright, the emitter appears to be an XPE. Now that being said.... the thing...
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    Swapping emitters on a Sipik SK68?

    Thanks! That's exactly what I needed :D Now I just need to find the emitter on the right sized star. Do you know off hand what size star the Sipik 68 takes? Also, I don't need a waterproof light, it won't be submerged (well, not on purpose lol). The coral are grown on the upper 8" of the...
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    Swapping emitters on a Sipik SK68?

    I just received a Sipik SK68 (actually showed up as "HWA/WYS Ultrafire" but they appear to be clones). Anyhow, I'm thinking of buying another and putting a royal blue emitter in it. The reason is that there is a local coral farm that I visit occasionally that uses natural sunlight to grow the...
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    Shipping times from various chinese companies.... suggestions for a AA Cree light?

    I lost my favorite single-AA Cree flashlight that I used EVERY day, and now need to order another one--- something that's back-pocket friendly for a working man (I would consider a used one if you want to PM me). I ordered them from DealExtreme but it took several months to show up because I...
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    Problems with AA battery lights (DX crap)...... won't come on easily.

    Re: Problems with AA battery lights (DX stuff)...... won't come on easily. Thanks guys. I'll clean the threads tonight. The batteries are brand new, by the way. I replaced them when this started. About removing the oxidation. Would flux paste for soldering work fine (Radio shack type)?
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    Problems with AA battery lights (DX crap)...... won't come on easily.

    I have an Ultrafire WF-606A and a Romison RC-G2 that are both giving me the exact same problem. Both are the same age-- about 3 months. In both cases, the light won't come on unless I unscrew the back where the switch is, nearly having to take it all the way off. It comes and goes in spurts...
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