Beautiful lights in your collections, donn_, calebra, and easilyled. :drool:
But I think my favourite is from Essexman ....
And if I remember rightly, the light has not been altered to accommodate the upgrade.:twothumbs
Colin.
lumafist, and others who have expressed an interest in the 1 x C cell body in post 27 - Guys I am sorry. Much as I would love to sell you some of these, I am afraid that I will not be able to operate any machinery for quite a while.
Due to an MTB accident at the end of October, I am only mobile...
Bernie and Toohotruk - here you are. ;)
The Carclo 2 degree optic was fine with a Luxlll, but not much good with anything else as modifying it to get the beam focused was difficult and rarely sucessful - well when I tried anyway.:sigh:
It could not compete with XR-E driven throwers so I...
That's a very nice 'C' outfit you have there Donn.:thumbsup:
Here's my strangest looking combo' ....
A Vital Gear FB1 body with a 2 degree optic head.
Colin.
Those are VERY nice - lots of character, and top marks for the non destructive mod. :twothumbs
I would love to see some detail pic's of the drop-ins, and beamshots too if you ever had the chance. :)
Colin.
Thanks to you all for your input, and to Martin for sourcing the 2R10 batteries. I can now use this torch as originally intended, although from a practical point of view it is more of a novelty than a useful tool - as the beamshots testify.
Photos taken at the same exposure and with the...
I have been away from this thread for a few days....thank you all for the extra info'.
The internal dimensions behind the tail of the lamp are 23mm diameter by 67mm between the lamp tail and the spring.....the spring is 15mm long.
This gives about 69mm to 78mm space for the battery so it looks...
I thought it would be C cells, but the outer body diameter is fractionally smaller than a C cell. plus the switch (as seen in the 3rd picture) narrows the inside clearance even more.
This Ever Ready has been lurking at the back of a drawer for ages. The bulb still works, but none of the family can remember what battery it took.
It measures 1 inch diameter body by 4 1/2 inches long and is just too big for a C cell.
Does anyone have any idea what battery this would...