Mirage_Man
Flashlight Enthusiast
This thread is to introduce these new heat sinks and provide a place for questions and feedback. The sales thread is posted HERE in the B/S/T forum.
It's my pleasure to introduce the UHS (Universal Heat Sink). The UHS is a single LED emitter heat sink solution for D-cell Maglites. It is similar in many ways to previous single emitter heat sinks except this one allows for the easy centering of all Luxeon slug's sizes and shapes as well as the new K2 hex shaped slug!
The UHS was born because up to now most of the available heat sinks were designed with one slug size and shape in mind. I was frustrated with having to modify (hack up) other offerings to get different emitters to fit and the new K2 just bolstered that situation.
With the release of the new K2 a new heat sink had to be made.
Originally the UHS was designed with just the K2 in mind. The diameter of the slug centering pocket is perfect for the K2. It is only slightly larger than that of the Luxeon family slugs. Hence the ability to use for all the different LEDs. The round pocket allows the LEDs slug to center in the heat sink and the thermal epoxy such as Arctic Alumina Ceramique a place to grab on to. It makes it much less difficult to center the LED.
The diameter of the "island" is a perfect fit for the inside diameter of stock Maglite reflector openings, as such will also work with the aluminum versions of the Mag reflector. However I doubt it'll really be necessary to use an aluminum reflector with a single LED.
As you can see the back side of the HS has a pocket for driver potting.
These heat sinks are made right here in the U.S. in a family run CNC machine shop.
Here is a picture of the D-cell size UHS's or UHS-D's.
MM
It's my pleasure to introduce the UHS (Universal Heat Sink). The UHS is a single LED emitter heat sink solution for D-cell Maglites. It is similar in many ways to previous single emitter heat sinks except this one allows for the easy centering of all Luxeon slug's sizes and shapes as well as the new K2 hex shaped slug!
The UHS was born because up to now most of the available heat sinks were designed with one slug size and shape in mind. I was frustrated with having to modify (hack up) other offerings to get different emitters to fit and the new K2 just bolstered that situation.
With the release of the new K2 a new heat sink had to be made.
Originally the UHS was designed with just the K2 in mind. The diameter of the slug centering pocket is perfect for the K2. It is only slightly larger than that of the Luxeon family slugs. Hence the ability to use for all the different LEDs. The round pocket allows the LEDs slug to center in the heat sink and the thermal epoxy such as Arctic Alumina Ceramique a place to grab on to. It makes it much less difficult to center the LED.
The diameter of the "island" is a perfect fit for the inside diameter of stock Maglite reflector openings, as such will also work with the aluminum versions of the Mag reflector. However I doubt it'll really be necessary to use an aluminum reflector with a single LED.
As you can see the back side of the HS has a pocket for driver potting.
These heat sinks are made right here in the U.S. in a family run CNC machine shop.
Here is a picture of the D-cell size UHS's or UHS-D's.
MM
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