7 Up Ahorton Aspheric Lamp

[trout]

I took inspiration from Packhorse`s 6 up search and rescue lamp The Hexaspherical
so here she is a 7 up

Probably going to put in 7 XML leds under the lenses

and waiting for one of Georges HBFlex drivers to cross the atlantic to power the beast .
Talking of power its run off a 16.8 volt 5.2 amp hour battery pack yep that 8 x 18650s stashed in there .
there will be a charge port at 180 degrees to the switch .

 

[badtziscool]

Awesome! It reminds me of the Infiniti Q45 headlights. So how are you going to adjust the lens distance from the led, or are they already seated at the proper distance?

 

[trout]

Awesome! It reminds me of the Infiniti Q45 headlights. So how are you going to adjust the lens distance from the led, or are they already seated at the proper distance?

If I have my calcs correct they are somewhere close to focused

 

[georges80]

Ever watched Looney Tunes? Ever looked in a mirror?


tee hee..

cheers,
george.

 

[las3r]

Very nice I'm working on one that has 4 of them lil smaller using a elephant ll body so it feels good in ur hand and not weigh a ton 🙂

Edit: I used ahorton spacers so I did not have to measure 🙂 I'm going to add a battery monitor and a charging port next is a battery holder

 

[ICUDoc]

Love it, Trout great job.
Thanks for the pics and inspiration...

 

[Nos]

looking good. I am looking forward for more. :huh:

 

[ahorton]

Very nice.

Does it have a purpose?

Not that it needs one.

 

[Walterk]

Nice, looking forward to see the beamshots.

 

[trout]

Very nice.

Does it have a purpose?

Not that it needs one.

Not a specific role apart from for use in my van I need to be able to spot house numbers and names and in winter
its not easy in the dark .

got it assembled and on charge waiting for the darkness to arrive .


Got the HBFlex inserted (robbed out of a Bike light as couldnt wait for my order from Taskled ).

 

[ssvqwnp]

I like the colors of that light. :thumbsup:

Was it difficult to center all of those PCB in their little holes?

 

[Walterk]

Its almost dark now, 20 minutes at most....

 

[CMAG]

Very nice I'm working on one that has 4 of them lil smaller using a elephant ll body so it feels good in ur hand and not weigh a ton 🙂

Edit: I used ahorton spacers so I did not have to measure 🙂 I'm going to add a battery monitor and a charging port next is a battery holder

+1 working on a 4x myself

 

[Norm]

Looking forward to the beam shots 😱

Norm

 

[trout]

Its almost dark now, 20 minutes at most....

Still light here in the UK another hour yet

Just had it on the scales weighs in at 938 grams

 

[CMAG]

How are you holding the aspheric's in place?

sweet build, :thumbsup: dark yet?

 

[trout]

I like the colors of that light. :thumbsup:

Was it difficult to center all of those PCB in their little holes?

No I made a little centering tool

 

[tx101]

Its dark now 😀

 

[trout]

OK just back in from its first night of darkness
I dont know what you lot here use as a camera setting so used the MTBR setting of f4 and 6 seconds.

Google earth says its 169 metres to the barn

five pics from low to the full 3 amps

And as I was walking back saw this vantage point

280 metres to the barn so gave it a whirl

My impressions of it are AWESOME 😀

 

[Walterk]

Congrats! Looks like it is daylight around the shed! Thats a useful light, especially with the modes.