JollyRoger
Enlightened
Anyone buy this yet?
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/prod_Detail.asp?Product_id=5322-711&CategoryID=28000&SourcePage=PROD_LIST.ASP&SubmittingPage=Prod_subcategory.asp
I bought it at REI last night. It's kind of neat. Pretty compact and bright on the high mode... Uses 3 nimh cells that each have a capacity of around 1000mah.
I haven't taken it apart yet, but might do so to put in higher capacity nimh cells and also see if I can put a luxeon in it.
It has two brightness levels...and the bulb is a two filament xenon bulb (for the two brightness levels) rated at 3.3V, either 140ma or 1040ma (or around there) for the low/high modes.
Here are my questions....if I put a luxeon in, it seems that 1040ma might be a bit much? I don't know how the light is powered, if it is getting the 3.6V directly...but I plan on finding out. I might just keep the xenon bulb in there anyways...(a bit yellow, though), b/c it's pretty bright. This is a neat little emergency flashlight!
(It takes 24 hours to trickle charge the nimh cells w/ the included plug-in charger or you can crank the handle for 40min to fully charge the batts!!! 40 min!!! Sheesh...)
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/prod_Detail.asp?Product_id=5322-711&CategoryID=28000&SourcePage=PROD_LIST.ASP&SubmittingPage=Prod_subcategory.asp
I bought it at REI last night. It's kind of neat. Pretty compact and bright on the high mode... Uses 3 nimh cells that each have a capacity of around 1000mah.
I haven't taken it apart yet, but might do so to put in higher capacity nimh cells and also see if I can put a luxeon in it.
It has two brightness levels...and the bulb is a two filament xenon bulb (for the two brightness levels) rated at 3.3V, either 140ma or 1040ma (or around there) for the low/high modes.
Here are my questions....if I put a luxeon in, it seems that 1040ma might be a bit much? I don't know how the light is powered, if it is getting the 3.6V directly...but I plan on finding out. I might just keep the xenon bulb in there anyways...(a bit yellow, though), b/c it's pretty bright. This is a neat little emergency flashlight!
(It takes 24 hours to trickle charge the nimh cells w/ the included plug-in charger or you can crank the handle for 40min to fully charge the batts!!! 40 min!!! Sheesh...)