MWClint
Enlightened
New life to an old solitaire.
basically just a cree p4, lithium 10440, direct drive, decent heatsink, mule
style no reflector, retains normal solitaire twist on-off.
biggest problem was to address the heat issue. i was going to cut a copper
slug for it, but then simply decided to wind up coils of desoldering
braid, then melted a bunch of solder in the braid to make a solid heatsink.
besides the emittor..the entire head is heatsink-it's heavy.
soldered on thin wire to the cree and pushed the leads into the bulb
recepticle in the body. i used kynar wire for it's good twisting properties..and
screwed the head down. it works as a normal twisty mag solitaire should.
compared to LOD Q4 on nimh..now i dont have to worry about toasting
the LOD on lithium.. the 10440 found a new home.
when i make another cree mag solitaire, i'll be sure to get pics of the diy heatsink process.
basically just a cree p4, lithium 10440, direct drive, decent heatsink, mule
style no reflector, retains normal solitaire twist on-off.
biggest problem was to address the heat issue. i was going to cut a copper
slug for it, but then simply decided to wind up coils of desoldering
braid, then melted a bunch of solder in the braid to make a solid heatsink.
besides the emittor..the entire head is heatsink-it's heavy.
soldered on thin wire to the cree and pushed the leads into the bulb
recepticle in the body. i used kynar wire for it's good twisting properties..and
screwed the head down. it works as a normal twisty mag solitaire should.
compared to LOD Q4 on nimh..now i dont have to worry about toasting
the LOD on lithium.. the 10440 found a new home.
when i make another cree mag solitaire, i'll be sure to get pics of the diy heatsink process.
