Dorcy Cool Blue Bulb

[webley445]

I got hold of a Pr base led that I was told came out of a Dorcy Cool Blue. Can I use this bulb in other lights? And how many cells will it have to be to get optimum illumination?

 

[PJD]

I've used the bulb from my Cool Blue in a number of other lights. If you use it in anything less than 4 cells, your output will be noticeably diminished. The only light I've tried it in that it just won't seem to work in is a Docter Aspherilux 125. Right now it's found a home in my Energizer Arc White...coupled with the Arc White's CCFT, it makes for a very nice, long burning emergency light. There are brighter Pr based LED's out there, but the one from the Cool Blue serves it's purpose.

PJD

 

[The_LED_Museum]

It should fit any PR-base flashlight that uses 4x 1.5V cells and has a (+) bulb nipple polarity.
If the bulb shell is (+) and the nipple on the end is (-) then it won't work. That's probably why it doesn't work in a Docter Aspherilux 125, but I don't know where mine is so I can't check that.

The LED dome is ground down so it will work with the flashlight's reflector. The deeper the reflector, the more LED light becomes incorporated into the beam.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

I know for example that mine worked in a silly flashlight/radio that takes 4 C cells, and in a 3D light with 4C in it. I however just put it back into it's original home.

 

[PJD]

Craig...I tried reversing the polarity in my Docter Aspherilux 125, and the Cool Blue bulb STILL wouldn't work in it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif...Oh well, there's other options that I'm gonna try in it. I like the DA125, but I'll like it even better when i get it converted to LED!

PJD

 

[The_LED_Museum]

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PJD said:
Craig...I tried reversing the polarity in my Docter Aspherilux 125, and the Cool Blue bulb STILL wouldn't work in it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif...

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Well, that's #(^*ed up... one would think the Cool Blue blub would work in it one way or other... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

I still don't know where my Docter Aspherilux 125 is (and I looked for it, really, I did!) so I can't try it myself. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

 

[webley445]

I tried the bulb in an Everyready 4AA light I have. It puts out a pretty small spot. But the reflector is not the greatest.
I have a 5 cell with a better reflector, would it be safe to try?

 

[The_LED_Museum]

If you replaced one of those 5 cells with a shorting "dummy" cell, and the bulb nipple is (+) positive, you ought to be able to use it in that flashlight.

 

[webley445]

Took another route. Made a simple mod out of a Tap light, it runs on 4 AA's. Now I have a nice nightlight that will last a heckuva lot longer than the incan bulb that originally came with it.
I just have other lights that performed better than what I saw with the bulb so I saw no need to use it.
At least this way I am getting some use out of it.

***EDIT ADDED***
Man is this mod BRIGHT!! I leave it on at night so we can see the baby's crib [mainly to placate my wife] and I am having trouble getting to sleep because of the light it puts out. I don't ever want to hear her complain about my PalLights again!