ledfanfromjuno
Enlightened
I have no special skills like you guys. I just read all your stuff and make do with what I have in my house.
So, I hate my two reactors. Therefore I don't care if they burn out.
I hacksawed a piece of aluminum tubing that is uncoated and that is the same outer diameter as the reactor tubing. I made the new piece long enough to hold two more AA batteries and long enough to hack out eight tabs of aluminum at the bottom. I bent the tabs outward and shoved in the tailpiece with the spring in it from the reactor. I then bent the eight tabs all around the tailpiece sealing it in the tube. I then heavily ducktaped the entire outside so its solid and has no sharp edges. I have no ability to put threads on with tap and die in my house. So I have to hold the two pieces of theflashlight in my hand and push them together with my grip when I want it to go on or off.
With 4 AA lithiums both of my two reactors glow bright blue but not any brighter than they do at lower voltage with white light. So lithiums are out of the question since this means the phosphor is going to go up in smoke according to your other posts with pictures on candle forums.
One of my reactors is brighter than the other one. The brighter reactor reaches its peak brightness with a brillian white when I place 3 fresh duracells and one nearly depleted alkaline freebie battery from ledcorp into the new housing.
The darker reactor will not reach peak brightness unless all 4 batteries are fresh duracells.
When I run my reactors in this fashion they are the brightest flashlights I own. They outshine my excursion pro with fresh batteries. They also outshine my ledcorp pro3 luxeon bulb in my 4 dcell maglite which was rated by ledmuseum to be 85000 mcd at narrow hotspot which is the same score the arc ls got at ledmuseum 85000 mcd on 2 lithium AA. Not only does my reactor now outshine my luxeon lecorp maglite close up but my reactor also outcasts my luxeon maglite even when the maglite is focused.
My reactor puts out a huge floodlight that illuminates everything for a good distance in the vacant lot behind my mom's condo.
However, I don't run it for very long at a time since the batteries start to warm up a little after a few minutes. Also, the polycarbonate head of the reactor I'm sure has no heatsinking which is why the heat is running back downto the batteries.
Also, I'm very dissapointed that I can't do a better job myself and put threads on a better screw in extension battery holder that is water resistant and easy to hold.
No matter, this is now the brightest flashlight I own.
Instead of this crappy reactor fix, I with I would have spent the money on a lambda illuminator or elctrolumens electroblaster or a trilight (I want to stay away from 5 watt luxeons since your discussions state that they are only guarranteed by lumineds for 1000 hours operation) hence helios mega6 arcls5watt etc are all nonos for me.
But at least my reactors that were only gathering dust before are now super floodlights until they burn out their magic smoke.
So, I hate my two reactors. Therefore I don't care if they burn out.
I hacksawed a piece of aluminum tubing that is uncoated and that is the same outer diameter as the reactor tubing. I made the new piece long enough to hold two more AA batteries and long enough to hack out eight tabs of aluminum at the bottom. I bent the tabs outward and shoved in the tailpiece with the spring in it from the reactor. I then bent the eight tabs all around the tailpiece sealing it in the tube. I then heavily ducktaped the entire outside so its solid and has no sharp edges. I have no ability to put threads on with tap and die in my house. So I have to hold the two pieces of theflashlight in my hand and push them together with my grip when I want it to go on or off.
With 4 AA lithiums both of my two reactors glow bright blue but not any brighter than they do at lower voltage with white light. So lithiums are out of the question since this means the phosphor is going to go up in smoke according to your other posts with pictures on candle forums.
One of my reactors is brighter than the other one. The brighter reactor reaches its peak brightness with a brillian white when I place 3 fresh duracells and one nearly depleted alkaline freebie battery from ledcorp into the new housing.
The darker reactor will not reach peak brightness unless all 4 batteries are fresh duracells.
When I run my reactors in this fashion they are the brightest flashlights I own. They outshine my excursion pro with fresh batteries. They also outshine my ledcorp pro3 luxeon bulb in my 4 dcell maglite which was rated by ledmuseum to be 85000 mcd at narrow hotspot which is the same score the arc ls got at ledmuseum 85000 mcd on 2 lithium AA. Not only does my reactor now outshine my luxeon lecorp maglite close up but my reactor also outcasts my luxeon maglite even when the maglite is focused.
My reactor puts out a huge floodlight that illuminates everything for a good distance in the vacant lot behind my mom's condo.
However, I don't run it for very long at a time since the batteries start to warm up a little after a few minutes. Also, the polycarbonate head of the reactor I'm sure has no heatsinking which is why the heat is running back downto the batteries.
Also, I'm very dissapointed that I can't do a better job myself and put threads on a better screw in extension battery holder that is water resistant and easy to hold.
No matter, this is now the brightest flashlight I own.
Instead of this crappy reactor fix, I with I would have spent the money on a lambda illuminator or elctrolumens electroblaster or a trilight (I want to stay away from 5 watt luxeons since your discussions state that they are only guarranteed by lumineds for 1000 hours operation) hence helios mega6 arcls5watt etc are all nonos for me.
But at least my reactors that were only gathering dust before are now super floodlights until they burn out their magic smoke.
