Flashlight for Electronics use

[lctorana]

Hi, I restore vintage radios fior a hobby, and need a new flashlight for shining into dark corners of the chassis. It is used at close range, so needs to be bright but not dazzling.

Requirements are:

1) 2AA / 2C - that sort of form factor.

2) Must be made of plastic - no external metal at all.

3) No dark spot in the middle - no donut!

4) Medium brightness - I want it much brighter than a supermarket 2C, but I certainly don't want 100 lumens.

5) Must take rechargable batteries.

6) Preferably good colour rendition.


That's it. Recommendations?

 

[thermal guy]

SF g2 or g3 very bright and they are made out of a material that will not conduct electricity. there is even a led model that just came out. Not sure about rechargables

 

[lctorana]

Met my own requirement with bits I already had on hand.

Took a supermarket 2C, popped in 2 x 3AAA battery carriers filled with 1200mAh NiMHs, and a 6D MagStar Xenon bulb.

Job done.

(But that G2 looks rather nice though...)

 

[Pistolero]

Would a headlamp work in your situation?

Another thing that I've been curious about how well they perform is one of those Fiber optic doo-hickeys you slap on the front of the light. That way you have a nice little bendable light emitting probe that you can insert into dark spots.

 

[wmirag]

For elecrical work (including old radio's with HVDC), I use the Surefire G2 with an LED drop in.

There's no donut in my BOG LED and it is very white. Plus it runs 4 hours on the primaries I use. And it doesn't get too hot.

I believe the G2 can take rechargeables though I don't use them.

W.