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Hi, I have been hearing about this forum from a friend (Rich Scherer) for a while, and when the LS came out I got bitten. So I am going to try a conversion.
I have several questions I was hoping to get help with.
First, about the LED. I would like to get the lambertian Amber with optics. Future electronics only has them in quantity. Can we get them from Peter G.? I did not see where/how to specify which LS we wanted at his web site.
I am also curious as to the connector in the star /C It looks big enough to get in the way. Future Elec. has the plain LS (no /c or /o) available now in small quantities. If I like the amber enough I may convert a 6v lantern using 4 amber high domes w/out the optics and I don't know whether to get the plan LS or the LS /c.
Finally, I would really like to go for long battery life. I was thinking about using a switching regulator. Has anyone used them with the LS? I was trying to figure out how to tell if it is worth the cost and effort. Well, I'm not really worrried about the effort since it would be fun to try. Are there any examples out there? I found one here:
"The Perfect Cave Light"
but the regulator requires a minimum input of 4V so it won't work well for a 3 or even 4 battery light. I want to go for a D cell light which is not too large. I was hoping to do it with 3 Ds and a switching regulator if that makes sense. I know several people have converted 3 D cell lights using resistors.
I have several questions I was hoping to get help with.
First, about the LED. I would like to get the lambertian Amber with optics. Future electronics only has them in quantity. Can we get them from Peter G.? I did not see where/how to specify which LS we wanted at his web site.
I am also curious as to the connector in the star /C It looks big enough to get in the way. Future Elec. has the plain LS (no /c or /o) available now in small quantities. If I like the amber enough I may convert a 6v lantern using 4 amber high domes w/out the optics and I don't know whether to get the plan LS or the LS /c.
Finally, I would really like to go for long battery life. I was thinking about using a switching regulator. Has anyone used them with the LS? I was trying to figure out how to tell if it is worth the cost and effort. Well, I'm not really worrried about the effort since it would be fun to try. Are there any examples out there? I found one here:
"The Perfect Cave Light"
but the regulator requires a minimum input of 4V so it won't work well for a 3 or even 4 battery light. I want to go for a D cell light which is not too large. I was hoping to do it with 3 Ds and a switching regulator if that makes sense. I know several people have converted 3 D cell lights using resistors.