Just got my PhotonFanatic Tasklight Two.

[deusexaethera]

This thing is gorgeous -- bigger than I thought, but gorgeous. I knew nickel-plate looks good, but I don't think it's ever looked this good before.

For the record, the TL2 is ~2x the height of a CR123 battery, and a little wider in diameter. Not that that matters, but the product photos suggest it's smaller than that.

 

[Zeruel]

If you'll put up your pics of it, that'll be swell.

 

[Peter Atwood]

I have one mounted on a flexible shaft and screwed into a base that I made out of PVC fittings. I sprayed the base black. Makes a great little work lamp for my design table.

 

[PhantomPhoton]

Beautiful things are meant to be photographed.

 

[deusexaethera]

Wah wah wah, your needs...

With other commonly-found objects for size reference:

Taken apart because nobody has ever posted a pic like this before, as far as I can tell:

 

[Zeruel]

There it is!
Ooooo... the bling. oo:

 

[deusexaethera]

Yeah, the plating and the knurling make for a very photogenic finish. I first got turned on to nickel-plate through biking, because the gears and chains are usually nickel-plated steel/aluminum. Nickel is a member of the Chromium group on the periodic table, so it's shiny, corrosion-resistant, and harder than hell. It also doesn't flake off as easily as chromium does. So, all around, it's an excellent choice for durability and appearance.

 

[deusexaethera]

Question, though; does anyone know how to switch between the modes on this light? It's kinda doing it randomly right now, or at least it seems that way since I don't know what the triggers are.

 

[jch79]

It's a mini-FluPIC driver... the directions are - somewhere. :thinking: Check for Goldserve's threads, or perhaps on TnC's website, as I believe they sell them (or sold them). Once you get used to how the FluPIC works, it's second nature, but I understand what you mean when it seems to switch on randomly, LOL.

I love the TL1 and the TL2!

:thumbsup: john

 

[deusexaethera]

I got Fred to explain it to me, and I also helped him find a deficiency in his existing instructions. The short version is:

There are 5 modes:

1. high
2. programmable
3. low
4. unused (LED is off, changes back to mode 1 after a few seconds)
5. a special setting used to program setting 2.

A few seconds after the light is turned on, it will blink once. After this blink, turning the light off-on again will not result in a mode change. Before the blink, turning the light off-on again cycles from the current mode to the next mode. So, modes can be cycled by turning the light on-off-on quickly. The light will always remember which mode you stop at.

In mode 5, the LED will turn on high for a moment, then turn on low and start increasing in brightness until it reaches high, then ramp back down to low again. The brightness for mode 2 is selected by shutting off the light when it reaches the brightness you want. After shutting the light off in mode 5, it will automatically switch to mode 1 again.

 

[Eric242]

A few seconds after the light is turned on, it will blink once. After this blink, turning the light off-on again will not result in a mode change. Before the blink, turning the light off-on again cycles from the current mode to the next mode. So, modes can be cycled by turning the light on-off-on quickly.

Aaah, I always wondered what the purpose of that blink was :thumbsup:

Eric