Luxeon star in a Legend LX?

[Mike]

Does anybody out there have a Legend LX and a Luxeon Star with optics? I'm curious if the LS would fit in the LX head. Is the reflector in the LX removeable without damaging it?

Since the LX is aluminum it could make a nice heatsink. I also have some lithium-ion cells (from a cell phone) that are very close in size to 2 lithium 123's. That would make a nice small rechargable LED flashlight with the addition of a low drop-out (about 0.1V) analog regulator.

Thanks for your input.

 

[Tater Rocket]

Yes, the reflector is very easily removable. Take the lense part of the head off, and turn upside down over a soft surface. Reflector should proceed to accelerate until being stopped by said soft surface. It is just a drop in reflector. If you took all the stuff out, there would be plenty of room. I don't know how big the LS and such are, but there is most likely a bit of spare room, maybe enough for a step-up step-down. Honestly, I don't have a clue becaues I don't know how big the chips or the LED's are.

 

[Mike]

Thanks Tater Rocket. According to the spec sheet the Luxeon lens is 21.5mm (0.85") in diameter.

 

[Tater Rocket]

I'll have pics in a minute. I don't have a camera, but I have a scanner. The computer crashed when I accidentally scanned and the file was 80 something megs. I hate tif images. The computer is restarting right now. I will try to find a measuring tape to put on there too. How big is the board that the LS is on? is that 21.5mm the lense, or the whole board? That may make a difference.

Spudgunr

 

[Tater Rocket]

Sorry about the crappy pics, I don't have a camera. You can just barely make out the millimeter markings on the picture. I tried to show all the scratches on my lense with the white paper behind it, but that didn't work. Anyway, here is the pic.

If you want, I can enlarge the picture no problem.

Spudgunr

 

[Mike]

Thanks! Looks like there is plenty of room. The circuit board is about 1" square, but I've heard that it can be trimmed in other discussions.

 

[InTheDark]

I'm also thinking about putting a LS into a LX. Would it be better to power it with both 123 batteries with resistors, or use 1 battery and a step-up circuit? I'd want a flashlight that can drain every bit of power from the batteries while being as bright as possible, since I'll be ending up with a lot of semi-dead 123 batteries from the Legend LX, I figure that they still might have enough power to run an LED light. Is this possible or would I be better off waiting for a ARC LS? Or would running 6 white Nichia's be better than 1 LS? Anyone have any other ideas on what to do with half dead batteries?

Also, while I'm at it, I also have a lot of AA batteries from a camera flash that might have some life left in them. Can anyone recommend a flashlight that can use those? I was thinking about the Brinkmann Rebel. I guess if I had an ARC LS I could solve both of my problems.