I am wondering if there is enough interest to convince Wayne to release a NexGen converter (assuming it's possible that is) in a doughnut or washer shape that would fit around a Luxeon emitter and go into an ARC LS or an Aleph head.
This could be a real boon to those folks that are experiencing electrical failure in their ARC LSs.
One thing that made the LS shorter than other lights was that the electronics were around the LED, in the space around and below the optic. By combining a Nexgen doughnut with an Aleph heatsink you could make LEs that would swap back and forth between the Aleph and ARC LS systems with just the addition of a battery spacer, or you could take about 1/4" off the length of a custom Aleph.
More importantly, the electronics would be accessible if you wanted to change a resistor or replace a blown chip.
PC board thickness and component clearance below optics/reflectors may be the issue that kills this idea but I'm hoping it can be made to work.
I have an ARC head in need of something like this, anybody else interested?
This could be a real boon to those folks that are experiencing electrical failure in their ARC LSs.
One thing that made the LS shorter than other lights was that the electronics were around the LED, in the space around and below the optic. By combining a Nexgen doughnut with an Aleph heatsink you could make LEs that would swap back and forth between the Aleph and ARC LS systems with just the addition of a battery spacer, or you could take about 1/4" off the length of a custom Aleph.
More importantly, the electronics would be accessible if you wanted to change a resistor or replace a blown chip.
PC board thickness and component clearance below optics/reflectors may be the issue that kills this idea but I'm hoping it can be made to work.
I have an ARC head in need of something like this, anybody else interested?
