Ohhhhh yeah ...I just got done building my first luxIII light. Oh baby!!! The only thing is the beam shot looks like a hotspot slightly off center of a square. Is this normal or did I screw up centering the lp with the emitter?? I just think I could get a tighter beam but maybe not. Any suggestions???
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Chief_Wiggum
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All the optics are notoriously difficult to center. A perfectly centered optic will have the central hotspot squarely in the middle of the square flood portion of the beam. If you have a light with a front bezel you can unscrew the bezel slightly and tap the head until it lines up. Then re-tighten the bezel. Repeat until it's centered.
Takes a while this way, but I get it to line up correctly every time.
All the optics are notoriously difficult to center. A perfectly centered optic will have the central hotspot squarely in the middle of the square flood portion of the beam. If you have a light with a front bezel you can unscrew the bezel slightly and tap the head until it lines up. Then re-tighten the bezel. Repeat until it's centered.
Takes a while this way, but I get it to line up correctly every time.
ubermensch
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If, like me, you didn't get the emitter centered when your epoxied it, there is little hope for centering the optic.
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Sometimes the diode is off center in the emitter. There's nothing you can do to fix that.
