Post some pics of your Tritium lighting (Trits)

[CoolHands]

as fitted to your flashlights please
I haven't seen any at all.

 

[nein166]

:devil:

:devil:

 

[tvodrd]

There's 5 of them in the bezel gap of my avatar.

Larry

 

[Anglepoise]

Something a little different.
I milled 3 equidistant slots in the lanyard collar.
Don't know how to photograph a glowing trit so had to photo shop it.

 

[Dizos]

Something a little different.
I milled 3 equidistant slots in the lanyard collar.
Don't know how to photograph a glowing trit so had to photo shop it.

That is slick.

 

[Illum]

Something a little different.
I milled 3 equidistant slots in the lanyard collar.
Don't know how to photograph a glowing trit so had to photo shop it.

easiest way is to point a UV LED at it then take photograph as usual. the UV makes it brighter

 

[jeffb]

1st picture goes with this McLux PD-S

Just received a Titanium Drake (Draco's little brother)body with trit........pictures maybe tomorrow!

 

[Skibane]

Oh, great - a "Show us your trits!" thread...

 

[Flight_Deck]

Oh, great - a "Show us your trits!" thread...

Ha!

Good one!!!

 

[Pumaman]

 

[Mercaptan]

Wow. Those are slick. Any more information you could post about them?

 

[sgtgeo]

sorry for the poor quality had to use my cell in poor lighting

SF C3 w/BOG Q5 and RPM tail with McClicky and 3 blue trits

 

[jeffb]

Here's an "old" one, my first "custom" and EDC, built by the "Master" McG

jeffb

 

[AlexGT]

Nice mod Nein166! How usable is the throw with that reflector? Can you comment on what you did to mod the Mag head to accept the tritium?

Can anyone post a pic of a WHITE tritium installed?

AlexGT

 

[nein166]

Nice mod Nein166! How usable is the throw with that reflector? Can you comment on what you did to mod the Mag head to accept the tritium?

Can anyone post a pic of a WHITE tritium installed?

AlexGT

If you wake up in the dark it lights up half the ceiling, picking it up I can see everything in front of me except the orange cat on the parque floor, poor CRI

I detailed it in this Thread

 

[CoolHands]

Wow - seems like they are quite difficult to photograph!

do they have to be 'charged' with a light source to give off light? How long do they give off light for? (eg 3 hours, or 5 hours etc?).

thanks guys

 

[nein166]

Wow - seems like they are quite difficult to photograph!

do they have to be 'charged' with a light source to give off light? How long do they give off light for? (eg 3 hours, or 5 hours etc?).

thanks guys

Try 12 years constant runtime. Tritium is a Radioactive Isotope of Hydrogen H3.
The gas is sealed in a glass vial that is coated with phosphor. The radioative decay of the tritium releases energy that is absorbed by the phosphor. The phosphor then converts the energy into visible light.
Tritium has a Halflife ~12 years. So they appear to glow for 12 years continously with no added energy (light, heat) but after the first 12 years it will be half as bright as when new and so on as the years go by. My 18mm sphere started with 10 curies of tritium and the normal 5mm vial I think has under 1 Curie. Its brighter but also a volume issue.

 

[Hodsta]

A fairly common set up of PEU Bezel plus trits but I do like this photo.

 

[B@rt]

 

[Braddah_Bill]

Hi Bart,

Do you know if these are being offered for sale?


Thanks,
Bill