Rare 70 degree wide beam white CPF Arc !
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The_LED_Museum
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ken B:
Not the 50 degree with the ring in the beam but the 70 degree. Smooth, no hot spots.
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Is this a rectangular part or a round 5mm part?
Not the 50 degree with the ring in the beam but the 70 degree. Smooth, no hot spots.
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Is this a rectangular part or a round 5mm part?
TrevorNasko
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how bright?
The_LED_Museum
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ken B:
Hi Craig, the one I`m thinking of is on the Nachia website...I think it`s a 5mm.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
This is a milky diffused LED, not a clear one. An example of this LED can be found in the Zelco "J-Light".
It is mainly useful for very short range tasks and for milling about the house at night; and is is also suitable for use as a marker or pilot light.
I have a very recent specimen of this part, and will post a photograph shortly.
Hi Craig, the one I`m thinking of is on the Nachia website...I think it`s a 5mm.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
This is a milky diffused LED, not a clear one. An example of this LED can be found in the Zelco "J-Light".
It is mainly useful for very short range tasks and for milling about the house at night; and is is also suitable for use as a marker or pilot light.
I have a very recent specimen of this part, and will post a photograph shortly.
Hi Aragorn, I have a 50 degree Nachia in my Photon 3 and it is nice...but it does have a ring part way in the beam...that`s why I`m thinking the 70 degree might put the ring at the extreme edge...my 50 degree is bright...I beleive the 70 should be too as Nachia is improving the line in general...but I have not seen one yet.
I would like the Arc Co to try the 70 degree in one and send it to Craig for analysis and reveiw. It might be just the ticket we are looking for...I was hoping to drum up enough interest to push Gransee into looking into it. But it doesn`t look like I`m doing very well.
I would like the Arc Co to try the 70 degree in one and send it to Craig for analysis and reveiw. It might be just the ticket we are looking for...I was hoping to drum up enough interest to push Gransee into looking into it. But it doesn`t look like I`m doing very well.
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Lux Luthor
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Nice pics Craig, but could you shine it at a wall? Or is the beam so broad that the target won't light up well.
txwest
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From the looks of it, this is the light SF needs to put in their hurricane lamp instead of the bulb they use. TX
The_LED_Museum
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Guy Guyer:
Nice pics Craig, but could you shine it at a wall? Or is the beam so broad that the target won't light up well.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The beam is way too wide to set up on a wall, but I'll try a terget at around a foot.
Pictures are now done, I'll upload them as soon as I find a floppy that works.
Nice pics Craig, but could you shine it at a wall? Or is the beam so broad that the target won't light up well.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The beam is way too wide to set up on a wall, but I'll try a terget at around a foot.
Pictures are now done, I'll upload them as soon as I find a floppy that works.
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LED was somewhere around 10-12" away from the sheet.
Lux Luthor
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Thanks Craig. It looks pretty smooth, and appears to have a nice neutral white color to it. I prefer wide smooth LEDs to focused ones in small things like the Infinity or Arc. I think it might be worth a shot.
Darell
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ken B:
Be smart...vote wide beam white...it`s the choice of champions.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Oh sure Ken -
Wait until I'm on the road, then try to sneak this in on me! Ha... I'm on to you!
I have some 70* Nichias. They have their place (I'm using them for area illumination in my car-top cargo box). But for a Special Edition light I'm not such a big fan. You already KNOW what would excite me though...
High-output turquoise LED!
Don't feel bad - I got just about as many votes for that as you did for the wide white
I guess nobody loves us.
Be smart...vote wide beam white...it`s the choice of champions.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Oh sure Ken -
Wait until I'm on the road, then try to sneak this in on me! Ha... I'm on to you!
I have some 70* Nichias. They have their place (I'm using them for area illumination in my car-top cargo box). But for a Special Edition light I'm not such a big fan. You already KNOW what would excite me though...
High-output turquoise LED!
Don't feel bad - I got just about as many votes for that as you did for the wide white
Darell
Flashaholic
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by txwest:
From the looks of it, this is the light SF needs to put in their hurricane lamp instead of the bulb they use. TX<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You nailed it, Tex. When I first read the specs, I couldn't believe they were getting, what? 50 hours out of $40 of batteries! Dang. Would anybody actually turn the thing on? Imagine how long an efficient LED would run! Even on the "dead" 123's
From the looks of it, this is the light SF needs to put in their hurricane lamp instead of the bulb they use. TX<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You nailed it, Tex. When I first read the specs, I couldn't believe they were getting, what? 50 hours out of $40 of batteries! Dang. Would anybody actually turn the thing on? Imagine how long an efficient LED would run! Even on the "dead" 123's
Chris M.
Flashlight Enthusiast
Would anybody actually turn the thing on?
But everyone knows that the Surefire 12B "Hurricaine" was only produced as a means to sell Duracell DL123A batteries cheaply to SF users, right?
Under their contract with Duracell they couldn`t sell the batteries directly, only packaged with flashlihgts- so just invent a cheap "flashlight" that co-incidentally resembles a battery storage box, and stuff it with DL133As. The bulb is largely irrelavent.
Now they have their own SF123 batteries that they can sell on their own as cheap (or not as the case may be) as they like, I don`t believe the Hurricaine is still produced. I may be wrong, but- what would be the point? Fire up your Infinity and get nearly as long, on a 25 cent battery!
BTW I thought it was 50 hours on two cells, not all 12? Isn`t it right that it has a 6v bulb, and only 2 of the battery spaces have contacts?
But everyone knows that the Surefire 12B "Hurricaine" was only produced as a means to sell Duracell DL123A batteries cheaply to SF users, right?
Under their contract with Duracell they couldn`t sell the batteries directly, only packaged with flashlihgts- so just invent a cheap "flashlight" that co-incidentally resembles a battery storage box, and stuff it with DL133As. The bulb is largely irrelavent.
Now they have their own SF123 batteries that they can sell on their own as cheap (or not as the case may be) as they like, I don`t believe the Hurricaine is still produced. I may be wrong, but- what would be the point? Fire up your Infinity and get nearly as long, on a 25 cent battery!
BTW I thought it was 50 hours on two cells, not all 12? Isn`t it right that it has a 6v bulb, and only 2 of the battery spaces have contacts?
txwest
Flashlight Enthusiast
Chris,
No, it's 50 hours on 6 sets of 2. 8 hrs per pair. My idea with the 70 deg LED was to use the batteries that are to weak for the SF. TX
No, it's 50 hours on 6 sets of 2. 8 hrs per pair. My idea with the 70 deg LED was to use the batteries that are to weak for the SF. TX
JollyRoger
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You know, this might be good for the XR version? A nice, broad, even beam for looking at maps, your watch, close-up tasks...interesting.
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