victorzamora
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Hey guys, I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. I'm in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech and have a pretty solid working knowledge of batteries and simple electronics.
I'm trying to modify a flashlight to suit my purposes in technical diving. I don't know if y'all have heard of a canister light (I'm assuming you have as I've seen a lot of them on this site). A canister light is a light where the batteries are stored in a canister and there is a cable attaching the battery canister to the lighthead, which is typically mounted on your hand. If you are very familiar with canister lights, you'll know that it's not uncommon for them to cost over $1000. I think that's a little crazy for a flashlight. Prime example right here. Now, there have been multiple custom canister lights designed out there. I'm trying to make mine as off-the-shelf as possible. A lot of lights involve squeezing a 5*Cree R2 1200lm lighthead into a maglite and modding the crap out of both to get them to fit. I plan on using a MAGLITE-S4D016 with a dive conversion kit. Now, the problem is I don't want to have to hit anything with a lathe to get it all to fit. The glass lens in the dive kit is 5.2mm thick (thicker than the original lens). I'm looking for a drop-in light putting out at least 900lm. I looked at the Terralux 1000lm TLE-310mEX. I don't really need multiple power settings as all I need is "high", or a switch as that will be elsewhere. Any recommendations??
Looking back at it, how would an SSC P7-C work? Kind of low lm output....but I'd sacrifice some of the 1200lm from the 5*Cree R2 for a direct drop-in.
I'm trying to modify a flashlight to suit my purposes in technical diving. I don't know if y'all have heard of a canister light (I'm assuming you have as I've seen a lot of them on this site). A canister light is a light where the batteries are stored in a canister and there is a cable attaching the battery canister to the lighthead, which is typically mounted on your hand. If you are very familiar with canister lights, you'll know that it's not uncommon for them to cost over $1000. I think that's a little crazy for a flashlight. Prime example right here. Now, there have been multiple custom canister lights designed out there. I'm trying to make mine as off-the-shelf as possible. A lot of lights involve squeezing a 5*Cree R2 1200lm lighthead into a maglite and modding the crap out of both to get them to fit. I plan on using a MAGLITE-S4D016 with a dive conversion kit. Now, the problem is I don't want to have to hit anything with a lathe to get it all to fit. The glass lens in the dive kit is 5.2mm thick (thicker than the original lens). I'm looking for a drop-in light putting out at least 900lm. I looked at the Terralux 1000lm TLE-310mEX. I don't really need multiple power settings as all I need is "high", or a switch as that will be elsewhere. Any recommendations??
Looking back at it, how would an SSC P7-C work? Kind of low lm output....but I'd sacrifice some of the 1200lm from the 5*Cree R2 for a direct drop-in.
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