Yet another question; Pelican L1???

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Anyone have one of these (pelican L1)? I realized it is only one LED and cannot be extremely bright, but i am interested in them because them are Lightweight (i guess??) and they are relatively inexpensive. In addition, who has them for the best price?? I found a guy on ebay that sells them for $11.50 each plus $5.00 shipping on the first one. I want one for me and one for my girlfriend so fom him i am looking at $28.00 when its all said and done. Thanks !!

 

[vcal]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by yzingerr:
Anyone have one of these (pelican L1)? I realized it is only one LED and cannot be extremely bright, but i am interested in them because them are Lightweight (i guess??) and they are relatively inexpensive. In addition, who has them for the best price?? I found a guy on ebay that sells them for $11.50 each plus $5.00 shipping on the first one. I want one for me and one for my girlfriend so fom him i am looking at $28.00 when its all said and done. Thanks !!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I carry one all the time, and I can highly recommend them. I do have an early one without the resistor in it. (I've heard that the later ones are resistored). This light of mine is just a tad brighter than my Photon 2 and just a little more bluish, but not much.
I've had a great deal of fun experimenting with different lenses (for a strong spot) and, hard to believe as it is, I actually get about the same performance out of it now, as with my Pal Gold light on high beam.

This is a very rugged, tough little keyring light-with PUNCH, but just don't believe the promotional B.S. about the 100hr. battery life-it's actually more like 90min.

(see Stingmon's page)

p.s.-BrightGuy had 'em for $9.

Edit-10/14: the L1's batteries are super easy to replace/change

 

[Cyclops942]

A friend of mine has been using his white L1 for a month, and has not experienced a diminished brightness yet.

Based on his rave reviews of it, I bought a white one and a blue-green one. Reading the instructions included with it told me that the light would dim noticeably if left on for more than 45 minutes, and recommended using it for that time or less, with periods of rest in between. This may be how they get the 100-hour battery life... 3/4 of an hour at a time.

 

[The_LED_Museum]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by videocal:
I do have an early one without the resistor in it. (I've heard that the later ones are resistored<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Actually, some of the more recent models are also non-resistored. :-O

The white, blue-green, and IR versions I got about three weeks ago do not have resistors , but the red-orange model has one (orange-black-black; reads 29.9 ohms on my meter).

All of these samples have a date of manufacture ranging from mid-August 2001 to early September 2001.

 

[The_LED_Museum]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cyclops942:
Reading the instructions included with it told me that the light would dim noticeably if left on for more than 45 minutes, and recommended using it for that time or less<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Then you got some newer versions. I can tell by that quote from the instructions, which was not present in earlier versions.

 

[Cyclops942]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stingmon:
Then you got some newer versions. I can tell by that quote from the instructions, which was not present in earlier versions.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe they read your review and realized they needed to do something to "justify" their 100-hour claims???

 

[The_LED_Museum]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cyclops942:
Maybe they read your review and realized they needed to do something to "justify" their 100-hour claims???

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You're probably right on the nose.
I tested a whole pile of L1's when they first came out, and failed to get continuous runtime of more than a couple of hours.
In many cases, they'd dim out substantially over the first 8-10 minutes.

Part of this had to do with crappy batteries. They ended up sh*tcanning their entire inventory and buying batteries from a different vendor. This is also about when the instruction manuals were amended as well.

 

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what does a resistor do? How does it help or ot help?

 

[The_LED_Museum]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by yzingerr:
what does a resistor do? How does it help or ot help?

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Normally, a resistor is used to stop the LED from releasing it's built-in supply of smoke.
Once all the smoke gets used up, the LED quits working.

The Pelican L1, the Photon, and other lights that use tiny, tiny batteries rely on the battery's own internal resistance to limit LED current to some level below the LED's point of destruction. These smaller batteries are also not normally capable of generating high currents, usually not being able to supply much more than 100mA through the few ohms worth of LED connected to them.

Try connecting a red LED to 3 or even 2 "C" or "D" cells, and watch what happens. All of the smoke inside the LED gets away, your room begins to stink of something awful, and the LED turns dark.
(The LED burns out, sometimes going out with a bang and/or a puff of foul-smelling smoke).

This is because "C" and "D" cells have a lower internal resistance and higher current generating capacity, and under some conditions can send several amps of current through whatever lamp or device is connected to them. This is especially true of NiCd cells, some of which can generate many amps for a brief time.

 

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Who sells the pelicans for the cheapest price??? I checked my local Big 5 and they dont carry them, and the other big sporting goods store near by had no idea what a pelican light was (go figure; a person working somewhere knows nothing about their job ?!?!?) Help me out please !!! Also, who has the best prices on krills 180 extremes to??? Thanks guys !! (For a reply, just post what you got, from where, the address, and how much $$$)Thanks