milkyspit
Flashlight Enthusiast
Although I strongly prefer LED mods, lately I've been playing with some hotwire creations of my own, thanks for more than a little encouragement from both bwaites and Phaserburn, with an assist from Tweek in giving me a real education on all things rechargeable a few months ago! That's some serious giants on whose shoulders I've been able to stand! Thank you gentlemen.
:bow: :bow: :bow:
Anyway, not that I'm going to light the world on fire anytime soon with my hotwire creations, but it is a nifty diversion from LED mods, which tend to be significantly more labor intensive and usually involve quite a bit more componentry. Bill was generous enough to send along a 5-cell Mag Xenon Star bulb a while back as I can't get those locally... and here is what I've done with it...
Please be gentle as I'm but a baby in hotwire terms... oo:
Some hastily assembled photos...
Panasonic 2D light: IMHO one of the nicest "normal" flashlights I've ever seen! Killer feature is its GREAT stock reflector, see further down...
The GREAT stock reflector: not orange peel, not faceted, but rather stairstepped concentric circles. Never seen anything like it.
Light in hand for a relative size reference.
The spot generated from maybe 5 feet back by this killer reflector! I purposely left the window in this photo to show the comparison with the FULL SUNLIGHT outside.
Finally, just how intense is this beam? According to Mr. Meterman, 14,600 lux at one meter! Not bad!
The light is porwered off 6AA NiMH Rayovac IC3 cells in a pair of zero-resistance EL 3-to-D holders (the white ones... gen2).
Well, that's it. Happy little hotwire n00b in da house!
:bow: :bow: :bow:
Anyway, not that I'm going to light the world on fire anytime soon with my hotwire creations, but it is a nifty diversion from LED mods, which tend to be significantly more labor intensive and usually involve quite a bit more componentry. Bill was generous enough to send along a 5-cell Mag Xenon Star bulb a while back as I can't get those locally... and here is what I've done with it...
Please be gentle as I'm but a baby in hotwire terms... oo:
Some hastily assembled photos...
Panasonic 2D light: IMHO one of the nicest "normal" flashlights I've ever seen! Killer feature is its GREAT stock reflector, see further down...
The GREAT stock reflector: not orange peel, not faceted, but rather stairstepped concentric circles. Never seen anything like it.
Light in hand for a relative size reference.
The spot generated from maybe 5 feet back by this killer reflector! I purposely left the window in this photo to show the comparison with the FULL SUNLIGHT outside.
Finally, just how intense is this beam? According to Mr. Meterman, 14,600 lux at one meter! Not bad!
The light is porwered off 6AA NiMH Rayovac IC3 cells in a pair of zero-resistance EL 3-to-D holders (the white ones... gen2).
Well, that's it. Happy little hotwire n00b in da house!