Amondotech 3x 3watt led-Anyone??

http://www.amondotech.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=864
Anyone have one of these? Looks like a really powerful light for the money. I'll probably keep in under the seat of the truck.

I wouldnt put any money on those lumen ratings.

-David

Yeah, the lumens are out of line. I have one and its is a pretty bright light. Quality and finish is good. I was lucky in being a multiple luxeon lottery winner. Remember that you have to win all three!

fieldops said:

Remember that you have to win all three!

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Good luck with that

-David

I have one that rides around in the truck as well & like it a lot.
Mine is sleeved for 4 "C" cells, wakes it right up...

mckevin said:

I have one that rides around in the truck as well & like it a lot.
Mine is sleeved for 4 "C" cells, wakes it right up...

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Hmmm..sleeved? The 4 C's won't burn it up? What's the sleeve made of? I have access to a machine shop where I work (I'm not a machinist, but one of them owes me a favor )

If you can get significant machine shop services, you might consider having a tube extension made so it can hold 4 D cells. THAT will wake this light up and give a power supply to match it's design. Otherwise, it's resistored to drive the LEDs pretty conservatively. I don't think you would consider it bright unless you put in 4xC nimh's, otherwise.

Originally Posted by fieldops:
Yeah, the lumens are out of line. I have one and its is a pretty bright light. Quality and finish is good. I was lucky in being a multiple luxeon lottery winner. Remember that you have to win all three!

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Looks like Mckevin hit the Powerball too:

Originally Posted by mckevin:
I have one that rides around in the truck as well & like it a lot.
Mine is sleeved for 4 "C" cells, wakes it right up...

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get it? POWERball! -LOL!
Bernie

nerdgineer said:

If you can get significant machine shop services, you might consider having a tube extension made so it can hold 4 D cells. THAT will wake this light up and give a power supply to match it's design. Otherwise, it's resistored to drive the LEDs pretty conservatively. I don't think you would consider it bright unless you put in 4xC nimh's, otherwise.

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Not that significant. It would be nice, tho...

old4x4 said:

Hmmm..sleeved? The 4 C's won't burn it up? What's the sleeve made of? I have access to a machine shop where I work (I'm not a machinist, but one of them owes me a favor )

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The sleeve can be a small section of PVC tube (1 inch I.D., about 7 inches long).
I was going to get one of these lights and run it with the mod, but I stumbled across an EL Tri-Star Phazer on eBay. I'm very happy with it and the mod is supposed to run the Nuwai at about the same brightness.

Here are a couple of threads you might find of interest:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/77178

http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=98410&highlight=TM-800X3

If the mod does make output in the TSPhazer class, then here are a couple of posts with beam shots:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/794565&postcount=1

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/839866&postcount=4

Regards,
Greg

Lots of great info!! Thanks, gb6491