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Hi Everyone,
As one of your newest members I'd just like to introduce myself. I've been following the posts in this forum since I discovered it about 2 months ago. I've been in contact with a couple of you by e-mail off and on also. I thought I would start by suggesting an inexpensive but rugged little flashlight that makes a good conversion to LED general purpose household and "walking around in the dark"
light.
The flashlight is the Rayovac Sportsman Camper. It's available at Walmart for about $4.00. It's a four AA flashlight with the cells arranged side by side in 2 rows of 2. As a result it's only 6" long and very compact. The body of the light is completely sealed except for the switch and is made from a tough dark green plastic. The head is black and 1 ¾ inches in diameter and separated from the body with a bright yellow O ring. The light also has a rubber lanyard that can easily be replaced with anything else should it break.
I performed the old "smash the bulb conversion" and wired in 2 Nichia 5600 mcd white LEDs running at a conservative 27 ma apiece. I didn't care for the effect of the so called fresnel lens so using it as a template, I made a new one out of plexiglass. It fit perfectly. Lastly, although the reflector did concentrate the beam somewhat, I didn't care for the rings in the beam so I sanded the reflector with Scothbrite. That provided a much more even beam.
This flashlight will light up a whole room even if your eyes aren't dark adapted. It may not stand up to some of the tests that Telephony puts them through. It's definitely not water proof but probably fairly water resistant. I tossed it across the room onto the floor and it suffered no damage whatsoever.
I wouldn't run over with a car LOL but it should stand up to most normal abuse.
I'd certainly like to hear if anyone else has tried this one. Suggestions for improvement are certainly welcome.
Mark
As one of your newest members I'd just like to introduce myself. I've been following the posts in this forum since I discovered it about 2 months ago. I've been in contact with a couple of you by e-mail off and on also. I thought I would start by suggesting an inexpensive but rugged little flashlight that makes a good conversion to LED general purpose household and "walking around in the dark"
light.
The flashlight is the Rayovac Sportsman Camper. It's available at Walmart for about $4.00. It's a four AA flashlight with the cells arranged side by side in 2 rows of 2. As a result it's only 6" long and very compact. The body of the light is completely sealed except for the switch and is made from a tough dark green plastic. The head is black and 1 ¾ inches in diameter and separated from the body with a bright yellow O ring. The light also has a rubber lanyard that can easily be replaced with anything else should it break.
I performed the old "smash the bulb conversion" and wired in 2 Nichia 5600 mcd white LEDs running at a conservative 27 ma apiece. I didn't care for the effect of the so called fresnel lens so using it as a template, I made a new one out of plexiglass. It fit perfectly. Lastly, although the reflector did concentrate the beam somewhat, I didn't care for the rings in the beam so I sanded the reflector with Scothbrite. That provided a much more even beam.
This flashlight will light up a whole room even if your eyes aren't dark adapted. It may not stand up to some of the tests that Telephony puts them through. It's definitely not water proof but probably fairly water resistant. I tossed it across the room onto the floor and it suffered no damage whatsoever.
I'd certainly like to hear if anyone else has tried this one. Suggestions for improvement are certainly welcome.
Mark