EMPOWERTORCH
Enlightened
Based on my recently constructed Toshiba equipped orange BT2 I decided it was time to mod a superbright 4 LED 2D torch using some green LED's in the same series. I ended up abandoning the PR bulb drop-in as I found that I couldn't get the devices to fit through the torch's reflector. So I have fitted the LED's directly into the torch from the front.
The four LED's took a lot of lining up and the output isn't as good as one would expect from a 4 LED torch. I definitely think that the Toshiba green LED's are not as bright as thier orange counterparts, the colour being more like yellow than green. It gives an odd sort of beam which is adequate for normal torch use but nowhere near as good a performer as my 3-Cell 2 nichia torch or my BT2 for that matter.
I shall probably repeat the mod using some orange Toshiba LED's and a 2 cell version of the torch used in the 2 nichia mod.
Does anyone know a supplier of very high brightness non luxeon LED's in green suitable for 2 cell torches? Preferrably in the UK...
Matt.
The four LED's took a lot of lining up and the output isn't as good as one would expect from a 4 LED torch. I definitely think that the Toshiba green LED's are not as bright as thier orange counterparts, the colour being more like yellow than green. It gives an odd sort of beam which is adequate for normal torch use but nowhere near as good a performer as my 3-Cell 2 nichia torch or my BT2 for that matter.
I shall probably repeat the mod using some orange Toshiba LED's and a 2 cell version of the torch used in the 2 nichia mod.
Does anyone know a supplier of very high brightness non luxeon LED's in green suitable for 2 cell torches? Preferrably in the UK...
Matt.