I got a 2AA mini mag led, and decided to try using that deep stock reflector and the boosting circuit with a UV Cree 1W 7090 Xlamp.
Since I was putting a big square LED into a smaller round depression, a bit of cutting was called for. I didn't want to have a huge gap between the thermal pad on the led and the heatsink and just stick it on like a few have done. So using a dremel, I removed material on the heatsink for the corners to fit
Between the dremel and the arctic alumina, I've attempted to isolate the bottom eletrical contacts without removing too much precious heatsink.
The retaining ring had to be cut too.
I'm not a skilled enough photographer to get the beam to look like it does in real life. Up close against a white wall (ceiling because I don't have any white walls) there are some rings and a slightly offcentered donut hole. Walking around a dark room shining it around though, it looks better, and has some decent throw for a UV light.
My wife turned off the lights for test, and now it looks like I will have bathroom cleaning duty tomorrow
Since I was putting a big square LED into a smaller round depression, a bit of cutting was called for. I didn't want to have a huge gap between the thermal pad on the led and the heatsink and just stick it on like a few have done. So using a dremel, I removed material on the heatsink for the corners to fit
Between the dremel and the arctic alumina, I've attempted to isolate the bottom eletrical contacts without removing too much precious heatsink.
The retaining ring had to be cut too.
I'm not a skilled enough photographer to get the beam to look like it does in real life. Up close against a white wall (ceiling because I don't have any white walls) there are some rings and a slightly offcentered donut hole. Walking around a dark room shining it around though, it looks better, and has some decent throw for a UV light.
My wife turned off the lights for test, and now it looks like I will have bathroom cleaning duty tomorrow