I had this dead elcheapo lantern lying around the garage and wondered what I could make out of it, the battery was dead the bulb was blown even the charging resistor fell into two pieces when i opened the light.
I had on hand spare Osram 64610 bulbs but the reflector is made to take H3 style bulbs.
I cut the flange off the H3 bulb using a diamond saw blade in my Dremel, drilled the flange and mounted a ceramic bulb socket using the spacers from a Piu hi temp socket kit.
I then glued the flange assembly into the reflector using Arctic Alumina, to change bulbs all I have to do is remove the lens.
Sometimes things just work out right the focus is perfect and the throw is amazing. Currently I am using a 12 Volt SLA battery to test the setup but plan to make a battery holder for 9 18650's 3 X series 3 X parallel.
All thoughts and Ideas welcome, I'd like to know if anyone has tried anything similar or has ideas.
Norm
I had on hand spare Osram 64610 bulbs but the reflector is made to take H3 style bulbs.
I cut the flange off the H3 bulb using a diamond saw blade in my Dremel, drilled the flange and mounted a ceramic bulb socket using the spacers from a Piu hi temp socket kit.
I then glued the flange assembly into the reflector using Arctic Alumina, to change bulbs all I have to do is remove the lens.
Sometimes things just work out right the focus is perfect and the throw is amazing. Currently I am using a 12 Volt SLA battery to test the setup but plan to make a battery holder for 9 18650's 3 X series 3 X parallel.
All thoughts and Ideas welcome, I'd like to know if anyone has tried anything similar or has ideas.
Norm