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Enlightened
my first mod in a long quite awhile. here's a pic of the output, which is very much under-driven but i'm not sure how much exactly. basically i just turned it down until i could run it without the heatsink getting too hot since it's in a plastic body.
this pic is with EL's 30mm optics. the picture isn't quite right, unfortunatly the checkerboard die is still plainly visable and the color is more yellowish. i took this mod into a nice sized cave last weekend (the big room football field sized) with the NX-05 optic and decided it was too much of a flood beam. Haven't tried the 30mm optic in the field yet but the beam is noticably better.
at it's current current setting (/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) it's lasting about 5 hours at constant brightness on four AA GP 1800mAh NiMH batts. Pretty good considering the output. the standard bulb has the same longevity and the LS blows it away in output and color temperature.
more pics...
it's well into hour 5 and still going strong, i'm going to wait until it starts petering off before i open it up for better internal pics.
btw, the doaner light is a hybrid of Easter Seals Headlamps, the battery pack is the yellow waterproof 4AA and the head is the normal red type.
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my old NiMH that have been sitting around doing nothing for two months must have needed a charge cycle to get back in the swing of things. the light stayed constant for over 6 hours this time. unfortunatly now it's too late for pics, time for bed =P. i'll try the write-right trick and post those results as well, thanks for the tip mcgizmo.
this pic is with EL's 30mm optics. the picture isn't quite right, unfortunatly the checkerboard die is still plainly visable and the color is more yellowish. i took this mod into a nice sized cave last weekend (the big room football field sized) with the NX-05 optic and decided it was too much of a flood beam. Haven't tried the 30mm optic in the field yet but the beam is noticably better.
at it's current current setting (/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) it's lasting about 5 hours at constant brightness on four AA GP 1800mAh NiMH batts. Pretty good considering the output. the standard bulb has the same longevity and the LS blows it away in output and color temperature.
more pics...
it's well into hour 5 and still going strong, i'm going to wait until it starts petering off before i open it up for better internal pics.
btw, the doaner light is a hybrid of Easter Seals Headlamps, the battery pack is the yellow waterproof 4AA and the head is the normal red type.
*****
my old NiMH that have been sitting around doing nothing for two months must have needed a charge cycle to get back in the swing of things. the light stayed constant for over 6 hours this time. unfortunatly now it's too late for pics, time for bed =P. i'll try the write-right trick and post those results as well, thanks for the tip mcgizmo.