PCC
Flashlight Enthusiast
I had this thought the other day while replacing the Luxeon III emitter in my Cateye HL-EL510 that I had a perfectly good LED emitter that I've orphaned when I upgraded this light. What would I use it for? Same goes for the Cree XR-E emitter from the cheap Coleman headlamp that I melted and scavenged for parts.
Either the Luxeon or Cree LED is probably going into a cheap flashlight that I bought that uses a 6V lantern battery for the occasional power outage or emergency purposes. I had every intention of modding the heck out of that cheap $5 lamp but decided not to. Something about making a silk purse from a sow's ear. The hope is that it will produce a decent amount of light output and be able to supply light for a long time on that 6V lantern battery for the next "Big One" (I live next door to San Francisco so we know that a big earthquake is going to happen in our lifetimes).
So, what do you folks do with the old orphaned LED emitters you have from upgrade projects?
Either the Luxeon or Cree LED is probably going into a cheap flashlight that I bought that uses a 6V lantern battery for the occasional power outage or emergency purposes. I had every intention of modding the heck out of that cheap $5 lamp but decided not to. Something about making a silk purse from a sow's ear. The hope is that it will produce a decent amount of light output and be able to supply light for a long time on that 6V lantern battery for the next "Big One" (I live next door to San Francisco so we know that a big earthquake is going to happen in our lifetimes).
So, what do you folks do with the old orphaned LED emitters you have from upgrade projects?
