rickypanecatyl
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- Nov 2, 2009
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Hey y'all! I'm pretty new to this and am having troulbe figuring out the units used to show the difference between a flood light, a distance thrower and something in between.
I used to make homemade lights with cordless drill batteries and MR11/16 bulbs. Some of those bulbs were more vague and were advertised as narrow spot, spot, narrow flood, flood while other brands actually gave you the degree of the angle. I think 4 degrees was the narrowest beam I saw.
I'm getting the feeling reeding this forum that the luxeons (sp?) gives you guys that info, but I haven't figured out how it works. Any chance someone could explain it to me? Thanks!!
Also similar question on this line, is there any industry standard for how far a beam reaches. For instance if your looking at Inova flashlights in target they say things like "see for 225'" "be seen for 2 miles". Does that mean it can light up a reflective traffic sign from that distance?
thanks
I used to make homemade lights with cordless drill batteries and MR11/16 bulbs. Some of those bulbs were more vague and were advertised as narrow spot, spot, narrow flood, flood while other brands actually gave you the degree of the angle. I think 4 degrees was the narrowest beam I saw.
I'm getting the feeling reeding this forum that the luxeons (sp?) gives you guys that info, but I haven't figured out how it works. Any chance someone could explain it to me? Thanks!!
Also similar question on this line, is there any industry standard for how far a beam reaches. For instance if your looking at Inova flashlights in target they say things like "see for 225'" "be seen for 2 miles". Does that mean it can light up a reflective traffic sign from that distance?
thanks