My lanterns.

lanterns i modded. i have few more but those aren't as interesting as these.



red body.
black and Decker light, very strong body, compact size, originally was running on either 4d cells or 6v battery,
now it runs of 4 nimh d cells,
has p60r2 drop in, 1 mode. improved heatsink.
4 5mm uv leds.
3 5mm green leds.
6 5mm red leds.
2 5mm white leds.
5 10mm .5w leds.

black body.
dorcy waterproof floating lantern.
in it:
xp-g 5mode drop in, improved heatsink.
250+lm (claimed) warm smd leds mr16 flood bulb.
3 5mm white leds
12 5mm red leds.
9 5mm 375nm uv leds.
50mv green laser.
still runs on disposable 6v lantern battery

yellow body,
early 70's late 60's 6d searchlight.
runs on 6c cells.
p60 r2 drop in, improved heatsink.
12 0.5w 10mm leds.
8 red 5mm leds.
9 380-385nm uv leds.
100+mw purple laser.

thanks for looking

Wow, how about some beam shots? :twothumbs

crizyal said:

Wow, how about some beam shots? :twothumbs

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that could look like star wars with all that assortment of LEDs at once

+1 for beamshots.

I still like your Frankenstein-esque creations. Great stuff.

Beautiful lights! Are there any fans involved, or do the big aluminum pieces inside provide enough cooling? Comparison beamshots would be a treat! Cheers, Jeff

Nice work!

Thats is going to be a lot of work getting all the beamshots? (hint)

I'd love to see them fired up also.

Great idea for old lanterns, good job. Never thought about UV led's in a lantern, or a laser for that matter.

How's the beam look on the top light & how did you work out a UI to control them?

thanks guys.

no fans, added aluminium and copper pieces seem to be sufficient. leds work with no noticeable dimming, even after 30min.
i will take pic of beam shots, as soon as i have a chance, and figure how to do it with my camera.
but the brightest mode on all of them are p60 26mm drop ins, 2 r2 rated at 230lm, xp-g q5 rated at 300lm. i assume most are familiar with them.

ui is pretty simple, 2 of the lights were mentioned here
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/262913

the red one has original switch controlling p60 drop in, and rotary switch in the back that controls the rest of the leds.