I got some goodies in the mail yesterday. Wow, they light up! Up until this point, my Zetex circuits have only been powering up Luxeon simulators.
I removed the emitter from one of the stars, and soldered it to a waiting ZLT+ module.
The heatsink on top used to be a penny. And the contact point on the bottom used to be a thumb tack.
The module is a bit thick, so some trimming of the tail switch is required.
The Brinkman reflector turnes out to be too shallow to reach the Luxeon, so I use a spare M*g AA reflector. Here is the finished product next to my ARC-LS.
The center detail is lost by the camera. The ARC beam is actualy much better than the modified Brinkman. And the ARC would have been brighter if I was using the CR123A battery pack. But it has used AA's in it whereas my Brinkman has fresh ones. I only have one more M*g reflector, so I think I need to order some 30mm optics and see how they look.
I think my next version will drop in the top of the Brinkman so as not to take up so much space in the battery tube. I don't want to have to modify any more switches. A hack saw, Drimmel tool, and file make for a lengthy mod process. (I need better tools.)
I removed the emitter from one of the stars, and soldered it to a waiting ZLT+ module.
The heatsink on top used to be a penny. And the contact point on the bottom used to be a thumb tack.
The module is a bit thick, so some trimming of the tail switch is required.
The Brinkman reflector turnes out to be too shallow to reach the Luxeon, so I use a spare M*g AA reflector. Here is the finished product next to my ARC-LS.
The center detail is lost by the camera. The ARC beam is actualy much better than the modified Brinkman. And the ARC would have been brighter if I was using the CR123A battery pack. But it has used AA's in it whereas my Brinkman has fresh ones. I only have one more M*g reflector, so I think I need to order some 30mm optics and see how they look.
I think my next version will drop in the top of the Brinkman so as not to take up so much space in the battery tube. I don't want to have to modify any more switches. A hack saw, Drimmel tool, and file make for a lengthy mod process. (I need better tools.)