Emergency light for Christchurch relatives - brainstorm ideas wanted.

pmath

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Folks,



I would really appreciate your ideas. My wife's family are all OK but without power, water or sewage and their houses are badly damaged. Grandma is a bit over candle-lit dinners.



I've built lots of bike lights over the years and have stock of Luxeon IIIs. I'm tinking I'd like to belt something toghether over the weekend to send with a friend who is flying into ChCh early next week.



Where I am stuck is that what is needed is general lighting not reach.



How well do you think an emitter without optics under some sort of a diffusing dome would work?



I wont use a controller board, just a current regulating resistor fed by AA batteries.



Your thoughts might save me some prototyping time.



Cheers



Peter (in Melbourne)
 
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