Hello all, I'm new to most of this so please forgive my ignorance.
I work for CSX Transportation. I am constantly working at night and the "lantern" they require us to use is worthless. It's a typical 6v lantern battery and an incondesant bulb. It's very dim eats batteries and bulbs like pop corn at a movie theater.
Most guys would never dream of spending there own money on these to improve them but after a near accident I have decided that it must be done. There are a few articles I have found online where guys have modified them but most of them look like hack jobs.
The big issue as you probably know is the fact that the polarity is backwards for a led bulb. I plan to post some pictures of the light soon but here is what I want to do I just need some advice on how.
I would like to use an adapter to use 4 D cell batteries and not the 6v. Then I would prefer to go another step and use an adapter to use AA in place of the D Cells. I'm thinking the 3AA to D type. Then I would like to replace the bulb with something like a cree xp-g2 5 watt. I do not know what products to use and those I cant. I also do not know much about batteries. I would like to use lithium ion I think but again forgive my ignorance I really don't know. Any advice or help would be wonderful.
Thanks for reading
The lantern is made by a company called star headlight you can google them and see the pos I'm working with. Note they do make a led model but we are not supplied with it.
Matt
I work for CSX Transportation. I am constantly working at night and the "lantern" they require us to use is worthless. It's a typical 6v lantern battery and an incondesant bulb. It's very dim eats batteries and bulbs like pop corn at a movie theater.
Most guys would never dream of spending there own money on these to improve them but after a near accident I have decided that it must be done. There are a few articles I have found online where guys have modified them but most of them look like hack jobs.
The big issue as you probably know is the fact that the polarity is backwards for a led bulb. I plan to post some pictures of the light soon but here is what I want to do I just need some advice on how.
I would like to use an adapter to use 4 D cell batteries and not the 6v. Then I would prefer to go another step and use an adapter to use AA in place of the D Cells. I'm thinking the 3AA to D type. Then I would like to replace the bulb with something like a cree xp-g2 5 watt. I do not know what products to use and those I cant. I also do not know much about batteries. I would like to use lithium ion I think but again forgive my ignorance I really don't know. Any advice or help would be wonderful.
Thanks for reading
The lantern is made by a company called star headlight you can google them and see the pos I'm working with. Note they do make a led model but we are not supplied with it.
Matt