R.I.P. my lost or stolen LDO1 SS, I'm almost glad it's gone...

Chinook said:

Brass has much better thermal transfer than SS

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jon_slider said:

congrats on your new lights, sorry for your lost Fenix
I also thought Brass was an excellent conductor, and you are correct it is 2x better than Stainless, but, it is actually half as conductive as aluminum, and twice as heavy.

here is a chart from this page that says
"Brass however – which contains copper – is far less conductive because it is made up of additional materials that lower its conductivity, making it unsuitable for electrical purposes."

Material IACS (International Annealed Copper Standard)
Ranking	Metal	% Conductivity*
1	Silver (Pure)	105%
2	Copper	100%
3	Gold (Pure)	70%
4	Aluminum	61%
5	Brass	28%
6	Zinc	27%
7	Nickel	22%
8	Iron (Pure)	17%
9	Tin	15%
10	Phosphor Bronze	15%
11	Steel (Stainless included)	3-15%
12	Lead (Pure)	7%
13	Nickel Aluminum Bronze	7%

So companies that sell us Brass lights, are not really doing us any favors, even though we all think Brass is similar to Copper, brass actually only conducts about 1/4 as well

while Im raining on your parade.. the K18 uses PWM, is Cool White and Low CRI.. but yes, it will work with 10440.. Rock On!

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