Alaric Darconville
Flashlight Enthusiast
A friend of mine, knowing my obsession with flashlights and gadgets, picked up a Freeplay FPSL Self-powered Lantern at Atwoods for me. It's an intriguing device, with a dual-filament Xenon bulb for dual-brightness options.
I'm interested in modding it with LEDs, maybe setting it up to use one red LED when the switch is in the "low-power mode" for general seeing without too much disturbance to night vision, and a trio of high-power white or amber LEDs (or a combination for maximum light AND color identification) for use in the high power mode.
I'm aware already that there is a higher model of the Freeplay lantern, the 2020, which has a cluster of LEDs and a Xenon bulb, but I feel like the challenge has been lain out before me to build my own interpretation.
The low/high power switch just sends current through one of two pathways, the Xenon bulb having each a 300ma and 1000ma (or so) filament. It doesn't appear that any regulation is already provided by the flashlight, so I just need to rig up two different LED packages with their own resistors... I'll have to eventually put up a progress report on my website, if feedback, moral support, and maybe some technical suggestions prove sufficient to begin....
I'm interested in modding it with LEDs, maybe setting it up to use one red LED when the switch is in the "low-power mode" for general seeing without too much disturbance to night vision, and a trio of high-power white or amber LEDs (or a combination for maximum light AND color identification) for use in the high power mode.
I'm aware already that there is a higher model of the Freeplay lantern, the 2020, which has a cluster of LEDs and a Xenon bulb, but I feel like the challenge has been lain out before me to build my own interpretation.
The low/high power switch just sends current through one of two pathways, the Xenon bulb having each a 300ma and 1000ma (or so) filament. It doesn't appear that any regulation is already provided by the flashlight, so I just need to rig up two different LED packages with their own resistors... I'll have to eventually put up a progress report on my website, if feedback, moral support, and maybe some technical suggestions prove sufficient to begin....
