georges80
Flashlight Enthusiast
Well, after getting a sample of the BL4000 and testing it with my various drivers it was time to put it into something.
Using a FlexiLED head and machining up a longer body with some ridges to increase cooling area I dropped the BL4000 into it. Adjusted the height of the 'pedestal' to put it into the reflector's sweet spot and thermally epoxied it all up.
I then used an nFlex (configured to 700mA) in a small case at the end of the locline. Added in a 12V jack so I can plug it into any 8 - 24V DC source and it was ready to go.
Excellent artifact free beam due to the way Lamina makes their 'dome' and with the FlexiLED head I get a nice 60 degree spread. Perfect for use as a tasklight and with nFlex I can adjust the output level as required.
Here's some pics.
The idea is with ~ 12" of locline I can just 'wind' it around any handy object and adjust the head to where I want it to point. Next camping trip I'll 'test' it out in real use. It is BRIGHT /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
george.
Using a FlexiLED head and machining up a longer body with some ridges to increase cooling area I dropped the BL4000 into it. Adjusted the height of the 'pedestal' to put it into the reflector's sweet spot and thermally epoxied it all up.
I then used an nFlex (configured to 700mA) in a small case at the end of the locline. Added in a 12V jack so I can plug it into any 8 - 24V DC source and it was ready to go.
Excellent artifact free beam due to the way Lamina makes their 'dome' and with the FlexiLED head I get a nice 60 degree spread. Perfect for use as a tasklight and with nFlex I can adjust the output level as required.
Here's some pics.
The idea is with ~ 12" of locline I can just 'wind' it around any handy object and adjust the head to where I want it to point. Next camping trip I'll 'test' it out in real use. It is BRIGHT /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
george.