Bradlee
Enlightened
I was reading a thread about LED_ASAP modding an Inova X1 with a luxeon star. He noted that the hotspot was slightly larger than with the stock LED since the star sat closer to the lens. So, I was wondering, has anyone tried using a regular 5mm LED and just situating it closer to the lens in order to obtain a bigger hotspot? Basically, the stock LED would be replaced with a new LED with longer leads (See bad picture below)to obtain a light with bigger hotspot:
I don't see why it wouldn't work, but if I'm missing anything, I'd like to know it before freeze-popping my X1. If I understand the inside of the X1 correctly, I imagine that the light would also output more lumens if one were to do this since less light would be lost "bouncing arround" inside the battery tube.
Thanks
-Brad
I don't see why it wouldn't work, but if I'm missing anything, I'd like to know it before freeze-popping my X1. If I understand the inside of the X1 correctly, I imagine that the light would also output more lumens if one were to do this since less light would be lost "bouncing arround" inside the battery tube.
Thanks
-Brad