Hi,
I just purchased Shockwave LED. Instead of feeding it 8 C cells all the time, I thought maybe I can do something like what Illumigeek did with his LC100:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/46495
But when I compared the beamshots with fresh 8 C alkalines (each 1.5 V) with 8 nimh AA cells (each 1.2 V), the difference is quite noticable. So I thought what if I put 10 AA nimh cells instead of 8, this voltage will add nicely to 12V like with 8 alkaline cells? The first problem is that I don't know on what voltage the ballast is at, it could be like with LC100 on 10.2 V. And the second problem is how to build such a thing. I think I'm going to use PVC pipes like Illumigeek, and some copper wires (?) and do some soldering. And what if I just overdrive the bulb a little, say the ballast can take some abuse, will the bulb break or shorten it's lifespan (form the 10,000+ hours)?
Anyone has other ideas why it should/shouldn't work?
BTW there are lots of reviews out there about this light:
http://www.lightch.com/princeton/a/shockwave_led.html
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/pt_sw_led.htm
http://www.scubadiving.com/gear/dive_lights/new_generation_dive_lights/
I just purchased Shockwave LED. Instead of feeding it 8 C cells all the time, I thought maybe I can do something like what Illumigeek did with his LC100:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/46495
But when I compared the beamshots with fresh 8 C alkalines (each 1.5 V) with 8 nimh AA cells (each 1.2 V), the difference is quite noticable. So I thought what if I put 10 AA nimh cells instead of 8, this voltage will add nicely to 12V like with 8 alkaline cells? The first problem is that I don't know on what voltage the ballast is at, it could be like with LC100 on 10.2 V. And the second problem is how to build such a thing. I think I'm going to use PVC pipes like Illumigeek, and some copper wires (?) and do some soldering. And what if I just overdrive the bulb a little, say the ballast can take some abuse, will the bulb break or shorten it's lifespan (form the 10,000+ hours)?
Anyone has other ideas why it should/shouldn't work?
BTW there are lots of reviews out there about this light:
http://www.lightch.com/princeton/a/shockwave_led.html
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/pt_sw_led.htm
http://www.scubadiving.com/gear/dive_lights/new_generation_dive_lights/
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