wquiles
Contributor
Hi there folks!
I got contacted a couple of weeks ago by a diver in Canada to help him with an MR11 head that melted beyond repair due to turning ON while on the storage bag. He has seen some of my LED work at the CandlePowerForums and he sent me the whole assembly for me to replace it with a high power LED solution. By reading from my copy of Steve Lindblom's Divelight Companion, his particular setup seems like the typical DIY project as shown in Steve's book, so except for the melted/destroyed parts, everything looks pretty straight forward.
I am very experienced with making and modifying flashlights for the last 4-5 years, I am also a PADI diver (Advanced Open Water), and did a lot of diving during my college years in Puerto Rico where I went diving with my best friend about once a month for 5-6 months each year (warm waters from late Spring to early Fall), but I have not gone diving in 10 years, so I am looking at the experience and expertise of the folks here to help me along with this project.
My plan is to make him a new head with a single high-power MC-E LED running at spec (2.8 Amps) giving between 700-900 Lumens, with a new cord and cable glands which will mate to his existing 12V-based Canister. I will use an LED constant current regulator, and a textured metal reflector designed for the MC-E that I have recently used for another flashlight project that gives a great beam.
I would like to post photos and steps from the build here in this forum as I make progress, which will allow me to get feedback from you and others here in the forum.
Is this the right sub-forum for this type of project?
Will
I got contacted a couple of weeks ago by a diver in Canada to help him with an MR11 head that melted beyond repair due to turning ON while on the storage bag. He has seen some of my LED work at the CandlePowerForums and he sent me the whole assembly for me to replace it with a high power LED solution. By reading from my copy of Steve Lindblom's Divelight Companion, his particular setup seems like the typical DIY project as shown in Steve's book, so except for the melted/destroyed parts, everything looks pretty straight forward.
I am very experienced with making and modifying flashlights for the last 4-5 years, I am also a PADI diver (Advanced Open Water), and did a lot of diving during my college years in Puerto Rico where I went diving with my best friend about once a month for 5-6 months each year (warm waters from late Spring to early Fall), but I have not gone diving in 10 years, so I am looking at the experience and expertise of the folks here to help me along with this project.
My plan is to make him a new head with a single high-power MC-E LED running at spec (2.8 Amps) giving between 700-900 Lumens, with a new cord and cable glands which will mate to his existing 12V-based Canister. I will use an LED constant current regulator, and a textured metal reflector designed for the MC-E that I have recently used for another flashlight project that gives a great beam.
I would like to post photos and steps from the build here in this forum as I make progress, which will allow me to get feedback from you and others here in the forum.
Is this the right sub-forum for this type of project?
Will