OK, so I have been quietly working in the background. I had an order for three lights and one for one so I have been working on those 4. I just finished those and am ready to move on to some more. Have 3 more to do right now.
So far, everything is turning out pretty good, I have had a few issues, but have been able to resolve them.
The most recent development is the use of a Cree MCE LED with a spot reflector from Fraen. I like this LED better than the P7... It is not the brightness, as they produce similar light, that I like but rather the driving mechanism. This LED taked about 13.6 volts at 700ma. I have found a fully potted, lid-mountable driver for this LED which translates into even brightness over the life of the battery. The P7 will dim slowly as the batteries decrease in voltage. The Cree, being a smaller LED will also have a better hot spot... Again, not super better, but better. Now, the down side is that the price for the Cree (more expensive LED), an additional 2 batteries and the driver and labor to get all the stuff incorporated will increase the price of the light to $550. This is still a great deal compared to others out there, but it is a price increase nonetheless.
BTW, I will still continue to build and support the P7 lights for $450.
On the 27W LED front, I have met with a rep from Osram and we are looking at options for that light.
The video system with the SST-90 is being developed and a machinist friend of mine is helping me design a suitable battery box for LiPo batteries that will power 2 SST-90 at arouns 1000 lumens each with flood reflectors. This will be a custom system to mount lights on an Ocean Sytem housing. This is turning out quite nicely.
Anyway, that's it for now.... Oh, out of this currently bing produced set of lights, I am keeping one behind to have it done in CAD in hopes to have these CNC produced some day.
