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Make a dive light out of those free HF LEDs
Thought this looked cool even though I doubt I'll ever be diving
deeper than I need to in the hot tub. http://www.blip.tv/file/4106420/ A drill- some mineral oil & a few minutes time. Tested to 60 feet or so. [he showed his depth watch- I forget what it said] Jim |
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Make a dive light out of those free HF LEDs
On 9/15/2010 7:59 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
Thought this looked cool even though I doubt I'll ever be diving deeper than I need to in the hot tub. http://www.blip.tv/file/4106420/ A drill- some mineral oil& a few minutes time. Tested to 60 feet or so. [he showed his depth watch- I forget what it said] I thought it was a slick idea as well, pardon the pun. Did you notice the instantaneous brightness of each light followed by a somewhat less intense level of lighting with each light he tried? I've never noticed that with an LED light before. Jay |
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Make a dive light out of those free HF LEDs
Jay Hanig wrote in
: On 9/15/2010 7:59 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote: Thought this looked cool even though I doubt I'll ever be diving deeper than I need to in the hot tub. http://www.blip.tv/file/4106420/ A drill- some mineral oil& a few minutes time. Tested to 60 feet or so. [he showed his depth watch- I forget what it said] I thought it was a slick idea as well, pardon the pun. Did you notice the instantaneous brightness of each light followed by a somewhat less intense level of lighting with each light he tried? I've never noticed that with an LED light before. Jay this LED light is curious;it has all 9 LEDs in parallel,and no current- limiting resistor or other circuit that I could find. It seems to rely on the internal battery impedance to regulate LED current. So,battery type and charge level will be the difference in brightness between different flashlights. I note they are supplied with carbon-zinc batteries,not alkalines. I also noticed that Bell uses the same LED assembly and battery holder in one of their bicycle headlights,with a different outside housing. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |
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Make a dive light out of those free HF LEDs
On 9/16/2010 6:57 AM, Jay Hanig wrote:
On 9/15/2010 7:59 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote: Thought this looked cool even though I doubt I'll ever be diving deeper than I need to in the hot tub. http://www.blip.tv/file/4106420/ A drill- some mineral oil& a few minutes time. Tested to 60 feet or so. [he showed his depth watch- I forget what it said] I thought it was a slick idea as well, pardon the pun. Did you notice the instantaneous brightness of each light followed by a somewhat less intense level of lighting with each light he tried? I've never noticed that with an LED light before. I believe the change in brightness is due to the camera automatically adjusting the brightness for brighter conditions. |
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