Hi All,

I have a couple of lamps Id like to upgrade to LED, but am unsure what bulbs to buy...,,

First is a Coleman camping light that has 4AAs arranged 2 in // in series with 2 in // such that I presume they provide 3V at the bulb. The previous bulb was a push in type as commonly found in bike lamps.



The other is a 3 x D Cell Maglite. (Cant remember offhand what sort of bulb this takes). Id rather go for something that will just plug in and work rather than converting an existing bulb (if that is possible).

Can anyone give me links to suitable bulbs on eBay / Amazon / wherever (prefer to buy single bulbs rather than 10 off)

Cheers

In article ,
wrote:

Hi All,

I have a couple of lamps I‘d like to upgrade to LED, but am unsure what
bulbs to buy...,,

First is a Coleman camping light that has 4AAs arranged 2 in // in series
with 2 in // such that I presume they provide 3V at the bulb. The
previous bulb was a push in type as commonly found in bike lamps.



The other is a 3 x D Cell Maglite. (Can‘t remember offhand what sort of
bulb this takes). I‘d rather go for something that will just plug in and
work rather than converting an existing bulb (if that is possible).

There are conversion kits available for Maglites - I bought one a few years
ago. Just type " Maglite LED conversion" into ebay's search field

Can anyone give me links to suitable bulbs on eBay / Amazon / wherever
(prefer to buy single bulbs rather than 10 off)

Cheers

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England

On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 09:27:15 -0800 (PST)
wrote:

Hi All,

I have a couple of lamps Id like to upgrade to LED, but am unsure
what bulbs to buy...,,

First is a Coleman camping light that has 4AAs arranged 2 in // in
series with 2 in // such that I presume they provide 3V at the bulb.
The previous bulb was a push in type as commonly found in bike lamps.



The other is a 3 x D Cell Maglite. (Cant remember offhand what sort
of bulb this takes). Id rather go for something that will just plug
in and work rather than converting an existing bulb (if that is
possible).

Can anyone give me links to suitable bulbs on eBay / Amazon /
wherever (prefer to buy single bulbs rather than 10 off)

Searching
3v bulb replacement led
gives plenty of results on eBay and Amazon.
I got some 6V ones for a dynamo years back and never got around to
using them, so I can't say how good they are (still using halogen).
But I just got another dynamo for a different bike, so might give them
a go soon.

On 04/03/2018 17:27, wrote:

Hi All,

I have a couple of lamps Id like to upgrade to LED, but am unsure what bulbs to buy...,,

First is a Coleman camping light that has 4AAs arranged 2 in // in series with 2 in // such that I presume they provide 3V at the bulb. The previous bulb was a push in type as commonly found in bike lamps.



The other is a 3 x D Cell Maglite. (Cant remember offhand what sort of bulb this takes). Id rather go for something that will just plug in and work rather than converting an existing bulb (if that is possible).

Can anyone give me links to suitable bulbs on eBay / Amazon / wherever (prefer to buy single bulbs rather than 10 off)

Cheers

Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of being
semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing too far
ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now so bright
that we need some rules on intensity and potential to dazzle other road
users. If a car driver is dazzled they can't see other road users, and
that's bad for everyone.

On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 19:58:54 +0000
wrote:

Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of
being semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing
too far ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now
so bright that we need some rules on intensity and potential to
dazzle other road users.

There already are rules (Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations IIRC) and
some cyclists ignore them just as some car drivers do, whether purposely
or not, in ignorance or malice ... who can say?
At least it makes a change from people complaining about unlit bikes.

There already are rules (Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations IIRC) and
some cyclists ignore them just as some car drivers do,

'tu quoque'. As usual.



Lighting up the air - like the people who put PIR Floods on their home -
waste half the light by pointing it horizontally to annoy the most people.

On 2018-03-04 19:58, wrote:

Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of being
semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing too far
ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now so bright
that we need some rules on intensity and potential to dazzle other road
users. If a car driver is dazzled they can't see other road users, and
that's bad for everyone.

+1 If bicycle lights are going to be as bright as car headlights they
should have the same beam-shaping and dipping arrangements.


--
Graham Nye
news(a)thenyes.org.uk

On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 09:27:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:


Hi All,

I have a couple of lamps I’d like to upgrade to LED, but am unsure what bulbs to buy...,,

First is a Coleman camping light that has 4AAs arranged 2 in // in series with 2 in // such that I presume they provide 3V at the bulb. The previous bulb was a push in type as commonly found in bike lamps.

The other is a 3 x D Cell Maglite. (Can’t remember offhand what sort of bulb this takes). I’d rather go for something that will just plug in and work rather than converting an existing bulb (if that is possible).

Can anyone give me links to suitable bulbs on eBay / Amazon / wherever (prefer to buy single bulbs rather than 10 off)

Cheers

From my bookmarks:

http://www.reflectalite.com/LEDpage.html

http://www.reuk.co.uk/wordpress/ligh...aglite-to-led/

https://www.ledsupply.com/blog/guide...lite-upgrades/

http://www.led-resource.com/2010/01/...iew-and-guide/

Regards
- Mike

On 04/03/2018 20:13, Rob Morley wrote:
On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 19:58:54 +0000
wrote:

Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of
being semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing
too far ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now
so bright that we need some rules on intensity and potential to
dazzle other road users.

There already are rules (Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations IIRC) and
some cyclists ignore them just as some car drivers do, whether purposely
or not, in ignorance or malice ... who can say?
At least it makes a change from people complaining about unlit bikes.

Even if all the rules are followed, they don't AIUI cover headtorches
(or anything not mounted on the bike) which can be quite annoying.

Cheers
--
Clive

On Tue, 6 Mar 2018 11:18:15 +0000
Clive Arthur wrote:

On 04/03/2018 20:13, Rob Morley wrote:

There already are rules (Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations IIRC) and
some cyclists ignore them just as some car drivers do, whether
purposely or not, in ignorance or malice ... who can say?
At least it makes a change from people complaining about unlit
bikes.
Even if all the rules are followed, they don't AIUI cover headtorches
(or anything not mounted on the bike) which can be quite annoying.

Indeed. Hopefully it won't take a fatal accident to focus legislator's
attention on the problem of inconsiderate use of high powered lamps.
(The car regs probably need updating too, because they're based on
tungsten filament technology.)

In article ,
wrote:
Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of being
semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing too far
ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now so bright
that we need some rules on intensity and potential to dazzle other road
users. If a car driver is dazzled they can't see other road users, and
that's bad for everyone.

But that is the whole point of lights on any two wheeled vehicle. The more
they dazzle a car driver, the safer the rider feels. Or something.

--
*Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 7:58:59 PM UTC, wrote:

Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of being
semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing too far
ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now so bright
that we need some rules on intensity and potential to dazzle other road
users. If a car driver is dazzled they can't see other road users, and
that's bad for everyone.

I have the same problem with FOG lights!

On Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 8:14:02 PM UTC, Rob Morley wrote:
On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 19:58:54 +0000
wrote:

Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of
being semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing
too far ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now
so bright that we need some rules on intensity and potential to
dazzle other road users.

There already are rules (Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations IIRC) and
some cyclists ignore them just as some car drivers do, whether purposely
or not, in ignorance or malice ... who can say?
At least it makes a change from people complaining about unlit bikes.

700 Lumens were not enough!

http://www.swldxer.co.uk/numpty.wmv

On Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 9:31:34 PM UTC, Graham Nye wrote:
On 2018-03-04 19:58, wrote:

Whichever you buy, PLEASE point it downwards. I'm getting tired of being
semi-blinded by idiots on bikes who have their lights pointing too far
ahead. I'm generally anti-legislation but bike lights are now so bright
that we need some rules on intensity and potential to dazzle other road
users. If a car driver is dazzled they can't see other road users, and
that's bad for everyone.

+1 If bicycle lights are going to be as bright as car headlights they
should have the same beam-shaping and dipping arrangements.



Like this?

http://www.swldxer.co.uk/numpty.wmv