As long as we’re wishlisting, I’d totally buy this if it existed:
Really though, it’s the blue/purple/red parts I like the most, not the orange/yellow/green bits.
However, by itself, a bright neon traffic-safety yellow reflective glow-in-the-dark coating could be fun. Maybe give it an amber LED or a 2200K ultra-warm to emulate sunlight at sunrise/sunset. Add a pocket chain and wear it with a yellow zoot suit.
For GITD it would be best to have a white coating first for best results I guess. Safety yellow in combination with GITD (maybe even the blue stuff) should look interesting.
Doing some quick research it seems that GITD may not be up to standard, it’s perfectly possible, but reading up about people using it, it seems like it shows up with an uneven blotchy finish, not a nice uniform glow (it can also only be used with light colours for any chance of seeing the glow)
Possible, but it’s not the powder itsself that glows, it’s a pigment you add to clear/white coat.
So you would get a speckle effect. Obviously the more powder you use the less noticeable it is. But if I use too much the original powder won’t cure (the glow powder doesn’t ‘melt’ but bonds and glues with the melted powder coat, then cures)
Just FYI: Powder coating is an effective thermal insulator when applied to metal (even at the typical 60-80 micron thickness). So not a desirable material to be used to coat an aluminum LED flashlight… which generates heat and requires a thermal path to the ambient air to cool the emitter. Even worse is the possibility of overheating the battery due to the trapped thermal load.
IMO - although the colors can be vivid and pleasing, Id avoid this one.
A cigar shaped light like an S2+ will get very hot with 3 Amperes too.
For ‘normal people’ (lol) i would recommend not using more than 5x 7135 (1.75 Amperes) in a S2+ (or equivalent).
Even with 3x 7135 (1.05 Amperes) it will get hotter than you would want when it’s in high mode for 15 minutes.
This all depends of course on the surrounding environment too (wind and temperature).
Sure, powder coating will make things a little worse.
The heat will probably spread further towards the tail.
Yes that’s for ‘us’ if I make a light for a ‘normal person’ I don’t usually go above 2A.
The powder coat still does have thermal properties, just not as good as aluminium. It’s not a complete insulator
If i make a powder coated light for someone I don’t go above 3A (less with resistances) or 2A for ‘normal people’ (less with resistances)
I will probably offer the flourescent ones as hosts to BLF, to save cost. Although I can make full lights if needed. I would just advise not to go above 2-3A. And use single die emitters only. i.e. No XHP50 or triples (unless the triples are lower powered)
I’m assuming some people will run them higher but that’s there choice, just like we take leds that are rated for 3A and run them at 6A