I have been testing some different ones lately. It’s early days on this for me though. I don’t want to go for fan cooled either. I might go a cryogenic route, before I try to depend on a fan long term. :sunglasses:
Like using a Hot Rod Flashlight. I will be the only one operating these headlights I have been testing. Going down the road, with the air moving nicely over everything, really goes a long way to keeping things cool. When I am going slower, or stopped. I click the lights to low beam. Cooling at that level is easier of course, but in stop and go traffic for example. Very little air is moving around.
I have a temperature probe running to one of the lights now. So that I can see in real time, just exactly what is going on. Not that this set is the most incredibly powerful (60w). But that gives me a good look at how these are acting at different times & situations. Giving me a good baseline to work from, when I go up into the next level.
This tech is moving pretty fast to. So I thought I had better get started in giving it a try. There are 100w 14,000lm LED headlamp sets out there now. :cowboy_hat_face:
I have been using something like this, recently. What I like to call the ‘Heat Sock’ approach >
And it’s always a good idea to have a backup plan >