Texas_Ace BLF Calibrated Lumen tube / Sphere No math skills needed - Several spheres still available

In for one 3.5”

Payment sent

Payment sent

3.5”

Thank you.

Ok, the list should be updated the the latest payments.

Please check it over to make sure your payment is showing up. I have had 3 people now that sent the payment but it somehow went to the wrong email address and said it had not been collected yet. They canceled them and resent and it went through the 2nd time. No idea why yet.

At least one of them did it on the phone the first time and it worked fine on the computer later.

Payment sent.
3.5” version………Which I forgot to add to the payment note.
Realized I forgot that right after I hit send.

Got it and you had the most important info which is the address and user name, the price can tell me the sphere size, I just like confirmation.

I can confirm that at least 1 more payment was lost to the bowls of the internet (it was canceled and no harm done but still annoying)

I think I will try switching to a paypal.me link instead of the email address and see how that does. I think the issue is how the email address is copy/pasted from BLF. It must be adding a space or something.

Everyone please check your payments to me if I have not confirmed it, if it says it has not been collected and gives you the option to cancel the payment, then please cancel it and contact me.

Finally decided, payment sent for 3.5” model. :wink:

Sent by phone… Transaction # 36T68815KG157784C

Thank you TA…… :slight_smile:

On a side note. I was shocked at how much more expensive these PVC fittings are the larger they get!

But…… If you really want to be SHOCKED to the very core, price some 24 inch ones. Some of those are $2500.oo & more……. :person_facepalming:

Wow……. :wink:

Yep, some of the 6” fittings I was looking at were $230 EACH.

The price goes up exponentially.

I was just looking at some PVC tubes to check out the prices, and it turns out they have pipes in the same colour as the MT09R: green and khaki. :smiley:

I don’t doubt it at all. Look at this thing…
…… $421.68 for a clear 8 to 6 reducer!!! :person_facepalming: … :open_mouth:

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List is updated up to now.

Hi TA,

I've PayPal'd you the $100 for a 3.5" lumen tube. My transaction list shows the money has gone to a "Texas Ace", so I'm assuming we're all good ;) And all requested info was included in a comment with the payment.

Sooooo looking forward to this!! Thanks so much again for putting this project out there :)

-Ben

Yep, just got the list updated.

Money sent.
Thanks!

Keith

Money sent, shows “Texas Ace” in my summary.

If I understand correctly, the meter does not have an actual lumens setting, you’re using the LUX setting, and the LUX reading is calibrated to be the lumens number, correct?

Also, the calibration is done on the meter, so if the meter were to quit working or malfunction a new meter would need to be re-calibrated to the sphere? Or how would that work?

First question yes.

The calibration is done in the tube. All the meters should be pretty much the same. There is sometimes a tiny variation between meters, but no big deal. If you meter breaks and you have to buy another one it may read a tiny bit different, but it will still be pretty close to the original.

I was comparing a couple of LX1330B lux meters (sold under different names) the other day with ceiling bounces and they were within about 2% of each other. I’ll upload a video on it.

OK thanks.

Here you go. Check out the consistency. It might be closer to 1.5%. Pretty impressive for being made by two different companies. Maybe the same original company? I noticed the white diffusers on the receptor had a different level of translucence so they are definitely different meters.

TA is using an HS1010A meter which is not very expensive, maybe $20 at most. If you were worried about the original meter breaking, you could buy a second meter as a back up and compare it to the original just to make sure it’s within range or if it reads a tiny bit high or low. It’s not a bad idea.

Thanks. I’m not really worried about the meter breaking, just wondered “what if” and how this works.

I was looking at that meter back in March on aliexpress and banggood for around $12