FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public

One might even be shocked by surprising gnus… bewildered by a wildebeest.

Hey, it could happen. Especially if they were trained as ninjas.

Perfectly clear to me.

Good thing it can’t sense light while also illuminating. That should substantially reduce the chances of it being shocked if you use it to surprise a nude.

Send a prototype to me, I’ll fix it :smiley:

I am interested in one please.

Also interested in one light

Depending on the user to apply Kapton tape to fix a design defect might be effective, but isn’t good marketing.

If they sell 2,000 of these lights but get 200 complaints of faults that the user has to fix… ugh! The sale of the light will turn into a fiasco for Lumintop. Not everyone will have Kapton tape or want to apply it themselves to their light.

Better to just get it right the first time and design the light so getting a fault between the tubes is not possible, even if the anodizing is slightly thin or the light takes an impact.

100% agree.

TBH I do not trust the sort of anodising typically found on these sorts of things as an insulator.

Coming from a mil-aerospace background I do know a little about anodising, and this sort of application would need an expensive, slow, thick, true hard anodise to pass my design review.

Or some other insulating medium in-between, i.e. a collar or spacer.

For example, see TI’s design notes for mounting the good old TO-3 hermetic transistor package:

Page 3:

_The typical surface treatment for aluminum heat sinks is black
anodized(4) per MIL-A-8625, Type II. This surface treatment
prevents corrosion and maximizes thermal performance. Do
not trust this surface treatment to provide electrical insulation.
For electrical insulation, always specify hard anodized, 0.001
inch thick, per MIL-A-8625, Type III. This file hard surface
treatment resists scratches and punctures, and is typically
rated for 200VDC electrical insulation for a 0.001 inch thick
treatment._

http://metalfinishingsltd.co.uk/treatments/hard-anodising/

Of course this torch is unlikely to be built to mil-spec standards (would not be affordable if so), but I’m sure there are simple ways to make the inner tube a reliable robust signalling mechanism, with a little attention to detail.

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Short list, Last requests .
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You are number No. #48 on: Interest List , Post # 4 , ” Page 1 , “:FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public - #4 by FW3A_Team

+2, I put it in the number #1190 and #1191 on ” Interest list updated by pepinfaxera, View page 105 , “:FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public - #3127 by pepinfaxera

For a total of 3 lights .
How many lanterns do you want in total? … x … units? .

You are number No. #163 on: Interest List , Post # 4 , ” Page 1 , “:FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public - #4 by FW3A_Team

+1, I put it in the number #1198 on ” Interest list updated by pepinfaxera, View page 105 , “:FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public - #3127 by pepinfaxera

For a total of 2 lights .
How many lanterns do you want in total? … x … units? .

Everything looks good but how long is the wait until we can purchase this light?

This just in : Nude Gnu’s in the News!

You know the manufacturer has fallen behind when we, at the flashlight forum, are forced through sheer boredom to consider nude gnu’s. Just sayin…

I can be wrong on this, but hasn’t a prototype not a thin oring between the tubes on the head side?
Thougt I read about it on the Taschenlampen-Forum. Would be a cheap elegant solution to keep them in place.

Joe

That could work. But I’d think you’d need 2 o-rings. One at each end of the battery tube to insure that the inner tube floats away from the outer tube at all points. You would also need slots in preferably the inner tube to keep the o-rings in place. I’m not sure the inner tube is thick enough for o-ring slots.

Better would be a thin shrink-wrap like the ones used on 18650’s.

put me down for 1 please.

Yes, the tail has an O-ring between the two tubes. Perhaps the front end should too… if there’s a way to actually get a thin enough one in place.

Fritz took his prototype apart. It apparently also works with rubber boots.

I try to check TLF from time to time, but there is usually not much nude gnu news. Instead, I find other funny things to read:

:smiley:

Looks Great!

Please update quantity to now be a total of 2 for #965 StevenK (I believe that is the #)

Thanks,
Steven