Last summer when camping I used this lantern mod (still without having made the roof, and it had a 1600K Luminus led that really was a bit over the top warm/orange) to light up the awning in front of the tent where we spent the evenings. Without being finished it already worked brilliantly. What I also noticed is that you tend to stare at your lantern, it appears natural to look at the light source, like you always look into a fire. So much more than with flashlights, a pretty important feature of a lantern is that it is pleasant to look at. That was actually the main reason to give it a roof, I like the looks of it and it looks finished.
Swapped the switch leds in my LT1 from 0603-amber to Luminus Cube 1600K 90CRI. A difficult solder job for a close to pointless change because the result looks almost the same, although slightly brighter.
I had to use a heatgun with narrow opening to do the reflow, which was new to me, never used it before. I learned how to not blow your led off the board, and how to not shift your switch .
As a finishing touch I slightly tilted the Thorfire “T”, for some Q8 nostalgia .
Without altering settings the current through the switch leds went down, from 442 microamps to 254, which is nice considering that they are a bit brighter too.
And of course the output went from narrow wavelength band amber to an actual spectrum with measurable CRI.
So in the end it became a bit brighter and it makes for a slightly better nightlight. Now on to finding out how the trimmer works.
I had one unused 10mm KD board with a Nichia 219C left.
BLF C01S with honeycomb optics (I have no longer any original C01S to compare) vs Nichia C01S with original optics. It was worth it, spot and color are much nicer now.
I have a crappy little headlamp/magnifier that uses 2 5mm leds. Years ago I changed the leds to Yuji 3200k hi cri and they were great! Just not quite enough output. The driver??? A single 22 ohm resistor and 3xAAA driving it. I added in parallel a 47 ohm resistor to up the driver current by about 25%. Much better now!
Old eyes suck! Just about to the point that I can’t or shouldn’t work with tiny SMD stuff.
Phosphor slip on attachment for my CuTi 1600mW 450nm pocket laser made from some stuff I had laying around.
Not the best tint or output, around 54lm but does convert the laser to a flashlight. Can serve as a dust cap too.
This probably would too with a better lens. In my experience turbo is also sometimes overpowering for as short as it lasts so that rosiness is lost in reality. Your pupils are so constricted from DEM LUMENS
Wow that FW1A is so green. I wonder if it is because Lumintop switched to the FB4 tint bin or is it because the reflector raises the DUV that much compared to TIR optics.
Occasional shit post necessary when times are slow.
“Modded” two Spyderco knives (Southard & Smock) which never got carried due to their clips to deep carry Ti clips. They will both see a lot of pocket time starting today!