I decided to play around and take the SP40 apart and see what is what. Putting it back together i figured I’d leave the reflector out and wow, I like what I see! Pretty decent wall of light without a defined hot spot.
Ya see, I do a lot of new construction house painting (Cutting in and rolling) and a lot of times there is no electric so I rely heavily on a headlamp. Don’t like that hot spot glare. Sans the reflector the SP40 shines a smooth beam. Just don’t really like the tint and would like better CRI. Them similar colors start to be hard to distinguish with these older eyes. LOL
So, I guess my question is… what would the LED gurus on BLF recommend ?
Thanks. Does it already come on a board? Not sure if I know what I’m talking about. lol Where I can just de solder the round board and solder the other in? Sorry for the stupid questions. coming in this modding stuff on the ground floor.
No. They are too wide, too tall and there’s not enough material to work if you were to sand it to fit.
I sanded one of these to fit, as they have more play room (6.09mm vs 4.71mm convoy). It does affect the optic/beam pattern but it’s not a donut hole or anything, just more light is dispersed to the sides. I had to leave out the glass lens. :weary:
left, Sanded fastech >30º (19.50x8.40mm), Stock fastech 30º (20.17x12mm), 60º “convoy” pebbled 19.50x12.08mm
about 1 foot away from the wall
with glow tape
Lightly scuffing up the lens to make it opaque or using milky dc fix would achieve similar results with less effort, going with a floodier emitter like LH351D also helps.
