That was quite interesting but now………………….back to modding!
Actually I’m hijacking this from Djozz as he did most of the work.
I’m good at working out ideas and doing the rough calculation; Djozz has the skills and equipment to make it actually happen.
What did we do?
Well, I had a Thrunite TN31 that was already converted to an aespheric, doing 649Kcd with a dedomed XP G2.
I quite liked it but the led deteriorated after a while and at 549Kcd I decided it was time for further development.
The light moved to my storage and, as soon as a very limited number of wavien collars came available (early 2018 I believe) I bought
two of them.
The size I bought nicely fits on the shelf of the TN31, with a millimeter or so clearance on all sides.
This is quite important because a wavien collar not only needs to be in perfect focus to achieve optimal results, it needs to be perfectly
centered above the led as well.
I got a friend to drill the old led & ledboard out on a laithe and Djozz glued an old style XP G2 on a copper dtp board to the shelf.
After that Djozz made a copper ring to fit around the dtp board.
It’s function is to get the wavien collar on the correct height to provide maximum foton recylement. So to speak.
It then was fixed in place with three generous dots of heat glue.
The light color is not great - as expected - a dedomed XP G2 with a wavien produces a nice green/yellow tint but the throw numbers are
excellent: we measured 1,308.000 CD @ Djozz.
Translation: 1,3Mcd in a handheld size light; I call this a success!
It’s a pencil beam of course, but that’s ok. It’s a fun light, not meant to have any practical use. And fun I do have with it!
In the pictures you can see the various states of development, a comparison with other aespheric lights and a few beamshots.
The closest high voltage pylon is at 134 meters (146 yards) and the one farther away is at 713 meters (780 yards).
Below a small light, above to the right BTU Shocker (greenish due to dedomed XM L2’s), above that to the left Djozz’ BLF GT, on top TN31.
The beamshot pictures are quite accurate; but they do not show that we had a slight fog just above the ground, causing the light to spread out a bit.
Enjoy!
Edit: sorry but I can’t somehow get the pics uploaded. Will ask Djozz for help.