Match's Contest: Guess the Lumens and win a prize!

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Why not just pour tons of liquid nitrogen (or even liquid helium) on the damn thing, like some PC hardware overclockers do? :smiley:

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Nice pOst. Congrats...

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What is a TEC?

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Thermoelectric current device.

As a very short explanation - it "pumps" heat from one side to another, resulting in substantial temperature difference between them.

So, for example, if you manage to keep one side of TEC at 30°C, the other side may be as cool as -20°C.

Thermoelectric cooling - Wikipedia - here’s more detailed explanation.

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Thanks. :) Didnt know about this abbr.

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Congratulations to PilotPTK!

Thanks again Match for the giveaway!

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Wow, that's one nice prize! I wish I'd gone with my spur of the moment urge to put down 1500 now, instead of going for the 'sensible option'..

Anyway, congratulations PilotPTK. I hope you enjoy your prize, it really is something special.

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A little too late to change now, here's to dreaming though ;)

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Congrats, PilotPTK!! You got the best prize ever!

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Man, that 3XP-G Mini-Maglite is seriously awesome. That's the best prize I've seen given away so far and it wasn't even the main prize LoL.

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Also known as a peltier plate. Match how do you measure the lumens?

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essentially the same as changing it to 2...afa the giveaway is concerened :-P

but I'm kicking myself for not guessing 1526 right after pilotptk guessed - this is the first time i'm VERY jealous of a giveaway prize

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I know how you feel, I actually joined BLF specifically to contact Match about how much it would cost to purchase one of these from him. But it was just a little out of my price range.

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How much was it?

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I don't remember exactly to be honest, it wasn't extortionate or anything. But the time it takes to make one of these takes it well out of the 'budget' light range. Think zebralight SC600 territory.

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100% an edit after results were announced. :party:

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Congratulations to PilotPTK :-) That is an awesome prize. Hope you enjoy it.

And again Match: Wonderful of you to do the tests and publish the results. Extraordinary to also make a contest out of it. You do us all a big favor with your efforts.

Thank you :-)

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I knew I should have tried to guess closer to PilotPTK with his extensive XML usage on his awesome builds. Congrats. Thanks Match!

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Thanks for the giveaway and all of your contributions , Match .

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