6 Xm-l light bar build

Looking good, did you consider the U2 binned emitters?

Nope. I will not go over 5000k for these. Any higher then that and it causes eye fatigue and no color rendering. Not good for fast driving. Maybe if they came out with a U2 neutral. I can get T6 neutrals, but they where not in stock and cost a lot more. With this much light you are probably not going to notice a few hundred lumens.

Cool, I thought it maybe due to the tint but that also explains why not the T6. Looking forward to seeing more :slight_smile:

glad to see updates on this one. I am interested in buying one.

Following with interest

I got the first batch of 165 boards back from assembly. They look great. First one tested good. Housing machining should start later this week.

I wish I had a need and the money to buy one of these, they look very professional and built by one of our own!

Woah. very nice stuff. I’m impressed.

Look Great BigToy! Circuit board assembly shop did a really nice job. They look almost as good as the prototype that I hand soldered :slight_smile: (Kidding, They obviously look much better).

PPtk

Here is the final design. Production will start in the morning. Finished units will be anodized black and be laser engraved on top. The light has a dull finish because I bead blasted it for a nice uniform finish. It will look good under the anodize.




wow, that’s one serious chunk of aluminium. How long does each one take to machine? Looks like the fins go down a long long way! Nice touch with the cable entry and sealing, looks like some thought went into that.

What’s the second piece of alu that goes under the face plate - is it to help retain/align the optics?

That looks awesome! :open_mouth: I think this will turn out to be my xmas present to myself. I have wanted some fog/driving/off highway lights for a while and this should fit perfectly and check off almost every box on the list of requirements.

Around 30-40 minutes of just machine time, not including band sawing, deburring, blasting etc.

The second piece is the optic holder.

nice :smiley:

I got the first one from anodize today. It looks freaking amazing! I then dropped off the first batch of 32 at anodize also. After anodize I will drop them off to be laser engraved.

I am still looking at a few more weeks before they are ready for sale.

Wow! That’s a beauty, I would almost feel a shame to mount that peace of art on my car.

Here are what the standard mounting brackets will look like. The production ones will be 304ss. I will offer flat and tube weld on tabs also.

Soo nice!

Please, just to summarize the spec, would you explain how the bar will be wired and switched? Levels? Two separate switches one for on/off the other for modes, or all by one pushbutton?

Thanks

Single momentary ground switch. Push once for low, push again for high, again back to low. Hold for off. With light off, hold for strobe, then hold again for off(1 second).

Thanks! Clear and simple