Thanks, but don’t go buy anything. I would feel bad about that. I have to figure out something with the tail end, that’s for sure. If I don’t buy batteries, I will most likely come up with a way to use 12 eneloops for testing and beam shots.
I like the screwdriver slot idea!! The tail caps aren't really that bad, but it's the fact that the bodies can "wiggle" and misalign that is the real problem. I think that the copper plate needs to actually fit around each body, so that it does not move at all. That is what I am going to look at. I will also look at some kind of a slot.
Well, if r-sales can charge them for me, I will get four of their Efest batteries. If not, I will use eneloops somehow. I tore down the light tonight to make changes to the copper end plate. I am making it so the bodies are captured in the plate so they can't shift. Maybe tomorrow or Saturday I will have revision 1 done.
Great job. Another one-of-a-kind O-L specialty! You HAVE to give us more glamor shots of that beauty. So much time and effort put into it, let's see that bad boy (or girl?) from every possible angle.
She must be a female, since she’s fought me every step of the way.
I guess I will have to take a few more shots of her, including beam shots. I am ordering the batteries today, so sometime next week for the beam shots and the glamour (sales thread shots) too.
Old-Lumens, this looks fantastic! Bravo. I’m sure you can work out the kinks.
Hopefully someone can charge those 14500s for you. Heck I’d be more than happy to charge them for you. It might be a good opportunity for you to try out Li-Ion and see what you think, especially since IMR/LMR cells aren’t made from explodium like the more-common LiCo cells
As you know, I’m only a couple of hours away. I can easily send you a charger to use, wish I had 4 cells I could then just bring em over. I have to drive up to Cleburne tomorrow anyway. I only have AAA Efests though. Could you make those work for testing purposes? I’ve got 4 of em that all came together.
The 14500’s should give plenty of amperage to run this bad boy, don’t know if there’s anything else out there that will pull as hard as the small Efest cells. And I’ll buy those off of you Justin when you’re done testing.
Just let me know if you need a charger, I can send you one in a day most likely if you need it.
Yes its me again. Dont shoot me. Just a thought that may gain a little rigidity. On the tailcap end how hard would it be to peen the copper over so it wraps around the battery tube. I’m not sure if you’d gain much, just thinking out aloud.
Sorry, didn’t mean to confuse things, just wanted to prevent a delay from using an inadequate cell. I had read that 8-10C was near the limit for good imr’s and that efest cells were not as good as some others at very high current draws. They do seem very good for the price which is why I use them and my experience was that 3A was too much to ask from the efest 10440. Way better than protected TF 10440 but not as good as AW.
I would trust Mr Lumens skill with a hammer any day. For the work off the devil or an angel. There is no other that has this special talent with hand tools. Well there maybe, but OL is good.
I see that the Efest claim 6C, but that's asking a lot. I don't expect to get the full amperage with them, but I would not fork over the bucks for AW cells. Maybe if I was a Li guy, but it hurt just to buy these.
If I had done the lights as 3AA they would get 3 amps off the Eneloops with no problems at all.
That's why I added the copper collars. Now the tubes are held in place. I've never shot a Moose and my days of that kind of thing are long gone. I might still bite your leg though, or at least growl a little.
The 14500’s are 700 mAh so 6C for them is 4.2A, plenty. Always a trade off size vs capacity. I went to the 14650 size for that and for being the right size to fit my hand and grip.