I just started reading this thread, and am fascinated. I like my Fulton angle-head light, which I have put some sort of PR based LED in (I think, a Terralux 1 watt, but not sure.) It is some brighter than the original bulb, and the battery life is counted in months, but my AA MiniMag with Terralux LED out throws it, and is brighter! That’s just wrong!
Anyhow, I would like to make my Fulton better, and reading the posts about mods, I ran into a problem; I follow directions extremely well, but when it gets beyond “Glue this to that,and add this, like so, then, do that”… I tend to get lost. Reading through the instructions, I found the reflector/heat sink on DX, but Kai has sold out of the 1AA bost current PCB, and I am not sure what to replace it with, or where to get one. Any suggestions?
What does that thing do, anyhow?
Please school me: Would I run into any problems replacing the MC-E emitter the reflector is designed for with, say a Nichia 219?
Which Cree emitter would I need to provide a close to daylight color balance? I notice Nichias are rated at 4500 K, so I think about 4500-5500K would give good color differentiation and tint.
One last thing: I noticed one poster used Devcon 5 minute Epoxy to fasten the reflector to the assembly. I like the epoxy idea, but but iirc, heat will debond epoxy, and a necessary part of an assembly like that is heat transfer from the LED to the metal parts of the assembly, which I am not sure if regular Epoxy provides. Is there a better solution?
Dumb questions, I know, but any help will be appreciated. Moderator; If this is not in the right place, please move it. Thanx.