Outdoor Beamshot!!! Relic's DIY Build 2013: Copper Triple-Triple (July 15 Update)

That’s cool. What kind do you plan to put together for it?

I’m planning to do a 3x8x7135 with a Qlite as the master. I also might go with a custom master, if I can get it ready in time.

That is going to look absolutely fantastic once its completed and polished. I cant wait for the money shots!

Can you please take a few detailed pics of your slave/master wiring before you toss it in the light and wire it to the emitters? I always enjoy looking at others builds and wiring solutions.

That looks very nice! I whish I could cut only half as precise freehand! :smiley:
I am excited to see it in action! :slight_smile:

First post updated, pics to come later, including beamshots!

Wow relic, that is sooo much awesomeness, you could probably spare some awesomeness and still be sitting pretty.

It must feel very satisfying having it work/finished.

Sooo much awesomeness! Beamshots are a must…like asap!

Awesome, Relic!! I can't wait to see the pics of the completed light. Are you going to leave it looking antique or are you going to polish this to a gleaming shine for the contest? I'm hoping for gleaming shine. :)

looking forward to seeing this when its completed ! :slight_smile:

2530 lumens after 30 seconds… and with 5C tint. NICE!

All polished and done.

First post updated. Lots of pics of the light and some white wall beamshots. I have more to add over the next day or so.
Thanks to Justin, all participants, our spectators, and our sponsors! :beer:

Words fail me.Simply unbelievable. Well done. :beer: :beer:

Dayum…. looks like a production sample!!

:open_mouth:

Far out Relic! I love it.
Any chance of pix of your wiring sequence. I’m still trying to get my head around series vs parallel.

Thanks everyone. Ouchy, I’ll do a schematic. Technically, these emitters are not in parallel. Each driver drives one LED.

That, I really would like to learn.

You totally rocked that Relic! Polished up it’s brilliant, and I DO love polished copper/brass/stainless/Ti…Ok, I’m a bling freak and that is gorgeous!
The output is crazy too, excellent job inside as well. Wish I understood the electronics…would never have thought you could run 3 boards from another board, Master/Slave with drivers boggles my mind (admittedly easy enough to do)

Very impressive! I bet it’s a solid chunk in the hand as well, I think you should send it on BLF tour, let everybody play with it for a week before sending it on to the next person on the list. :slight_smile:

That is so beautiful. The polished copper A+. The brass bezel ring really sets this light off too. Nice job.

You can get brass lacquer to keep it shiny. That’s why those brass and copper knick knacks in the stores are always so shiny.

Thanks guys. Ouchyfoot, I’ve considered a lacquer but it dissipates heat so horribly as it is, add a layer of ‘insulation’ and I think it would just burn it off :smiley:
The host itself gets heat out of the emitters better than any light I have. Copper all the way. The problem is, it cannot radiate it away due to the shiny finish. I’m thinking it might be a little better once it returns to a natural finish, but I doubt there is enough surface area to dissipate 30W of heat. I might have to customize the driver to make High into a Turbo mode, and add in a longer-term sustainable high.

Darren, Very impressive! You're the man!