Reyden

Introduce Yourself
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Hey everyone!
Location - Ukraine (Dnepr) / Male / 25 old. What else… hope that’s enough.
Interests - solar power / powerbanks/ headlamps. Having some experience I can assist in any questions dedicated to this topics.
My english is about medium, so do not judge and you wont be judged :slight_smile:
Hope to find many interesting ideas at this forum and gonna share some of my with you.
Basically I don’t have a single flashlight except one prototype, that I’ve been developing so far.
My greetings to all folks from fonarevka here!

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We don’t judge people on their English. We judge people on whether or not their flashlight can light up the moon!

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Heh, Ruthless! I’m not completely sure that my “evil flashlight” can lit up the moon. :slight_smile: I thought there could judge by the color of the led bin.

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Welcome to BLF!

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Welcome!

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Welcome aboard Reyden. Hope you and your evil flashlight (hope we are talking about an actual flashlight and not something resembling one) have a great time here.

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Welcome. Look forward to your contributions!

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Yep, it’s real. There’re a few interesting features in my headlamp: li-ion charger aboard with a real mppt, which perfectly works with 10W solar panel, 5V output and of course step-down led driver. At the current point, it requires case, that can be made on 3D printer from Abs/Nylon or Pet filaments. If I succeed, no doubts I do :slight_smile: It’s gonna be an open source project. I mean, everyone would be able to print a flashlight and customization capabilities are great.
So it’s not a topic for discussion, rather more first look and shake hands.
With a great community, we can do a lot together. That’s why I’m here.
Thanks man.

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Hi and welcome. There are quite a few very bright people here. :slight_smile:

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Welcome aboard!

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Hi there, and a warm welcome!

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Thanks for signing up, Reyden!

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Welcome!

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Sorry, wasn’t questioning if your prototype was real or not. I was just trying to make a sophomoric joke. I’m not good at written humor.

Your prototype sounds pretty cool. Wishing you the best on it. :slight_smile:

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Hello

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Welcome Reyden. I have this sudden urge to play Mortal Kombat.

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Yep, I have the same, mk4 is the best :wink:

Thanks man! I enjoy your avatar, is it your doggies?
Here is my main thread SWIFT Solar Wide Functional Headlamp, developing and discussing.

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Welcome Reyden, my English is about medium also,lol
I’m interested to learn about solar, I think it’s getting better and might be doable in a cloudy, rainy climate now but need to do some research

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Well, there are many factors that can have influence on efficiencies as solar cells and electronics. Let’s say, we use the most available solar cells with a decent efficiency 24% and best end mppt controllers, what’s next? There’s also a possibility to improve total efficiency as a reult - harvest power, automatically rotating a solar panel toward the sun. On my mind, the prioritate and developing direction is CPV. As for me, I’m more interested in portable solar panels and low power.

I don’t know…, may be it worth to create a dedicated topic or post some useful links in existed one.