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Goncz Titanium Knife / Flashlights
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Your theory makes sense, and I agree that with 5 Watts their is lot of heat. The way we solved it by utilizing the whole light as a heat sinker, the reflector is 3 inch diameter and 3 inch deep and the wall thicknees is from .187 to .500 this mass is itself a considerable heatsinker, additionaly the head is also out of aluminum with .100 to .250 wall thicknees, as well the diodes are mounted on a round piece that is 1.340 dia. x 1.00 and the rest of the housing. If you calculating the volume You can see that the heat problem is taken care off.
As to the light is perfect culminated beam at 5500 Kelvin.
The power supply is a High - Discharge Ni-Mh 4,000 mA. The draw is about 2,400 mA. / h.
We have more than one working models and they are great.
The M-3 housing is altered to accept the LED module and as the whole housing is made of aluminum and the heavy reflector serves as a heat sinker.
They are great lights and time will proof it.
The informative Thread!!!
Your theory makes sense, and I agree that with 5 Watts their is lot of heat. The way we solved it by utilizing the whole light as a heat sinker, the reflector is 3 inch diameter and 3 inch deep and the wall thicknees is from .187 to .500 this mass is itself a considerable heatsinker, additionaly the head is also out of aluminum with .100 to .250 wall thicknees, as well the diodes are mounted on a round piece that is 1.340 dia. x 1.00 and the rest of the housing. If you calculating the volume You can see that the heat problem is taken care off.
As to the light is perfect culminated beam at 5500 Kelvin.
The power supply is a High - Discharge Ni-Mh 4,000 mA. The draw is about 2,400 mA. / h.
We have more than one working models and they are great.
The M-3 housing is altered to accept the LED module and as the whole housing is made of aluminum and the heavy reflector serves as a heat sinker.
They are great lights and time will proof it.
The informative Thread!!!
John ... any chance for more info on your new creations?
pics / comparison beamshots / more specs ?
reflector design? one reflector for all 4 LSs or something like the SF 10x Dominator, some kind of "combined reflectors"?
bernhard
pics / comparison beamshots / more specs ?
reflector design? one reflector for all 4 LSs or something like the SF 10x Dominator, some kind of "combined reflectors"?
bernhard
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The reflector is for single unit and no other bulbs are present, although I am working on system whereby you can easily change for regular bulb the module.
The beam is about point at 10 meter is about 20 cm. and for the distance we did not tested yet but it looks like a supper light in any evaluation.
The reflector is our own design and is designed to capture the maximum light and shot it straight out as culminated paralel beam. Just on the margin the reflector is combined of 7 curves combined creating the most perfect reflector. The task is was to create the reflector of 3 inch diameter and the dept came as that result.
As soon as I will master how to post a picture on the thread I will do so.
As to 10x light !!! ha, ha, a joke!
Gluckliches neues Jahr!
The informative Thread!!!
fur falsch schreibung Ihre name!
The reflector is for single unit and no other bulbs are present, although I am working on system whereby you can easily change for regular bulb the module.
The beam is about point at 10 meter is about 20 cm. and for the distance we did not tested yet but it looks like a supper light in any evaluation.
The reflector is our own design and is designed to capture the maximum light and shot it straight out as culminated paralel beam. Just on the margin the reflector is combined of 7 curves combined creating the most perfect reflector. The task is was to create the reflector of 3 inch diameter and the dept came as that result.
As soon as I will master how to post a picture on the thread I will do so.
As to 10x light !!! ha, ha, a joke!
Gluckliches neues Jahr!
The informative Thread!!!
OOOHHHFFAAAAA!!
Well now. We are finally back to some disciplined exchange of info. Thank you Kiessling. As you mentioned, the choice/use of an adjustable beam is an individual thing. Too bad that it seems that your copy did not actually adjust very much. Some good ideas but poor implementation and service then??
Stuart
Well now. We are finally back to some disciplined exchange of info. Thank you Kiessling. As you mentioned, the choice/use of an adjustable beam is an individual thing. Too bad that it seems that your copy did not actually adjust very much. Some good ideas but poor implementation and service then??
Stuart
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this dropin interests me very much.
i've made luxeon dropins in the past, like this one:
it's running an x3t emitter, and probably has at least 250lumens coming out the front of the light...
i say probably, because i don't have the means to test it properly
i'm basing this on the fact that a v2t luxeon on 9v can deliver around 216lumens out the front (verified by an actual lab) and this dropin uses a much more powerful emitter, and it can be put into a light that can power it harder than the aforementioned 216lumen light.
i'd be interested in seeing how my dropin compares to yours
i've made luxeon dropins in the past, like this one:
it's running an x3t emitter, and probably has at least 250lumens coming out the front of the light...
i say probably, because i don't have the means to test it properly
i'm basing this on the fact that a v2t luxeon on 9v can deliver around 216lumens out the front (verified by an actual lab) and this dropin uses a much more powerful emitter, and it can be put into a light that can power it harder than the aforementioned 216lumen light.
i'd be interested in seeing how my dropin compares to yours
Stu ... it wasn't a problem of the focussing mechanism itself, the point was that the GM3 is more of a flood light per se, and de-focussing the unit didn't do much good except to add beam artifacts and produce an even wider beam. With a light that could provide a tight beam this concept could hold its own though.
John ... as to the "10x" light ... that was not a joke, sorry for the misunderstanding! I was talking about the SureFire 10X Dominator flashlight that uses two seperate reflectors for two lamp assamblies that are arranged in a special way and I thought that maybe your 4x5W light would use a similar arrangement for 4 seperate reflectors, one for each LED. The 10X can be seen here:
http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/908/sesent/00
Roth ...
actually you are, and can be ... proud.
bernhard
John ... as to the "10x" light ... that was not a joke, sorry for the misunderstanding! I was talking about the SureFire 10X Dominator flashlight that uses two seperate reflectors for two lamp assamblies that are arranged in a special way and I thought that maybe your 4x5W light would use a similar arrangement for 4 seperate reflectors, one for each LED. The 10X can be seen here:
http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/908/sesent/00
Roth ...
actually you are, and can be ... proud.bernhard
wiliam
Your stupid question make me laugh each time you posting it, but keep insisting on it the answer is for the public , As you have no idea about reflectors:
Ours is our own design and is a culminating reflector for more info find it out on your own time.
If is a Culminating Reflector, than can not be either, parabolic or eliptic.
So next time use whatever brain you have and not to prove each time your IQ and that you have no technical knowledge!!!
The Informative Thread!!!!
Your stupid question make me laugh each time you posting it, but keep insisting on it the answer is for the public , As you have no idea about reflectors:
Ours is our own design and is a culminating reflector for more info find it out on your own time.
If is a Culminating Reflector, than can not be either, parabolic or eliptic.
So next time use whatever brain you have and not to prove each time your IQ and that you have no technical knowledge!!!
The Informative Thread!!!!
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