led flashlights

I just bought a small polymer flashlight at a yard sale for $2. It says "Tekna Micro-Lith" on the outside. It is about 4" long with a 1" head. I need to get a battery(s), and a bulb for it. Does anyone know of this light or specs? The flashlight is in great shape and I presume it takes some type of lithium battery but I'm not sure how to pair it up with the proper size/type bulb.I couldn't find a website for Tekna.

Thanks for any help!

Dave
 
DDS,

Never heard of that one. Try DL123A lithium batteries. They seem to be the most common lithium battery used in flashlights. I have a Tekna Splashlight and it uses one DL123A. If yours uses that type I bet it uses two.

Can you describe the bulb? Or at least what the bulb goes in? Screw base or flange base.

I have sent an email to this site www.alpec.com but have not received a reply. this is the closest I could find to a Tekna homepage. It has a picture of my flashlight under Additional Products

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David,
Thanks for the response. The bulb fits intimately into a mirrored reflector assembly and I can see the base is "threaded". It appears to be clipped in place and very difficult to remove( I didn't want to force it)I sure wish I had instructions so I won't break it! What is unusual is that the removable head portion has a lens which acts like a magnifying glass when you look through it. It obviously focuses the beam. It is very well made with an O ring seal and very light weight.
I saw your splashlight; does it really last for 30 hours??

I am going to Radio Shack to check out batterys.

Thanks!

Dave
 
DDS,

Well I got curious and did a search on metacrawler and found this: Empty your closet and reveal your addiction!! Q-Boy says your flashlight takes 2 N Cells. Not the DL123As. I have heard of N Cells but never seen one. I think they are 2V or 3V lithium batteries about the size of a AA.

Sounds like your bulb/reflector is the same as the Splashlight assembly. Mine is a screwbase bulb that goes in a stamped sheetmetal base. The base comes out of the reflector so the bulb can be removed.
I saw your splashlight; does it really last for 30 hours??
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The Splashlight comes with an Eveready 222 bulb. I doubt the 30 hour claim even with the supplied bulb. I replaced it with a Dorcy 41-1664 Krypton bulb and it is now much brighter. The eveready draws .25 Amps. the Dorcy Draws .75 Amps. The battery lasts about 3-4 hours on my setup. With either bulb the light dimmed after about 10-20 minutes of use and remained at that level of brightness until the battery died. Hard to track battery life with the Eveready bulb because they have a very short life of about 2-3 hours. Sometimes 4-5. The Dorcy I put in is still working like new after 2 batteries.

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"A knifeless man is a lifeless man"
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[This message has been edited by David Williams (edited 15 December 1999).]
 
David:

The reflector is exactly as you described it.
Thanks for the link; I am wondering if it is the same light though. Mine says Tekna Micro-Lith. I'll see what Radio Shack says( if they even know). What happened to Tekna? Where/when did you get your splashlight?
Is it a nicer setup than the UK 2AA?

Dave

I was able to remove the bulb and it is very odd looking. It is a very very small bulb head projection from an enclosed black plastic? surrounding. The metal portion is stamped USA with no other markings( I examined the bulb very carefully with my intraoral video camera with a close up lens touching the bulb) Shouldn't it have some #'s? Are you familiar with this bulb construction?

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Hi Budman! I'll second that one of JeffRandall as I recently got a ASP light and they really are bright! The only problem is, now I have to get 4 more, one for each daughter and one for the wife, though she doesn't bug me about it like the girls do. A friend got one and was kind enough to pick me up one too, so now I owe him! But it's worth it.

I have a Surefire 9P that really throws a lot of light a long distance, but when I head back and forth to the shed it's the mini-mag that I turn on for that chore, those batteries for the 9P really add up!

G2

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DDS-

Pulled out my old Tekna Micro-Lite and even
managed to find the old instruction sheet.
If you send me your e-mail, I can forward
a copy of these in .jpg format. Even if
it's not the exact one you're got, it does
have some useful info which may help.

cj
s002cjs@yahoo.com
 
My Survival Lite and Trek 7 finally arrived today. Took about a week and a half, from Glow-bug. That's with Priority Mail. I'd called them earlier... I was told their shipping dept. is running behind.

These two lights are definitely brighter than the Trek 2's and 3's, brighter than the 4-LED Lightwave... and I think they may be brighter than the Eterna-Lite.

I'm amazed that the Survival Lite is as bright as it is, given that it only has one teeny-weeny LED embedded in a circuit board, behind a magnifying lens. It's a little less bright than the Trek 7..., but significantly better than the 4-LED Lightwave. It's beam, though, has a bright, circular light pattern, with a large, less bright center.

The Trek 7 is a large, fairly heavy flashlight.. about the size and weight of the old-fashioned 2 D cell flashlights I had as a kid. And it's about that bright.., but with a nice, diffused beam.. a little brighter in the center than further out.

The Trek 7 is a bit too heavy to include in my bugout pack, unfortunately..., and extra, rechargable C cells would add even more weight.

The Survival Lite is nice a compact, and only slightly heavier than the Lightwave..., but most of my solar chargers don't have a 9V battery option.., plus, I'm trying to standardize on AA batteries..., so it probably won't go in the bugout pack, either.

So I guess I'm still gonna end up with the Eterna-Lite and the Lightwave in my bugout pack.., and I might throw in a Trek 3 if I have room and can afford the weight (the weight of the flashlight is relatively negligible... and I'll have the AA batteries already).
 
The guys at Alpine Safety are looking to get the best of the led lamps and lights in stock for walk-in and internet clients.

Take care,

Mike

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Warning Don't drop your ASP Saphire light in water, it kills it, or at least it did mine that I just got! Now I get a chance to see if the $3 return really nets me a new light. Otherwise I'd recomend them highly...


G2

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