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  • 12,000 Lumens!
  • Well it had to be done, twelve XML LEDs in a fan cooled case 😆


    LEDs are on a multi finned alu heatsink but with a copper mounting plate.

    Air is drawn up from the underside. I had space for a splashguard but the stem keeps the crud away. Its been out on some really wet rides – no probs.

    Battery pack is Li-ion 14V 10Ahr. 1 hour at full bore, 3 hrs @ 4000 Lm (which is perfect for most of the rides) and theres a 10 hour setting as well.

    My old Lumi Halide

    Ahem.
    And there’s enough hot air blasted out the back to keep the hands warm on a cold night. Fan is actually a 50mm miniature blower.

    Stoner
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    got to love the home-brew-ability of new LED tech.

    I like the Everestness of a 12,000lm lamp. Good work fella.
    The naysayers will be along in a minute completely missing the point…

    🙂

    kaiser
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    😯
    could you make me one please!

    dobo
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    the old Lumi Halide looks far more useful

    trout
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    😯 😯 😯 8) 8)

    grum
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    I suppose it would be churlish of me to ask, but….. why? 🙂

    PeterPoddy
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    Superb! That’s made my day! LOL! 😆

    How long does the battery last at full whack? 5,10,15 seconds? 🙂

    18bikes
    Full Member

    I’d have to agree with dobo as I can see more detail on the ground in the first pic rather than having half a field lit up for no benefit

    Surely at some point you’ve got to think enough is enough?

    Matt

    I suppose it would be churlish of me to ask, but….. why?

    Because some manufacturers are having the nerve to outshine some of the stuff I was making 5 years ago 🙁 🙁 😈

    itsup
    Free Member

    Don’t you find putting out the fires a bit of a hindrance… 😯

    How long does the battery last at full whack? 5,10,15 seconds?

    1 hour as previously stated.

    nuke
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    Fantastic…excellent work. I couldn’t care why, just glad you did 😀

    ton
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    that will be ace for spotting the doggers………………. 😉

    Surely at some point you’ve got to think enough is enough?

    I think that every year 😆

    that will be ace for spotting the doggers

    Did that on Friday night. Had a terrified badger in front of us as well – didn’t realise they can really shift.

    stuey
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    Love it – but serious Q: at what point would LED light damage eyes?

    5thElefant
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    Looks like you could run two side by side if you moved the mount to the centre 😈

    nasher
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    Men in their sheds…. an excellent example, stuff like this is what makes the UK great

    Excellent work old chap

    at what point would LED light damage eyes?

    In the words of the pain men ‘there’s only one way to find out’

    Don’t intend to try though.

    Beamshot pics are rubbish I agree. Its off to the woods with my camera.

    rightplacerighttime
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    Superb.

    I’d like one just for commuting.

    Have you done any work to try and shape the beam?

    TheFopster
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    Ignore the naysayers. Utterly pointless. Totally unnecessary. And magnificent for those reasons alone. As a previous poster has already said, men in sheds and all that made Blighty great. Brings to mind Barnes Wallace and Whittle. Suggest you build in a speaker system that plays the theme from Dambusters that you can activate with full power mode at the start of fast decent…

    ashfanman
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    I’d have to agree with dobo as I can see more detail on the ground in the first pic rather than having half a field lit up for no benefit

    That’s probably because the camera’s having to squint with that thing on full blast. 🙂

    The middle 6 lenses give a horizontal oval shaped beam. The others are diffused spots.

    I can mix n match anything I want.

    downgrade
    Free Member

    I’d like one just for commuting.

    One person in each town/city with one of these and no one else will need any lights 😛

    Suggest you build in a speaker system that plays the theme from Dambusters that you can activate with full power mode at the start of fast decent..

    Hey…..

    Got enough power at least.

    Firestarter, Here Comes The Sun………

    Timmo
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    Love it! absolutely Love it!

    Wishes to have the technical ability to make such wonderment!!

    Jamie
    Free Member

    that will be ace for spotting blinding the doggers……………….

    Fixed.

    khani
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    Looks like you could run two side by side if you moved the mount to the centre

    And one on your helmet, three!! 36000 lumins!!!! 😯 You could burn your way through forests!!!!! 😯
    Outstanding 8)

    yesiamtom
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    This is the best thing ive seen for weeks. Love it and everything about it.

    Well done good sir!

    ashfanman
    Free Member

    Actually, just noticed that the blurring on the second demo photo makes the lights on the right side look like you’ve set the forest on fire. 😆

    13thfloormonk
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    Haha, brilliant, would love to see you at a busy trail centre with everyone queueing up not to ride in front of you 😀

    wwaswas
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    I’d like mine to play this noise on start up, please;

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwc1040sQHY[/video]

    allthegear
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    I’m quite amused by the idea that you could pop on a pair of dark glasses before a night ride…

    Rachel

    Pauly
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    Holy moley! That is so OTT it’s brilliant!

    Chapeau.

    dropoff
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    Fantastic, no use whatsoever but brilliantly done none the less. you could get planes landing on you though. Could you cook a rasher of bacon in front of it ? 🙂

    SurroundedByZulus
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    I’m just wondering how the hell you change gears on that bike given how badly positioned your shifters are.

    singletrackmind
    Full Member

    ^^ and / or toast? ^^^

    Fab job , Superb and pointless .

    Liking the ‘because i can ‘ attitude . gnarr.

    topangarider
    Free Member

    I suppose it saves your mates buying lights too!

    5thElefant
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    Give it a couple of years and you’ll wonder how you coped with just 12,000 lumens.

    RealMan
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    Guess you don’t drop your seatpost much.

    I liked this

    3 hrs @ 4000 Lm (which is perfect for most of the rides)

    Most??? You mean there’s rides where you want more??

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