[Closed] Diy 900 lumen and 1800 lumen kits

oooh, maybe.... How mych you looking at for a single kit??

yeap dependent on price But would be very interested in the 1800 kit

Any links to piccies please.

No details just yet. just a feeler and will be working on it over the weekend .
might get a few piccies tonight

John Climber is running the first proto on his helmet .

Possibly. Might convert my Lupine stuff if the price is good, wiring is getting old.

I maybe, depending on price 🙂

I might be too

+1 for me

Me too for the 900 one, depending on price....

+1 for both. Cheers Trout.

Troutie, sounds like a good plan. Particularly interested in a nice little single. Happy to test up here....

Silly idea......900 kit ability to be fitted into a Lumi halogen housing?

FYI, I have a lumi HID can too....with a choice of 2 'robust' machined heatsinks. Expect a parcel soon....

S'later

I'm looking for something that will fit into a Cateye stadium housing. Anyone got anything ?

sound spot on Troutie, especially as benz says if you can get them as 35mm kits that will be great.

BTW did you get my mail form this morning ref XRE/XPG's and optics.

Ta

Dave

Ooh yes. How much?

+1 for both...

Dave - I still need to slip those HID sinks in the post...I do it this weekend....

+1

Well if your going to have my 'hat light' 🙂

This sounds like a plan..

Guess what.yes depending on price

I'd be seriously interested in the 1800 lumen kit.

Any chance of an even bigger kit? Not that I'd ever need it, but it would open up the ability to use a helmet cam at night!

What kind of power would it need? Would the 8V magicshine batteryw ork?

Cheers Benz

presume this includes driver, LED(s), optic?
would have a better idea if you can provide:
'less than' price.
input voltage range.

but in principle, as it costs me nothing to say 'yes', yes!
😀

Oh go on then, I'm interested.

This is what they will most likely look like

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they will be workable from the off but the builder may want to do some finishing work IE rounding off the corners and stuff like that .

the build will be pretty easy if you can solder and drill holes with a certain degree of accuracy .

of course there will be full instructions

ball park figures are

single diy light 900 lumens £75/£80

double a tad more

input voltages

single will run from 1 LiIon or multiples in parallel
3.7 volts

double will need a 7.4 volt pack

or with a more expensive driver the double can use any voltage up to 20v but no lower than 7.4 v

all drivers will have programmable modes at the click of the button

Chris
I guess i'm away down your priorities at the moment,but i need to get the driver sorted one way or the order, my mate Gaz is without a light until we can sort something for him.
hope to here from you soon.
Paul

+1 for single

Speshpaul
YGM

The double is good, lad in our club has one.

can you bar mount the light

either was i'm interested in the double

Double please

Good Stuff 🙂 good to see plenty of light builders stepping up to "[i]the plate[/i]".

This may help too.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=7661703&page=2

😉

+1

Trout strikes again 8)

I really enjoyed building the CK/Trout light so would definately be interested in both of these. Couple of quick questions, is the housing just flat or grooved and do you have any beam shots?

I really enjoyed building the CK/Trout light so would definately be interested in both of these. Couple of quick questions, is the housing just flat or grooved and do you have any beam shots

the housing will be grooved it needs to be for the extra cooling if run at full throttle .

more pics to follow

beam shots will be along soon

Id be interested in just a housing or two if that's possible?

on that basis i'm in the market for one of each running off a lumi battery pack, so ~ 13 - 15V nominal.

Yep, I would definitely want a 1800 kit.

Very interested in the 1800 kit.
Iain

Very interested in an 1800, ideally to use 13.2V battery as I have 3 of these.

Rightio got one ready to build up well nearly

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here is what will be in the kit
ref the driver the H6flex is for battery voltages over 8.4 volts and under 20 volts and is a pricier driver .

The Lflex is for the 8.4 volt batterys and will run off a DX Bastid
battery if needed and a DX cable is available from me or DX

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You will need to be able to solder or have a mate that can
and drill a few holes IE switch and cable entry

also holes for screws to hold the leds down I will get some small self tappers and include in the kit for this purpose .

the housing will be raw aluminuim and need sanding and finishing off
if you want it to look a bit better
If I do it then it costs a bit more 😉
but if you are lazy you can just assemble it and go riding

I will have this one built today and get a beam shot tonight .

the single 900 lumen one will be half size and only use the Lflex driver and 3.7 volt battery

tools needed to build will be

soldering iron
drill and bits
wet and dry and fine wire wool if you wand to shine it up a bit .
screw driver

A Tube of this glue http://www.bostik.co.uk/diy/product/evo-stik/Serious-Glue/16 is one I have found to be an excellent and better product than silicon sealant

I will probably include a tube in the kit to keep it easy .

does it need any arctic silver or the like?

I wish I didnt already have an LL - Id want to make up one of those.

Maybe I could go into business putting them together for people who want an easy life? 😉

Arctic alumina or silver epoxy can be used to glue the led stars in place
instead of screws and compound forgot to mention thermal compound .

Hi any idea on battery life for the 1800?

Yep, very interested in the 1800 kit, especially with the upgrade on the case finish.

Cheers

Ian