Racing ralph
it is possibly your fault that I got into diy building
but as I dont know who you are from the previous STW
and I think it was the year before.

Tinsy **** me stop it
you can have that very one but im keeping the battery.

back in the cold shed now thinking up the next Trout lite

Thanks Brant Nice to meet you too

and the buggers from over the pond havnt replied yet

swiftacular
a normal 14.4v li ion 4.8ah and if you were daft enough to want full power the whole ride then you would be getting approx 4h30mins

Thanks guys for your interest.

and to clarify it all
diy

the cnc housing on its own is £50 .00
the leds / optics / maxflex is £60 from cutters
you then need a switch & power socket £ 10

you need to be able to solder to a board .
and drill holes in aluminium

If you want one built up it would be £165 + pp
and here is the hard bit money up front.

batteries and chargers to suit can be got at a good price from
Smudge at Smudgemtbuk@aol.com

Pink

That would be defeating the object have you tried an integrated battery light combo on your lid .

yes it does smell of candyflos if you want it to .

anyone in west yorkshire can pop in and have a look at one built and working.

thanks all who have emailed me . I will get back to you but it has gone a bit crazy in my inbox so just bear with me

richcc
14.4 battery is the perfect one for this light
12 v will still work
so will 7.2

Mr Nutt
I hope so .
no it wont take p7s they are so yesterday :-)
XPE is the future , cable is where ever you want , and switch is also whatever you want . it is diy after all . and yes you can have a matching soapdish.

swiftacular.
the original idea was just the housings for the diy builders
but as I am an underworked floor layer at the moment then a few quid is better than nowt so yep i will build some up , the list is a bit long and i am going to be a bit busy in the freezing garage.

Smudge I agree totally .

Count zero
no problems it could be a while before I catch up with the back log now. :D

kaiser
does that mean you want one too

Nope it will not melt you or your helmet it will dim to a lower power level
if it gets too warm

try this

b ugger that didnt work

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Showerman
here is a heat test time lapse sequence

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RS
sure thing

narrow optics option

and a bit of a mixed optic set up

Rudeboy
If you are serious mail me
the housing is £ 50 plus pp

the led kit from cutters is 120 aus dollars +pp or £53.66 today +pp

you then need a switch and power conector

output on full is 1164 lumens with R2 leds
and with the soon available R3s 1326 lumens these are of course max ammounts

it mounts to the helmet with a simple velcro strap or to the bars with most clamps you just need to drill a hole and bolt it on

6 of diamonds Dont know lost that out the pack

Nope not home made so you are safe
the swear filter missed the word “buying”

No You cannot mention Home made lights
burn the heratic

Here in Silsden west yorks
now at 0800 hrs

As I have sorted the helmet light out
I wanted a bar light and went for a 4 MCEs
so here it is not quite finished but nearly

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=487467

Hi Simon
nothing at this end yet

Chris

Steve it is a very bright tin of pilchards .

Mboy
The triple MCE blows everything I have seem out the water

and the XPE 6 helmet light is imho about perfect

Innes
where as in the pic it is reflectors in the beam shot I have used
some optics from Ledil

it would in your endcap but you would need serious heatsinking.

Leeroybrown & sq225917
we would prefer to sell just the housings , but would do a few built up also if required .

no idea on price yet waiting for Deesta the cnc man but I think either housing will be in the £45 area.
and the cheapest way for you to get a built up unit is for you to order the bits have them delivered to us we build up the light and send to you .

twohats it is a nice table we like it

Hi smudge
glad your back again Hope your dads improving

Update on this killer light is this is the latest incarnation
for the housing

with a beam shot with the van @ 100 mtres

Steve aka deesta is improving the design and doing a run on the cnc machine

alongside his own light housing which will take lots of configurations of leds and optics

beam shot with 3 MCE`s

if you want any more info on these housings get in touch
with trout
at troutie-at-blueyonder dot-co-dot-uk

40mpg – Member
Nice! Just googled xpe led and your thread on candlepowerforums pops up first!

whoo whoo fame at last

40mpg
on my 14.8 li ion 4.4mah pack it will run on full power for 4.25 hours

Mike It runs off a 14.8v / 12v / 7.4 v .

I can not say about the cateye as no experience with their stuff.

funny you should mention it but I have no desire to
spend days in my garage cutting and sawing ali to make lights for a few bowls of rice . though it may come to that soon.
But I am looking into someone making the housings on there CNC stuff
and then it will be a possibility.

as to cost then I have no idea you put a value on a light of this quality.

not alot

6 XPE leds @ £4.50 = £27.00
6 10 mm square optics @ £1.00 = £6.00
1 maxflex @ £22.00 = £22.00
switch/socket/ and sudries = £20.00
postage = £10.00
piece of aluminium £6.00
——-
£ 91.00

plus a few hours in the garage

I have had light housings done here very reasonable
http://www.dispecanodizing.co.uk

Hi Vortex
the cutter lens is a perfect fit will need a bit of silicon for waterproofing

drill and glue in a captive nut for the mount as there is not enough meat to take a tap unless you put a larger slug in and tap that.
which is what I have done for the quad cutter one.

:wink:not really my own idea Smudge did a cutter one before xmas

just a quick how to

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=479937

Innes
the driver is a 700 buckpuck I had lying around
battery 14.8 v lithium ion
bracket is a lumicycle one

MBOY-troutie-at-blueyonder-dot-co-dot-uk

This is such a simple build

parts needed are

tesco C cell torch £10 / £12 seems they have been cheaper in some tescos

series wired mce on a 20 mm star

700 ma buckpuck driver or driver of choice.

a small slug of aluminium for the heatsink