Homemade Light

[brew master]

Tonight Cameron and I went on a night ride with my new homemade light. The homemade light was equal to Cameron's store bought light, but it was about $350.00 cheaper.

Here is the quick and dirty parts list with a schematic and pictures soon to follow.

The following can be purchased at http://www.ledsupply.com
Qty.
2 Cree Neutral White XR-E Star LED
1 3023-D-E-1000P Wired Buck Puck, 1000mA output, DC
1 20mm Plain Tight Carclo Lense for Cree XR-E Star LED
1 20mm Ripple Wide Carclo Lense for Cree XR-E Star LED
2 Carclo Cree Star Lens Holder
1 Artic Silver High-Density Silver Thermal compound

The following can be purchased from radio shack
Any Q's please post on the forum
2 4AA holder W/ switch
1 220microF Capacitor

You will have to make a heat sink and mounting bracket

[brew master]

Forgot to mention that it cost about $50 to make this light, and it puts out approx. 420 lumens at max power.

[Phaedrus]

Since Greg's been brewing, I decided to post pics of his project for him:

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