I don’t know what you will all make of this, but it works, and works well.

The design is basically very simple, a PVC box surrounded by a copper shroud as a heatsink and conductor. This has 3 SSC P7 emitters mounted on it with Ledil reflectors.
The copper shroud is sealed to the box with silicone, and the lens assembly which covers the emitters is sealed in the same way. The assembly is held together by 8 3mm stainless steel setscrews. The lens assembly is of high pressure PVC, the glass is 4mm laminated glass.
The bottom of the lamp has a 3 pin charging socket for a balance charger covered by a plastic screw cap. The PVC box contains 4 18650 Li Ion cells 2 X 2 series and parallel to give average of 8 volts. I emitter has its own driver, the other 2 are series wired and have the driver solution I have described when this setup was in a caplamp.

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The switch at the top is totally exposed, has high contact area of copper to copper, and is intended to work under water or in wet conditions. This switch is easily disassembled for cleaning and only needs a screwdriver.
The whole lamp is solidly potted in silicone.
The switch rotates anti clockwise, first contact position brings on 1 emitter with low, medium, and full settings, quickly engage/disengage to go up and down, second contact position brings the series array of 2 on full power, the 3rd maintains this and also brings the first back on line with ability to change mode. Mode change is easily accomplished by flicking the contact spring.

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The lamp is very powerful and has a wide spread of light, it is eminently suitable for photography or as a divers lamp, or just general underground use where area lighting is required as apposed to a beam.

As final comment I have to say the lamp does get very hot after a while and will probably require some adhesive heat sinks. Interestingly, the same set up was OK in one of my caplamp conversions, a tribute to my thermodynamics.

Its on odd looking piece of kit but it does what it says on the tin.

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That must be around 2,500 lm? 😮

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That must be around 2,500 lm? 😮

I would say at least, the P7s are the D BIN but there are some issues with these. Future lamps will probably have Cree M BIN MCE lamps.

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Amazing 🙂 I bet you'll get some funny looks underground when you get that lamp out. Then blind people 😉

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Sorry, forgot to add.
The rear plate is secured by 4 corner screws, each has a bracket that enables an "X" of 4mm shockcord. So, mount it on a belt, headband, post sticking up out of the floor, piton sticking out of the wall, or be neat and tidy and use the tripod adaptor that screws onto the charge socket.

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wow Roy that is a beast of a thing but i like it a lot. Something like that with such charm and character will be see on bargain hunt in years to come fetching thousands. :lol: would you mined if I were to ask how much such a lamp would cost to build. :thumbsup:

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wow Roy that is a beast of a thing but i like it a lot. Something like that with such charm and character will be see on bargain hunt in years to come fetching thousands. :lol: would you mined if I were to ask how much such a lamp would cost to build. :thumbsup:

I cant say at this time but would like to try and produce them for well under £100 with the charger.

It would be a lot of bang for bucks.

I hope to have my MagnumStar caplamp rounded out soon, (eventually), and I anticipate a final light output of over 2000 lumens.

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More excellent work Roy, I love the whole chunky retro / steampunk look of the lamp. As a previous poster has commented, I'll bet it gets odd looks from other folk underground - until you switch it on!!!

Could be good for recording video underground?

Probably better than the suitcase full of lead acid batteries and halogen lights I came up with anyway (but not as much fun to make someone else carry).

Thing is, I can put anything in it that I can put in a caplamp, and vies verse

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Roy had better tread caefully. I own the copyright to his switch. If he makes another copy I will sue 😠

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Roy I love the look of your amazing inventions! Looks seriously industrial strength! As it is submersible, would be good to lower it to the bottom of flooded sumps on a piece of cord, to light them up for photographs.

Roy had better tread caefully. I own the copyright to his switch. If he makes another copy I will sue 😠

and hopefully use correct spelling in your plaint

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"I own the copyright to HIS switch"???
Tony, your grasp of elementary logic is as poor as your spelling

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Roy had better tread caefully. I own the copyright to his switch. If he makes another copy I will sue 😠

and hopefully use correct spelling in your plaint

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"I own the copyright to HIS switch"???
Tony, your grasp of elementary logic is as poor as your spelling

Roy - make another switch without paying me royalties, I will have your goolies for garters.

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Cant see Tony Blair being put on trial, but we can make do with Tony Oldham

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Roy - make another switch without paying me royalties, I will have your goolies for garters.

First, prove you have legal copyright, second, prove that any money is being made from it while it is being used in this experimental light.

Ignore Tony, he's a wind-up merchant at best! :guns:

Chris.

Ignore Tony, he's a wind-up merchant at best! :guns:

Chris.

Ah, a "troll"

Its pretty BLACK & WHITE how he behaves... he has no SCALE regarding what he says!!! :lol: 😉

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Its pretty BLACK & WHITE how he behaves... he has no SCALE regarding what he says!!! :lol: 😉

You are quite right. All photos must have scale. I would advise Roy not to open the door on Monday morning. I have sent in the baliffs. :guns:

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