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[Closed] Another level of light..~ 8000 lumens

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Just thought I'd share my new DIY light with you all. Machined out of aircraft grade aluminium with adjustable side pods. Running 7 XM-L LED's @ 3amps. On paper output is over 8000 lumens.
Got 2 triple's and a single with an aspheric lens...
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Posted : 01/11/2012 1:45 pm
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which are you planning to do, go riding or spotting Luftwaffe with that beast?


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 1:47 pm
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wow, looks stunning. Any beamshots 🙂


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 1:50 pm
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That looks mental!!

Where does the battery go? how long does it last?


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 1:51 pm
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Would be good to see beamshots.

Would also be a good if you could maybe snap one off and use it as a helmet light with a splitter in the power cable.


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 1:52 pm
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Where does the battery go?

in the trailer.


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 1:52 pm
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Battery is currently in a bottle but will need to go in a pouch as my new frame won't take a bottle. Run time is nearly 2 hrs on full power, not that I'll need full power much 😯


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:16 pm
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Posted : 01/11/2012 2:20 pm
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Too heavy for a helmet light...
This is what I use on my helmet:
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Posted : 01/11/2012 2:21 pm
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Yes please where do I sign 😯


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:23 pm
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how bright can a light be before it becomes an offence to use it on the road ?


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:23 pm
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Bonkers!


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:23 pm
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how bright can a light be before it becomes an offence to use it on the road

I only use it off road 😉


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:25 pm
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I'm sure you do, I was just curious.


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:28 pm
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according to a thread on pistonheads there's no upper limit on intensity 😯


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:32 pm
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Isn't the legal limit 60W? I don't know if they have amended the law in regard to more efficient lights such as LEDs where 10W would probably make the equivalent power to a 55W car bulb.


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:34 pm
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How long till we manage to replicate this: [url= http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/ ]http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/[/url]


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:35 pm
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bah. only 8000 lumens? tis a girls light. .


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:37 pm
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[i]Isn't the legal limit 60W? [/i]

apparently that's the per bulb limit, you can have as many as you like.


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:37 pm
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Making night riding safer by melting anything in its path.


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 2:48 pm
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How long till we manage to replicate this: http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/

Brillaint, thanks for that. My new favorite website!


 
Posted : 01/11/2012 3:36 pm

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