bretti_kivi
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ha. We were over in Eastern Finland on Saturday (480kms in one day, yay!) and on the final section on the way home it was *seriously* dark. Highbeam where possible, but the one with the problem was my little monster in the back. She wanted to put the main rear light on (which I find extremely irritating) and there's no reading lights. Something to cure, methinks.
I am seriously contemplating an MC-E RGBW x 2 in there, with constant current limiters - to 500mA because the present bulbs will only be 5W and I like my CCCU - and then a switch for her to flick between red or white @ 500 or dimmed.
Anyone got any thoughts on this? I already have 2 3mm red LEDs in there but they are "not bright enough" and she's right, they're bright enough if all you want to do is identify your coffee etc but not much else.
I'm not too worried about the cost at this point. Those MC-Es are around €24 each and we'll go for two in the back and then some straight XP-Gs on 500mA at the front.... and then the reading lights will get some medium frosted cree optics or a reflector if I can find one (the Gs are a bit too new).
I'm kinda p'd off that Luxeon have stopped the K2s because I just got a pair of 300lm TFFC K2s and they're fantastic. Ah well, MC-Es it is...
No, there is not a problem with butchering the lights and no, I'm not interested in "superflux x6" on a soffit as a) they're pants and b) they're blue. I want LIGHT.
Thoughts?
If anyone knows a reasonably priced source of a constant current source (buck or boost, both would be great), for variable or twist-the-pot output, that can deal with the power levels in a car, please LMK. Fatman from Taskleds won't do it (too high input) and most of the other CSS I've seen are silly-expensive.
Bret
I am seriously contemplating an MC-E RGBW x 2 in there, with constant current limiters - to 500mA because the present bulbs will only be 5W and I like my CCCU - and then a switch for her to flick between red or white @ 500 or dimmed.
Anyone got any thoughts on this? I already have 2 3mm red LEDs in there but they are "not bright enough" and she's right, they're bright enough if all you want to do is identify your coffee etc but not much else.
I'm not too worried about the cost at this point. Those MC-Es are around €24 each and we'll go for two in the back and then some straight XP-Gs on 500mA at the front.... and then the reading lights will get some medium frosted cree optics or a reflector if I can find one (the Gs are a bit too new).
I'm kinda p'd off that Luxeon have stopped the K2s because I just got a pair of 300lm TFFC K2s and they're fantastic. Ah well, MC-Es it is...
No, there is not a problem with butchering the lights and no, I'm not interested in "superflux x6" on a soffit as a) they're pants and b) they're blue. I want LIGHT.
Thoughts?
If anyone knows a reasonably priced source of a constant current source (buck or boost, both would be great), for variable or twist-the-pot output, that can deal with the power levels in a car, please LMK. Fatman from Taskleds won't do it (too high input) and most of the other CSS I've seen are silly-expensive.
Bret