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    Tool to measure electrical usage?

    Hey Folks, hope this is the right spot - I'm looking to make a smart purchase here, I want to be able to check the usage of pretty much anything plugged into a socket in my home. My electric bill has ballooned to $350 for a small one bedroom with just me in it. I've looked at the meters you...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Hmm... Looks like there's not many drivers available for these then. I found a few on that link you sent but they'd been discontinued/no longer found. LEDSupply.com says they don't carry any drivers with that capacity. Or I'm just searching wrong. No heat sink, it was more of a joke/ease of...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Side note! I'm proud to display my first flashlight. Wahoo!
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Wow. Thanks for all the info. I have a few questions (Bear with me, I'm still trying to figure the electrical stuff out) - 1) How did you determine that the driver would not run the LED at full power? I thought the XM-L Could accept 3.5v in, the batteries I am using run at 3.7v, and I...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Yeah, that's what I figured. Had to try it though, plus I ordered more than I need. I found some threads on wiring up the driver with the LED, and now I'm really confused. Here's a pic of the drivers I bought, front and back: I don't see any way to wire these up other than in series with...
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    DIY Video Light

    Interesting! Timely too as I'm working on some lights for my GoPro. Was the issue the particular reflector that came with your light or are reflectors in general not the best for video lights? Does the small diameter of the light make it less likely that a reflector would be useful?
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    I finally got everything in and got to play around with the equipment some. I'm really impressed with the soldering station I got, it's an Aoyue Int 937+. The thing gets up to 200c in under 30 seconds, and does a pretty good job maintaining the temperature. I ran the LED in the picture...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Quick update on DX.com for those that are interested - They ended up charging my card without my ever giving them the "authorization" photos of my ID and CC. I immediately contacted their customer service again (ugh) and they told me in order to get a refund, I would have to verify my account by...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Well, they lost a customer. I found equivalent/same products on my favorite online retailer, Amazon. Unfortunately they're slightly more expensive, but I won't get my identity stolen either. LEDs and Batteries are the same, I'm not sure about the drivers though. I also added a JETBEAM...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Wow, this is unbelievable - DX.com is requesting a copy of my drivers license and my credit card before processing my order. What a crock. Pretty disappointing because a lot of the threads on this site mention specific items on DX I was looking forward to purchasing. I "chatted" with their...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    I found UltraFire 3000mAh 3.7v batteries for a very reasonable rate. If I create a battery pack with 12-16 of these, would I need to charge the batteries individually, or could I charge the whole pack somehow? If I need to charge individually I'll just purchase a Pila and be done with it. That...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Sorry DIWdiver I didn't see that you replied before I looked. Glad to see I miscalculated the 18650, that makes them much more suitable. I will check that out shortly!
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    I found this battery and I think it could work quite well, though I would have to rethink my canister shape. Or if I want to get crazy there's this one. I'm using the calculator here and getting rough run times of 1.167 hours with the first battery and 3.1 hours with the second. Bonus benefit of...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Thanks DIWdiver! I don't think I can hit 83Wh with double AAs in any sort of cost or space effective arrangement. In reality, these aren't dive lights, and would only be on while filming. I think I could be happy with an hour run time. If I use 18650s with 2.6Wh, I would need ~12 batteries to...
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    First LED Dive Light Build

    Hi all, been lurking here for a bit but I'm hoping to start ordering parts and uploading photographic results shortly. I have two builds I'm looking at attempting soon - one dive light camera mount for my shiny new GoPro, and a MagLite Mod. To keep my parts list simple, I was hoping to buy...
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