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Greetings,
I'll be paddling in June in the Texas Water Safari which is a 260 mile canoe race. Paddling through the night will take place over several nights.
I'm working on a custom setup specifically for this race which I'll go into more detail later but wanted to get a discussion going for help since I'm not an electrical guy. I can build/make about anything, but I'm an idiot when it comes to electronics.
The platform will use 20mm optics. One for throw that will stay on, and one flood that will be switched so I can turn it on and off as needed from my seat.
I'll add pics when I figure that out.
The electronics, etc were purchased quite awhile ago so I'm not sure what upgrades I might benefit from today. Here is what I want to use and maybe you can advise leds and drivers.
I plan to run off 6 volts, and currently have packs made up that use 12 AA batteries. I'll train using regular AA's but during the race will use the energizer lithium AA's.
One pack needs to last for a whole night of paddling so the spot would stay on all night (medium output) and the flood that is switched needs to be high output. Figure about 2 hours of runtime on high.
Suggestions and help welcomed.
Thanks
I'll be paddling in June in the Texas Water Safari which is a 260 mile canoe race. Paddling through the night will take place over several nights.
I'm working on a custom setup specifically for this race which I'll go into more detail later but wanted to get a discussion going for help since I'm not an electrical guy. I can build/make about anything, but I'm an idiot when it comes to electronics.
The platform will use 20mm optics. One for throw that will stay on, and one flood that will be switched so I can turn it on and off as needed from my seat.
I'll add pics when I figure that out.
The electronics, etc were purchased quite awhile ago so I'm not sure what upgrades I might benefit from today. Here is what I want to use and maybe you can advise leds and drivers.
I plan to run off 6 volts, and currently have packs made up that use 12 AA batteries. I'll train using regular AA's but during the race will use the energizer lithium AA's.
One pack needs to last for a whole night of paddling so the spot would stay on all night (medium output) and the flood that is switched needs to be high output. Figure about 2 hours of runtime on high.
Suggestions and help welcomed.
Thanks