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As requested fellas :-)

now I just have to figure out how to attach the crenulated top to the p25.....:thinking:

Let the pissing off of neighbours begin!!!
 
kj2 said:
That TM36 is soo big! :D
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Massive! Too bad it's only 1800Lm though. There must be room in the giant head to put maybe five XML-2's around the main LED. That wouldn't affect the main beam much but adds flood coverage if needed and also 5000 more Lm.
 
Gonna launch some sky lanterns on NYE as we always do... Only this time I'm gonna trace them when they reach 1000m high with this beast of a light!


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bluemax_1 said:
Really? I tried Level 5/Turbo when it was in the mid-low forties Fahrenheit and the light's temperature stabilized around 50-54c.
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Yes, really. This was the 3500 lumen version. I took it for a night hike, about 25 degrees F. It took quite a while...over 26 minutes...but it did trip protection. I was wearing insulated gloves...if you were holding in in your bare hand, it changes the equation pretty dramatically. But the question was about tailstanding it...best to keep it level three or lower in that case.
 
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thedoc007 said:
Yes, really. This was the 3500 lumen version. I took it for a night hike, about 25 degrees F. It took quite a while...over 26 minutes...but it did trip protection. I was wearing insulated gloves...if you were holding in in your bare hand, it changes the equation pretty dramatically. But the question was about tailstanding it...best to keep it level three or lower in that case.
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Interesting. That must have been the difference. I was handholding barehanded. Kept my hand comfortably warm and I guess it prevented the light from overheating.


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bluemax_1 said:
I wouldn't worry about Lvl 2. Last year, I had the light with me in my work pack when the building I was in had a power outage. I set the light on Lvl 2 and taped it to one of the spars on the drop ceiling, using it as area lighting for ~5 hours. It was only slightly warm when I took it down.

At Lvl 2, the design of the light can dissipate the thermal output easily enough (at least when the ambient temperature is in the low 70s f).

I'm not sure about Lvl 3 though. I've never used Lvl 3 for extended periods unattended/not hand-held.


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Beckler said:
I think you mean level 5 :)
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Apologies. I meant to say one level down from max which I think is level 4.
 
Beckler said:
Massive! Too bad it's only 1800Lm though. There must be room in the giant head to put maybe five XML-2's around the main LED. That wouldn't affect the main beam much but adds flood coverage if needed and also 5000 more Lm.
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That would defeat the purpose of the light.
 
CPF member Nitroz finished modifying my XML, 3500 lumen TM26. The idea was that I have been using a triple Nichia and a thrower all at once, on our night walks, and did not like the cool tint of the TM26, so Nitroz put a triple Nichia 219B 5000K in one position, left a stock, cool XML in another position, and two dedomed XML2 emitters for the last two positions. I'll make a brief video, but let me say, the modding was a pyrrhic victory of a sort. The reflectors were very difficult to remove without damage; the substantial heat-sink of the TM26 made removal of the stock LED's a destructive event, made possible by a large soldering iron (made for stained glass). And the triple Nichia activates, to maybe 10%, when on stand by (when you tighten the battery carrier onto the head), and actually dims slightly when the other emitters are used. So it's kind of neat to navigate with the Nichia triple, and use the very good, expansive throw to see beyond. I was hoping the cool, stock XML would 'neutralize' the greenish yellow of the dedomes (one of them is a Sky Lumen (V54) premium-dedomed-tint taken from a dropin that did not perform consistently) but those dedomed emitters can throw. It looks OK; warm.

Nitroz tried to get it to work as we had planned, to no avail. Accessing the electronics did not happen. I don't think it could have been repaired anyways, but I could be wrong. Anyway, it is one of a kind. My respect for the TM26 carries on. It is a great light.


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Newbie here.
I might not yet be a flashaholic, but there are some symptoms.

Some background info:
I am a hobbyist photographer. I started to look at flashlights as a continuous light source for taking photographs at night. I was trying to keep a decent shutter speed, using a flash light instead of using the camera flash. My thought was that this would help with the focusing, if there were more light on the subject, and would result in a higher shutter speed. Here are lots of variables and options in play.

I ended up buying a NiteCore TM26 plus a NBP52 battery pack. First tests using it look promising, but lots more experimenting to do. Some people on the forums complained about the NBP52 not having a cap to protect the battery contacts. This was also an issue for me. I wanted to share my solution with everybody.

I searched through my old camera gear and found an old lens cap that fitted perfectly. It was a metal cap, so I added some felt on the inside.

Here are the photos.

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