Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets - Retrofiting LED into L&M Arc housing

Having an issue with my Arc not igniting the bulb. Double click will cause the bulb to flicker and I can hear a zipping noise from the light, but no love after that. Battery is fully charged. I contacted the company and they are wanting $150 if the ballast or bulb is replaced. They are suggesting an upgrade to their new LED equiv.

With the above said, anybody have suggestions to either a fix or an diy led retrofit into the existing housing and reflector that would yield the same (or better) output?

Thanks for any help on this one guys/gals

I haven't seen a DIY for that particular housing. Parts are the same and you can get them all at ledsupply.com and digikey.com. If you can reuse the reflector you can save a few bucks.

LED - http://ledsupply.com/creemce.php
Reflector - http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=711-1067-ND
Driver - http://ledsupply.com/03023-d-n-700.php

You may have to have a heatsink solution if it gets too hot in the case.

Or you could just gut an mc-e flashlight - http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.925

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the links, it does help quite a bit actually.



I haven't seen a DIY for that particular housing. Parts are the same and you can get them all at ledsupply.com and digikey.com. If you can reuse the reflector you can save a few bucks.

LED - http://ledsupply.com/creemce.php
Reflector - http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=711-1067-ND
Driver - http://ledsupply.com/03023-d-n-700.php

You may have to have a heatsink solution if it gets too hot in the case.

Or you could just gut an mc-e flashlight - http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.925

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the links, it does help quite a bit actually.

You can by a bulb for cheap from Welch Allyn.