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Old 11-14-05 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Multibiker
Very slick, Igor. The shielded mike cable has a nice heavy duty look. With 20W + 35W I agree you need a bigger battery. Where did you get the lamp housings?

Thanks :-)


Yeah,heavy duty look of the mike cable and gold plated RCA's is exactly what I waned :-)

It looks like it is powered by a small nuclear reactor ;-)
It really "says" something like "caution - high voltage" ;-)

Housings are donated by a $1 Chinese hand torch,
bought at the local "everything for a dollar shop"

Then I've adapted them by cutting of the body (where AA batteries go)
removed its internals (plastic lens cover,lens,bulb,contacts..)
and slid the MR11'a inside,just a perfect fit.
The back side (towards the rider) of the housing is closed with a kind of a "cap"
made by cutting the end of the torch's body.
As the torch is made out of plastic,and has a rubber "suit" over it,
i fixed the female RCA's to the plastic,and then slid them into that rubber "cap"
and then after soldering,just putted the cap onto the housing.


The picture might explain it better:








The housing is made out of plastic,so light cant be left on for to long
while not moving,cause I'm affraid they could melt
But anyway,I'm allways on the move,so its not a problem,
and if I didnt melt that old one,with 50W MR16 reflector,
I wount melt down these

I'll change them for some aluminium ones,as soon as I found good looking ones
Must go to the Chinatown to search,they have milions of cheep torches.
My friend saw very nice aluminium hand torches that could take MR11 bulb.
He says they cost about $6-7,as thay are made with 15-20 white LED's

I'll check them out,and if they fit,I'll change this plastic ones.



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