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Old 10-10-16 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
My first light was an MR16 halogen in a hunk of plumbing parts with a 12V SLA brick zip tied to the rear rack. Truly horrid DIY. I went through offroad HID and several other generations. What you can get now for $30 is brighter than and probably as reliable as anything you could buy 8 or 10 years ago.
I agree with what you said except for this. Your problem was using a 12V battery. Overvolting the MR16 by 20% to 14.4V doubles the output to around 1200 lumens. I can't do it for $20 or $30 nor for the weight of the Chinese lamps but the output is simply amazing! No LED even comes close.
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