New Halcyon 10W HID lighthead

[SPEEDSTER]

yup, I know the feeling. I actually built my own "helios". Not too hard actually. In fact, the wife wants to produce them and sell them online after she saw the price halcyon wants for 'em. I'm still mulling it over, looks like the stealth light is the same idea too.

 

[Dryglove]

I actually started building a cannister light but love the small size of the stealth.Do you have any pictures of yours by any chance that you care to share.What did you make yours out of?

 

[SPEEDSTER]

is made of black abs tubing with a 6 amp hour NiMh battery pack. It's 2.5" in diameter and about 10" long. I started another one in delrin and seems to be going pretty good, just a lot of milling. I make the lids out of 3/4" acrylic. It's a little longer than I would like, but that's because I got a stellar deal on sub C batteries. I figured it was worth it since it was the first one and if I ruined the battery pack it wasn't as big of a deal. But so far no problems, so the next ones are going to be even smaller, using the smaller battery pack. I'll post some pictures this afternoon when I get home.

 

[Dryglove]

Sounds cool.I cant wait to see some pics of your light

 

[WreckWriter]

Have you done any pressure testing? seems abs is pretty light and likely won't take much depth before deforming (and crushing soon after).

Tom

 

[SPEEDSTER]

I thought about that as well, it has been down to 140' w/o any problems so far. I think that because its such a small diameter and length, it holds up ok. I'd like to test it deeper, but I'm just beginning my tech training, so haven't been deeper, yet. Then I was going to build a pressure pot, but decided that took too much time, plus I'm switching over to good ol' delrin anyways.

Mike

 

[Aquamaniac]

If I may ask. Where are you buying your Delrin?

Dave

 

[SPEEDSTER]

...j/k

Actually there is a plastics supplier 2 blocks from where I work. I happened to walk in and ask if they have delrin, and sure enough. They have given me the pieces for free so far, so its been nice, but I haven't worked out pricing in large quantities yet.

Mike

 

[omar]

Try:
Interstate Plastics

http://www.interstateplastics.com/

 

[Divesherpa]

The new light is very large in comparison to other heads (similar to DR 10W focusable). Seems like a good light, but it sounds like the price will be a little higher.
Cheers