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 Duncantx
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
 |  | The perfect tool for tunnels
< on 3/24/2006 5:30 PM >
|  | | | if anyone in the DFW area or KC area are interested, we make custom spotlights modified w/ HID bulbs from a BMW 7 series. they also have a lead-acid battery that will run about 1 hour 20min. the width of the front is about 1ft across, and it has a shoulder strap. all in all, itll probably cost about $120, not bad for the brightest light money can buy. email me or come UEing w/ us and we can give a demonstration. trust us, this thing has gotten us out of trouble a lot by showing it off to cops. the love it!
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nobody
    
Location: VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 1 on 3/24/2006 5:50 PM >
| | | | 1 foot across? Holy wow! Nice rig. N.
Operating Entirely With Bad Intentions |
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Duncantx
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 2 on 3/24/2006 6:19 PM >
| | | | heres another pic for scale. (for size ref, im 6'6")
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nobody
Location: VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 3 on 3/24/2006 6:23 PM >
| | | | Holy Mother Of God, How much does it weigh? Pretty damn sweet! Is it water resistant? N.
Operating Entirely With Bad Intentions |
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grit1
Location: University Campus - Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Got Shear Line?
| |  | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 4 on 3/24/2006 6:25 PM >
| | | | I would be careful saying that's the brightest light money can buy ...
Enter maxabeam...
http://www.spa-simrad.com/maxabeam.htm
Other than that nitpick those lights are really cool! I have a spot light like that one with the original H2 [i think] bulb in it and have been considering modding it per the guides at candlepower forum. They are a little big/heavy/bulky for tunnels though, I prefer my Lithium/Krypton tactical flashlight for illuminating long tunnels. I have brought my spot into tunnels before and it's hell to climb stepirons with them!
$120 is a good deal for a pre-made spot like that WITH battery.
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Duncantx
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 5 on 3/24/2006 9:16 PM >
| | | | well, this is the body of a Thor 15 mil candle power light (no typo, 15 mil) and it had a halogen bulb and a lantern batt. in the back, so we installed a HID bulb from a bmw 7 series, and a ballast and also installed a lead-acid batt. its not water proof, we need vets for cooling it but it doesnt need fan. all together we will sell it at $120. it has a shoulder strap, so dont worry to much about weight.
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tachyon
Location: K'zoo
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 6 on 3/24/2006 10:44 PM >
|  | | | That sounds like it could melt someone's face off. (Awesome.)
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Nexis
Location: Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 7 on 3/27/2006 3:37 AM >
| | | | Even with a shoulder strap, it would still get heavy after a while.
Myself, I use a 4D mag-light for the big jobs, and a 2 AA LED Light for the
rest of my adventures.
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FoxTwoFoxTwo
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Gender: Male
I'm an explorer who photographs...
| | | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 8 on 3/27/2006 5:19 PM >
| | | | Dear Lord....
Why?
(-would you need something so massive?)
Bringing exploration to Clarksville.
Journal: http://www.uer.ca/...id=4&catid=2000173 | RUAUER!?!?!?111ONE??QUESTIONMARK | FoxTwoFoxTwo - "I just ordered a large. I have a relatively huge head so yeah..." |
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Raticus
   
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 9 on 3/27/2006 6:40 PM >
| | | | Posted by FoxTwoFoxTwo
Dear Lord....
Why?
(-would you need something so massive?)
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LOL, that's funny. But I have to agree with you, why would you need something that big?
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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FoxTwoFoxTwo
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Gender: Male
I'm an explorer who photographs...
| | | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 10 on 3/27/2006 7:48 PM >
| | | | Haha yeah, when I post I need to remember people don't know what I'm thinking when I'm shocked.
But really! Why the Hell would you need something THAT prodigiously enormous!?
Bringing exploration to Clarksville.
Journal: http://www.uer.ca/...id=4&catid=2000173 | RUAUER!?!?!?111ONE??QUESTIONMARK | FoxTwoFoxTwo - "I just ordered a large. I have a relatively huge head so yeah..." |
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M. Fuzzy
Location: GTA
Gender: Male
Machine Gun Bunnies!
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 11 on 3/27/2006 8:34 PM >
| | | | let's put it this way, if you find a bear on your exploring adventures you could creep up behind it and wack it out with ease, or alternatively if it finds you, blind it, wack, and run like the wind
Keep it fuzzy. |
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grit1
Location: University Campus - Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Got Shear Line?
| | | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 12 on 3/27/2006 8:40 PM >
| | | | Posted by FoxTwoFoxTwo
But really! Why the Hell would you need something THAT prodigiously enormous!?
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That's what she said...
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nobody
Location: VANCOUVER B.C.
Gender: Male
5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 13 on 3/27/2006 9:02 PM >
| | | | Posted by FoxTwoFoxTwo
Dear Lord....
Why?
(-would you need something so massive?)
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Just imagine how good you feel when you say, hang on, i'll get mine, and then you pull it out. The looks should be priceless. N.
Operating Entirely With Bad Intentions |
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Avatar-X
  
Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| |  | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 14 on 3/27/2006 9:06 PM >
| | | | Maxabeam is only 6 million candlepower..
I bought a 12 million from Costco for $38 CDN. It is very bright.
-av
huskies - such fluff. |
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Dan-oh
Location: San Diego, California
Gender: Male
| | | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 15 on 3/27/2006 9:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by FoxTwoFoxTwo
Dear Lord....
Why?
(-would you need something so massive?)
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Yup, seem over kill for normal drain exploration. I could see a use for lighting huge RCPs while taking pictures. I've found two or more 500,000 candlepower hand held lights are nice for shooting photos in large vaults but not much more. My normal light is an almost too bright headlamp: Princeton Tec Apex. No need for more.
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Duncantx
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 16 on 3/27/2006 9:15 PM >
| | | | we build them because we can, and we're dorks. its more or less bragging rights, we also have a smaller one thats just as bright, same thing, just about the size of a 4D mag light, but it cost $300. we use it more.
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dev
Passed away September 23rd, 2006.
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 17 on 3/27/2006 9:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by Duncantxa smaller one thats just as bright, same thing, just about the size of a 4D mag light, but it cost $300. we use it more.
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hmmm, a HID ballast and bulb in a modified D-cell maglite body built to run off 3V lithiums? with a super-cool 10 minute runtime?
i'll pass. i've never needed anything more than my LED headlamp and brinkmann maxfire lx (surefire knockoff)... with a mini-mag for a loaner / backup. this means, with the headlamp on my head, both my flashlights fit in my pocket. and the maxfire is brighter than a 6D maglite (and about 1/20th the size).
when i really need to light things, i've got one of those 2mill CP brinkmann q-beam 12V rechargeable 75W lamps. i've never used it for UE. i suppose it might be useful for light painting, if i rigged a diffuser onto it (the hotspot is WAY too hot for lightpainting), but i've never bothered.
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Duncantx
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
| | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 18 on 3/27/2006 10:26 PM >
| | | | its not actually a 4D mag, its a little thicker w/ rubber grips and it runs off a rechargeable lead acid.
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grit1
Location: University Campus - Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Got Shear Line?
| | | Re: The perfect tool for tunnels
<Reply # 19 on 3/28/2006 12:00 AM >
| | | | Posted by Avatar-X
Maxabeam is only 6 million candlepower..
I bought a 12 million from Costco for $38 CDN. It is very bright.
-av
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Yeah there's no way that your 12 million cp is actually 12 million...there's a discrepancy in the way it's measured that lets them get by with it but maxabeam dominates all  .
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