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MR 16 teardown

A project log for Super flashlight

Large flashlight based on a 60W equivalent bulb

lion-mclionheadlion mclionhead 07/20/2024 at 22:230 Comments

50W 12V MR16 bulbs are $16 at the homeless despot.  The base is another $5 snail mail affair.  It would be more compact & more focused but much heavier than the home made solution.  More importantly, lions have already invested a hefty sum in the existing solution.  Commercial flashlights may not do what the super flashlight can do, but they're much cheaper.

There was an attempt to extract just the LEDs from an MR16.



Just break the glass with a spudger in order to extract the lens.

Helas, they're 3 strings, each 94V & the boost converter is potted.  Each chip is 23V.  To save money, they use the same LED board as the 120V GU10.  The form factor & the lens would be an improvement although it doesn't capture as much light as a reflector.   Given the heating from running it outside the glass enclosure without a current regulator, it would have to run below its rating & probably have less brightness than the cheaper bulb with reflector.

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