Hey, look at what is coming to a Halloween near you at Lemur House!
That is a 100W LED. Not a 100W equivalent, but it consumes 100W. At that level I think it is a 10000 to 12000 lumen source.
Let us just say that when I get the heat sink installed and the fan integrated, you will not be able to look directly at the pumpkin. I lit it up for Cruel Wife outside and she was wide eyed.
The thing is actually an eye hazard if you look at it at full power.
I spent many hours reading spec sheets from all over, looking a voltage-current lumen curves, power consumption, and thermal design. If you want one it is pretty easy. It will set you back about $100 for the diode and supply.
I did a 1200W incandescent pumpkin a few years ago. This will be all that but this is not going to cook the pumpkin and be a better light. It will put it out into a 120 degree cone so when you shine it on your garage it is wife spookingly bright.
CW is more supportive of this than thermite or flaming pumpkins
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At least these guys have the balls to stand up to the government.
Admittedly, there are kids that eat magnets, but it is a parent’s job to watch their kids. Kids play with glass, matches, and rabid mongooses, but we aren’t outlawing them.
Now, that’s a real LED! But 100W of heat is non-trivial. You could cook your pumpkin with that – albeit slowly.
Remember the little light bulb-heated play oven they marketed for kids back in the Dark Ages (i.e. the early 60’s) when toys were wonderfully “dangerous”? It cooked little brownies & cakes just fine!
Wasn’t that done using a 100W incandescent bulb?
I have heat-sink compound and an 8″ long heat sink with 60mm fan. The diode will definitely self-smoke itself like a neglected cigarette.
Yeah, even up until a few years ago “real” easy bake ovens (which is a term I use for the new variety of welfare queen – a small muffin baked by a dim bulb) were used by my girl. Now they use lukewarm water and a heating pad or something. The texture is all messed up.
I wish you could see it. It is seriously “dangerous to your eyes bright”.
Sweet. Any pumpkin capable of being seen from space (another solar system) is a good start, in my opinion. So, what’re her thoughts on liquid oxygen and a match (with a running start, of course)?
I think a handful of briquettes and a gallon of LOX would be a… a… a… a… awesome idea! She would shoot it down.
She was only barely tolerant of the pumpkin with four foot flames.
Pfft. Nothing says “Happy Halloween!” like a jack-o-lantern with real working flamethrower! Now, if you can get a Tesla coil hooked up, paint the pumpkin in woad, and rig for lightning bolts out of its arse, THAT would be epic.
Ok, here is an ignorant but honest question… In this context, what is “woad”? Is it where you find Wover or woadwunners?
I asked a friend, Spaced Diode about both Tesla coils and carbon-arc lamps, and he was unwilling to entertain either one on a safety standpoint. And something-something about EMI and making things higgledy-piggeldy for some distance.
Yeah, every Tesla coil I ever messed with could be detected on Jupiter, or whatever.
They’re basically ALL EMI.
I think woad is a yellow dye or color or something. Probably comes from something or someplace vulgar. I mean, look where they used(?) to get phosphorous.
Tesla was THE author of resonance novels.
Didn’t they boil massive amounts of urine to get phosphorus? Must’ve been a pisser of a job, stirring those pots.
Get some pics of the pumpkin! Also, you should probably invest in a welder’s helmet.
Nice find on the LIberty Balls. I’ll definitely have to get some. I read the WSJ write up of what went down. The feds went after Buckyballs out of pure, spiteful maliciousness. Everyone in the CPSC involved in this should be publicly flogged.
Somehow Zen Magnets are still around. I’ve got about 3-4000 of theirs and they are actually superior to BB’s in terms of size tolerances.
Oh, absolutely you will get pumpkin pics, but I need to put the heat sink stuff on it and put a cover over the LED face to protect it.
Too expensive to let them just burn up.
Quoth “A Bug’s Life”: “Don’t look at the light Harry!”
How about a Jacob’s Ladder as antenna for a pumpkin. Not as dangerous as O2, flames, Tesla coil, etc.
WN! Gosh and golly how is ya? I attracted a number of rare species of moths with my bright light. Let’s see, I got a Mitchell, a McGoo, and a Wandering Neuron. Pretty good for some tens of dollars.
I am not so sure a Ladder doesn’t give off a hella EM storm.
I would love to, however. It would be way too cool.
LK, been lurking a while. Work is very busy and going to get very interesting/challenging in a few months.
Glad to see you and the family are getting out and about. You sound happier too.
So what’s wrong with an EM storm (continual EMP?) or an electronic DOS? Something to bring you and the neighbors together as their wifi and baby monitors roll over and quit.
Good to see McGoo and Mitchell too!
Happier, yes, but kind of overthetop-whelmed at work. It seems rewarding though, so I will keep at it.
An EM storm probably would get one put in Obummer’s Gulag even if it was a byproduct of old fashioned American fun like we used to have before jackboots came back in fashion. So I am not rocking any boats. I am halfway serious – I think there is very little room anymore for fun that is un sanctioned and all too much laxity where it is needed (idiot Snowden).
But I figure diodes are still safe! I love Halloween.
I messed with a Jacob’s Ladder powered by a neon sign transformer once.
The “antenna” were slightly mis-spaced, and I …..yes, it was a d’uh moment…..reached out with both hands to adjust them.
This was a tremendous mistake. Major. Huge. Don’t do this. Ever. I cannot emphasize this enough.
Steamboat, I always took you for a quick learner, and you’ve just provided an outstanding example of how quick a pupil you are…
Love the emphaticality of your emphasis, ‘Goo. Words of experience always carry a certain weight.
Yep. It only took once.
Hey, it looks like I don’t have your current email address Mr. King. Shoot me a note so the NSA & I can update our address books.
Look at your old enas whizmail account.
Ah, ok. I’d almost forgotten about that one. I’ll shoot you an update when I get off work.