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[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The bulb (with aluminium heatsink) is 11×40×23 cm overall and 200W (1165cd/cm²), with monitoring and sync options.

Bcs it's a neat design:

But perhaps to note - bulbs like that are only if you want to keep those giant rotating fresnel lenses (and even with that those LEDs on that bulb still need a lens on their own).

The simpler solution is to use one of the new designs, without the old lenses or even without the whole old lighthouse structure, eg:

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago

That's really cool, thank you.
I like how it goes from being a light turbine to a water-cooler.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

Lighthouse are cool, i'd be really sad to see the structure go.