Greetings,
I'm not really an electronics hobbyist, but there are things I've always wanted to do. I'm getting old, and I figured I better start learning something now so I can do something interesting when I retire.
One thing I have always wanted to do is modify a Surefire pressure switch to a micro receiver and install it on a Surefire light so I can activate it from a few hundred feet away. The pressure switches are easily available, and the switch can be cut off, and the wires reinstalled into another device. I would like to use the Nikon remote control. It is very small, like a flash drive, although the range is only about 60 feet. Maybe there is a better one that some of you guys know about. This could be very useful when hiking/camping in the wilderness. Such a flashlight could be installed in a tree, or clamped to some other structure, and activated while I'm hiding in the dark elsewhere.
A more immediate interest for me though, is a timed switch that I can install in a 123A flashlight, in place of the tailcap. I have several such flashlights, and some home-builds. I want to drill a hole in a replacement tailcap for the human interface of the switch, and have the switch inside. I would like to be able to set the switch to 1 or 2 or 5 minutes or whatever. The purpose is to install the flashlight in a remote location, activate the timer, and have a few minutes to get to another location before it activates the light.
Such a switch would have to be about 15mm in diameter. If someone could direct me to a source of switches, I would really appreciate it. The more selection offered, the better. I might want a 25mm switch for D-cell flashlights.
I always hear of guys who take apart cameras, and other appliances to use the parts, but I've never done that. I wouldn't know how to find a device that would have what I want, or how to extract it, unless someone told me about it.
Thank you.
I'm not really an electronics hobbyist, but there are things I've always wanted to do. I'm getting old, and I figured I better start learning something now so I can do something interesting when I retire.
One thing I have always wanted to do is modify a Surefire pressure switch to a micro receiver and install it on a Surefire light so I can activate it from a few hundred feet away. The pressure switches are easily available, and the switch can be cut off, and the wires reinstalled into another device. I would like to use the Nikon remote control. It is very small, like a flash drive, although the range is only about 60 feet. Maybe there is a better one that some of you guys know about. This could be very useful when hiking/camping in the wilderness. Such a flashlight could be installed in a tree, or clamped to some other structure, and activated while I'm hiding in the dark elsewhere.
A more immediate interest for me though, is a timed switch that I can install in a 123A flashlight, in place of the tailcap. I have several such flashlights, and some home-builds. I want to drill a hole in a replacement tailcap for the human interface of the switch, and have the switch inside. I would like to be able to set the switch to 1 or 2 or 5 minutes or whatever. The purpose is to install the flashlight in a remote location, activate the timer, and have a few minutes to get to another location before it activates the light.
Such a switch would have to be about 15mm in diameter. If someone could direct me to a source of switches, I would really appreciate it. The more selection offered, the better. I might want a 25mm switch for D-cell flashlights.
I always hear of guys who take apart cameras, and other appliances to use the parts, but I've never done that. I wouldn't know how to find a device that would have what I want, or how to extract it, unless someone told me about it.
Thank you.