MODIFY AN OLD BATTLESHIP LANTERN
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2023
- Today we modify and modernize an old Naval Ship Lantern
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Ah, the good ol' battle lantern. Great modification! Glad it's getting a second life!!!
Thanks Shannon!! I'm sure you've come across one or two of them back in the day!!☻
One other option is to gut those battery packs and fit the gubbins inside the light and fit a DC barrel socket to charge it externally, making it a "sealed for life" job... :P
The LED is a nice improvement. That's gonna be a handy lantern!
Thanks Dad!!☻
Yep, those battle lanterns were everywhere on the ships I worked on. Heavy too!
Yeah Buddy!!☻
Pretty Slick and man that thing is Bright! Nice!
FYI, so you don't have to struggle with the round shape of the base in the future, they make project adapters that are meant to be screwed to items, and accept batteries. AFAIK, they make them for just about every type of old and new battery on the market. The usual places like fleabay and others have listings for these things, worth a gander, i'd say, because it makes mating the parts together so much more easier. I bought a couple to make a few soldering station bases out of them for my 5v and 12v soldering irons and they're pretty well made, nothing's loose or cheap.
Your lantern is a Damage Control light. If it is fiberglass it is relatively new. Not WWII vintage. Beautiful job with the new battery system. I would have never thought of that mod.
Good stuff RK.
Here's a suggestion. Pull the battery and put a volt meter on the bulb without any power connected and see if you get a reading. If you do, take it out at night when there is no light source and see if you can still get some voltage from the globe alone.
My prediction is that you will get 0.2v in either conditions. cheers.
Those lights had to made to military specs that light is definitely going to be bright Glad you are doing this light remodel road king 😊
Thanks Rob!!☻
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I couldn’t click on this video fast enough! Outstanding Mod, especially since you have so many of those drill batteries. Love the LED upgrade, glass too! 😃👍🇺🇸
Thanks Bud!! I was checking out the interwebs and didn't realize they were worth so much!!☻
LED's are a great invention for sure RK...Nice mod mate.
Thanks Zig!!☻
That really came out good and lights up the backyard like day time. Nice work Buddy, Thanks and take care
Thanks Lloyd!!☻
Turned out very nice And pride Thank you for the video
Thanks Joe!!☻
Only road king turns night into day. Is cool job
Very cool project, and a great result!
Thanks Chris!!☻
Watch all your videos roadking. You helped me learn alot.
I believe I could see the mountains off in the distance 😅🤣😂 wow thats bright !
Great modification!!!
Thanks Rod!!☻
That's bright. Love it
Awesome project!
Thanks Dan'l!!☻
Where have YOU BEEN RoadKing??? I was kinda worried! The light is very COOL, but let's finish the Old Ford Bed and Paint; You're soon Close! ...Newk from Kentucky
Been too hot and wet to do any work this Summer, looks like we can get back to work soon though!!☻
What a great way to repurpose a good light!
Did you ever consider putting the battery mount on the base, so that it sits on the battery? I thought that might give it better stability but it's too late for that now.
Yeah we though about mounting it on the bottom!! If we stumble on another one, we'll try it!!☻
Great Idea RK, 👍🏻
Thanks Bruce!!☻
Nice job rk. That is a bright light!
Thanks Bob!!☻
If memory serves me well, there's actually two variants of the emergency battle lantern, one didn't have the handle on top, rather a bulkhead fitting and a cable. I don't recall what the purpose of those was, possibly for DC purposes, to maintain function until ship power dies out.
Yeah there were definitely ones that were hardwired in!!☻
Very cool!!. Interesting video RK - thanks for sharing :)
Thanks Jerry!!☻
nice i want one!
You might have been able to completely recess it if you put it in the bottom of the light instead of the back. Withe the weight of the battery it would probably still be stable sitting on top of it. But it looks good the way it is and if it ain't broke don't fix it
I have a couple of those lights. Nice idea. Some of the lights were mounted and were emergency lights, they would come on when the12 volt circuit to the light failed, they could also be easily removed for hand use. Some were just mounted to just be battery emergency lights to be removed and used. Great tough lights.
cool stuff
This was a good video. Would love to see more of this kind of thing, though I guess it doesn't come up that often. Was that some filthy weather outside? It didn't ruin the audio so don't worry about that, but sounded like it was pouring down outside.
Yeah it was a pretty nasty out that day, that's why we were messing with the light!!☻
Nice video.
Thanks Bud!!☻
Awesome. 👍🎩
Hey RK, I may be wrong but I thought that military spot lights and signal lights had fresnel lens to help direct the beam better.
You might be right Carl, I'm sure the Military had different versions of this light!! All the ones I've seen on the ships were clear lens, mainly for lighting up the passageways when the lights went out!!☻
Make a light funnel for it? Since you are not using it in open seas, you could target the light to your civilian use
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LEDS can run under a wide range of voltage because they are current regulated.🤔🙂
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We sold that years ago!!
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Thank you so much.
Now I can get started on my vintage Navy battle lantern LED converson.