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Originally Posted by FlyWright
A friend of mine who is a tech expert with California DOT (CalTrans) solar/signage installations built it for me. Parts alone were over $100. It's a 2-D-cell Maglight that has been modified with new convex glass lens, super high output LED, refined reflector, new switch and a rechargeable battery pack. He cautioned me when he delivered it to me as being 'dangerously bright' so I use it with great care and caution.
Incidentally, it won me a bottle of wine one night at anchorage in a spontaneous flashlight competition. A few more bottles and it will have paid for itself!
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When I was in college, a friend of mine worked at an airport, and made himself a spotlight from an airplane landing light. It was pretty bright.