Here is a write up on using the candle as a lighter. https://www.citytheatrical.com/news_letter/Candle Lighter.htm. Unfortunately the video is no longer available on Youtube. Let me do some digging in our files, I might be able to find itIf you look at the flame head of city theatrical's electronic candles, it's 3 grain o' wheat lamps (or 3 LEDs for the low power version) made to flicker by a microcontroller and they look very convincing from more than a couple of feet away. Something similar but simpler could be cobbled together maybe - the main effect is just a couple of flickering lamps wrapped in a plastic that diffuses the light of the "flame".
Found it!Here is a write up on using the candle as a lighter. https://www.citytheatrical.com/news_letter/Candle Lighter.htm. Unfortunately the video is no longer available on Youtube. Let me do some digging in our files, I might be able to find it
We have a London office too. I’ll PM you contact info.That would be great, thanks, although I'm in the UK so maybe there's someone this side of the pond?
Thanks for the reply. The light looks pretty convincing. I can probably get your kit and put it in a housing. Can you tell me how long the PC board is? I'm trying for a fairly small lighter. Also, are these still available?Here is a write up on using the candle as a lighter. https://www.citytheatrical.com/news_letter/Candle Lighter.htm. Unfortunately the video is no longer available on Youtube. Let me do some digging in our files, I might be able to find it
The circuit board is 50mm x 16mm. We have plenty of the incandescent and LED kits available.Thanks for the reply. The light looks pretty convincing. I can probably get your kit and put it in a housing. Can you tell me how long the PC board is? I'm trying for a fairly small lighter. Also, are these still available?
Natively it runs 7V DC and can run at 9V DC perfectly fine. Going to 12V can cause issues, it will run but it will run hot and will die significantly quicker.Does the controller have an onboard regulator? It's easy to get very small 12V batteries, but if the circuitry is designed for 9V I wouldn't want to overdo it by 33% without knowing it was ok to do so.
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