another dexter moment on the night vision

[stubby 175]

another member recomended using dedicated IR lamps on top of his shooting wagon, used alongside his homemade nightvision, saves having a lamp or laser on the rifle.

looking on evil bay, these units retailed around £150 plus each

 

of course, I prefer "budget vision"

so odered some IR filter and made these, had to replace one bulb so came to a total of £9.65 all in, I'll get a video up of the whole set-up once they are bolted to the roof of 4x4

 

http://youtu.be/J7VIiNa6Pwc

[camo304 3]

Nice1, i like it

[Gloop 5]

I'm liking your thinking I have been considering getting some filters on the truck for driving around the field but was worried about burning the lens. That is a much better idea. a cheap set of spots. where did you pick the filter up from. the bay of evil?

[stubby 175]

this seller on evil bay will cut to size for you, just send them a message

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170829672592?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

[hedz31 1,308]

Nice 1 mate let us know how it goe's on and keep posting ye tightwad tip's on here

[stubby 175]

well, after a few bits of advice from others, I redesigned them by putting the clear lens back in and sticking the ir filter onto it, left them plugged in for an hour and half tonight and all works fine so far, Ill check out if they work with the nv unit on a night when it aint raining, and if they work as good as my rifle mounted lamp, then next step, fix on the 4x4

[stubby 175]

ok, so they are not tested on the nv yet, but wanted to get them in a working position before friday night, as if the rain holds off it'll be lamping over a friends permission, and testing the nv too,

now when I shoot my permission its all done from the drivers seat, rifle fits on a door mounted rest and Im looking/aiming ahead of the car, being driver and shooter I can position the car/shot angle where ever I want it, but if Im over the orchards which is a friends permission, we have one of us driving, and the other shooting from passengers window 90 degree's to the car/front (down between rows of trees)

 

the lamps therefore needed to be movable, at first I toyed with the idea of a turntable affare with the lamps wired in permantly through the roof, after mulling over ideas in my head a new plan was hatched, lamps mounted on a plinth, that could be fixed in either one of the two positions, the plinth sits on 2 posts that then have "c" clips pushed through to hold it all in situ, the wire then simply gets trapped in the door, fitting into one of the auxially 12v sockets