Hi. Nice review. I necro this just in case you still don't know about the detail regarding the slot at the bottom side (bulb in lower position, DAIMON brand name readable), where just a small amount of light emits through. In early WWII that slot (so called "Tarnlicht") was used as a "concealed" light, usually using the red filter added, for reading maps below at night in order to prevent enemy snipers from picking off higher ranked soldiers while they were briefing their combat groups. The leather strap of the lamp got usually attached to two buttons of the german field jacket, so it emitted light horizontally through the main lens as soon as turned on. To prevent enemies from spotting that light on open field the middle filter screen was put in position before (the bulb) to shut it, and let only light shine through the slot downwards from the bottom of the lamp onto a map held by hand, while shown to others around. Some later distributed lamps had special lamp covers or solid metal "filter" plates, instead of the blue filter, restricting the light for the same usage, afaik... A ton of these lamps are still in use today in a plethora of variations, by some armies, even in the NATO. I guess because of the simplicity of the construction and the ease of use and maintain. They are pretty easy upgraded by exchanging the bulb by a high power LED and the usage of a AAA-battery adapter. Looks oldscool, works like a charm. Cheers from Germany, Red Katipo.
Just to tell you most of those flashlights, the reason why blue isn’t very bright, is because most of the time they were used for signaling traffic and stuff and high commanding officers, would have them as so as engineers too, but high commanding officers would have them to use them for maps And engineers would use them to obviously see around things and stop oncoming traffic and etc.
Hey Reynaldo! It all kinda depends on which one of your metal terminals (short or long) is posotive or negative. I'm guessing on all repro Daimon flashlights have a long negative lead, and a short posotive lead, and it should be marked on top of your battery which is +,- like mine is. The negative lead needs to be your ground, so it needs to make contact somewhere on the flashlight case (on mine there is a small brass peice attached to the flashlight case, this is where my negative lead goes on my flashlight ). Your possotive lead needs to make contact somewhere on your on/off switch. I know that there were alot of Daimon flashlight models used by the wehrmacht during ww2, and not every one is the same, so if this doesn't help, or get your flashlight working then please let me know and I'll be happy to make a video better explaining it! I hope this helped!
I've tried using regular battery's instead of the one manufactured for it and burned out the balb. Know any good places for battery's converters for the flashlight?
I have no clue on where to get battery converters, but you can get one of the repro ones on ebay for fairly cheap if you aren't able to find a battery converter
Hi. Nice review. I necro this just in case you still don't know about the detail regarding the slot at the bottom side (bulb in lower position, DAIMON brand name readable), where just a small amount of light emits through. In early WWII that slot (so called "Tarnlicht") was used as a "concealed" light, usually using the red filter added, for reading maps below at night in order to prevent enemy snipers from picking off higher ranked soldiers while they were briefing their combat groups. The leather strap of the lamp got usually attached to two buttons of the german field jacket, so it emitted light horizontally through the main lens as soon as turned on. To prevent enemies from spotting that light on open field the middle filter screen was put in position before (the bulb) to shut it, and let only light shine through the slot downwards from the bottom of the lamp onto a map held by hand, while shown to others around. Some later distributed lamps had special lamp covers or solid metal "filter" plates, instead of the blue filter, restricting the light for the same usage, afaik... A ton of these lamps are still in use today in a plethora of variations, by some armies, even in the NATO. I guess because of the simplicity of the construction and the ease of use and maintain. They are pretty easy upgraded by exchanging the bulb by a high power LED and the usage of a AAA-battery adapter. Looks oldscool, works like a charm. Cheers from Germany, Red Katipo.
I think the lens on the top was supposed to light the ground right before one’s feet because normally you’d carry it upside down
This is like finding your ds in your closet and seeing it still works
Just to tell you most of those flashlights, the reason why blue isn’t very bright, is because most of the time they were used for signaling traffic and stuff and high commanding officers, would have them as so as engineers too, but high commanding officers would have them to use them for maps And engineers would use them to obviously see around things and stop oncoming traffic and etc.
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I found a 1942 enwell tricola in an old barn. Im "restoring" it. It has extra bulbs will it work off 9 volt battery?
I’m trying to put my battery in but which side does the long/short metal bars go onto?
Hey Reynaldo! It all kinda depends on which one of your metal terminals (short or long) is posotive or negative. I'm guessing on all repro Daimon flashlights have a long negative lead, and a short posotive lead, and it should be marked on top of your battery which is +,- like mine is. The negative lead needs to be your ground, so it needs to make contact somewhere on the flashlight case (on mine there is a small brass peice attached to the flashlight case, this is where my negative lead goes on my flashlight ). Your possotive lead needs to make contact somewhere on your on/off switch. I know that there were alot of Daimon flashlight models used by the wehrmacht during ww2, and not every one is the same, so if this doesn't help, or get your flashlight working then please let me know and I'll be happy to make a video better explaining it! I hope this helped!
I have same problem, please video guide, thanks
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I've tried using regular battery's instead of the one manufactured for it and burned out the balb. Know any good places for battery's converters for the flashlight?
I have no clue on where to get battery converters, but you can get one of the repro ones on ebay for fairly cheap if you aren't able to find a battery converter
many different versions of it because mine take D batteries
See told you it would be amazing 😊😁
Thank youuu, im glad you loved it😊💕
Of course 😊
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German flashlights are brighter than US army flashlights
Just print your own labels for the battery 😅