Xenon or Halogen KPR118 Equivalents?
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Let's forget about NOMINAL 1.5V.
Alkaline drops to 1.2V. at maximum of 1 Amp draw and NiMH also hold it's 1.2 volt at up to 4~5 Amps. So voltage under load is 1.2 volt.
Chicken Drumstick
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I've been thinking about trying 2 x 26800 Li-ion, as that should also be 8.4v nominal voltage, only require a small spacer to make them the same length as 3 x D cell. But much higher capacity than using the Eneloops.
Each D cell has length of about 60mm so you have 180mm space for batteries.
2 x 26800 Li-ions have maximum voltage of 8.4 and will drop to about 7.4V volts under load.
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this is second generation of magnum star, xenon, 1st generation of magnum stars are kripton. easy to tell apart, 2nd gen has this cylindrical envelope.
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Try it, you'll see what i mean, PR based flashlight krypton and xenon bulbs are different animals compared to PR base halogens. they can be overdriven, halogens instaflash.
Do not confuse them with bipin halogens, some of those can take much more volts, my 90w 12v osram bulb is overdriven with 20V, and can take around 200watts and makes 12000lm vs 1800 driven at 90watts, but it only lasts 4 hours vs 4000. that huge reserve is what allows the overdrive. PR base flashlight halogen bulbs have around 30-50 hours, so they instaflash.
Identical to the ebay ks5r1.7.
Same oem?
Are these first generation? They say krypton.
Are these third generation then? They look newer and are labeled xenon.
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the top one looks fake to me, that is not proper maglite logo and packaging. the bottom one is a new bipin bulb,
this is what i'm talking about.
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i'b be very careful, fully charged at 8.4v, it could instaflash, it has 50 hour lifespan, no reserve in that filament for overdrive.
swampgator
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The top package is an old Maglite package. Can't give a timeframe but definitely was in used in the late 80s and early 90s.
