Mag charger Mods?

powernoodle

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The easiest mods are to stick either a Welch-Allyn 1162 bulb or a Sylvania 5761 bulb in it. The latter is easier to find (ebay), but requires that you open up the hole in the refector just a bit.

Beyond that, you can replace the reflector and/or battery, which you'll find as radar said by doing a little search.

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Superdave

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A textured reflector makes a huge difference in the beam. you lose some throw but it looks much better. Aside from that the Sylvania 5761 bulb is nice.

I have one that is using a 55W halogen bulb and 3 18650's, all it's good for is starting fires and melting the plastic socket.

here is a video if it: http://www.3500z.com/Misc/Lights/55W Magcharger.wmv (right click and save target as)
 

Northern Lights

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Yes, a million times yes.
My post has many links in this post where ai have done many improvements.:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2852946&postcount=5https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2852946&postcount=5https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2852946&postcount=5
from this thread.
Magcharger as base light for a Mag85?

here are links:
Magcharger How good is it? is my response:

Brightest Simple Mag Charger Mod, brighter than the 1160
Another M*gCharger 5761, but why this is my brightest, best MC mod
NTC soft start cures 5761 insta-flashes in MC
MagCharger Hot Wire hosts?
2,272 foot throw from my MagCharger! This mod has now been bested by the lithium powered MC I built noted above.
Lithium Charging In MagCharger-Expert NEEDED! about the diode

My first improvement did throw 2,272 feet and I now have a light that beats that!
The 5761 bulb is the trick. you can run that bulb on the stock cell or juice it up to 7.1 V bulb on 7.2 V packs.
Just remember in comparing bulb lumens and torch lumens are what the bulb emits and what actually comes out of the light is 65%.
 
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