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M6 LED mod- ?tri-reflector
Hi All
I seems to me that with the availability of the Nichia 219 we might be able now to replace the Surefire M6 incan with an equivalently functional LED head.
The CRI is good enough (at least for me), and with 3 LEDs at 750-800 mA drive current we can generate 600+ lumens, so it is competitive with the HO incan. The main issue left is throw, in my opinion. So we need some decent reflectors to fit in the Millennium Turbohead. I have made one in the past with McR27's, but I am interested in a ready-made solution- three smooth, XP-E/219 optimised deep reflectors that is a drop-in fit. Does anyone know of any? I trawled the (!)DX website but couldn't be confident of a good match. Any ideas / references or comments??
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Flashaholic*
Re: M6 LED mod- ?tri-reflector
I would look at aspherical lens to improve throw. Depending on the size of your heatsink, there really is not enough
room to install deep reflectors in the Turbo head
Have you seen Led Zeppelins thread ?
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...ods&highlight=
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Flashaholic*
Re: M6 LED mod- ?tri-reflector

Originally Posted by
ICUDoc
with 3 LEDs at 750-800 mA drive current we can generate 600+ lumens, so it is competitive with the HO incan.
Keep in mind that MN21 with fresh 123 cells will produce much higher than claimed OTF average output.
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Flashaholic*
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Re: M6 LED mod- ?tri-reflector
Thanks all for the replies: DUQ, tx101 I had forgotten about LEDZepp's stuff- I'll have another look. I hope they aren't beyond my price-range.
Fivemega- yes, you're right of course; I had heard a figure of 1000 OTF lumens for fresh cells- never seen a graph but I suspect it falls off pretty quickly.
Thanks again
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Flashaholic*
Re: M6 LED mod- ?tri-reflector
Just in case LZ does not have any more tapered contact post, if you look here
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...%29&highlight=
Member Britelumens, modded an old MN21 post to use in his LED mod.
Here is a photo of my Led Zep M6
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Flashaholic*
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Flashaholic*
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LED's impress but Incans satisfy

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