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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    After messing around with the light meter, I'm not sure how much the extra 0.4A is going to get me anyway... With the 3D cells and the light running at 3.1A I'm getting 46 kCd. I don't think it will do much better at 3.5A. Maybe it's best to just leave it alone :) My factory 2D rebel Mag is...
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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    The only place I have space for a 5W ceramic resistor, sadly, is in the tailcap (under the spring).
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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    3.6V is not enough, 4.8V is too much. 3 cells makes the light run at about 3.1A. 4 Cells will let it run regulated but it overheats the driver. I need a small amount of resistance to drop it like 0.6V or 0.8V for the light to run in regulation with 4 cells. That's why I'm doing this. With 4...
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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    Thanks Justin. What holds the spring in the tailcap? Just friction? No solder joint needed to keep the bottom portion of the spring connected, just a friction fit with the anodizing removed?
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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    Ahh, I see what you are saying, almost like a thin-resistive-spacer. That's a good idea and I can still hide the resistor inside the spring area. I like it! Now we're getting somewhere!! Even if i solder one leg of the resitor to the base of the spring, it will transfer it's heat into the...
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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    I was really hoping for suggestions from someone that's installed a resistor in a Mag tailcap before. Maybe it's been done, maybe it hasn't, I was hoping someone else had done it before and could offer advice. Perhaps soldering isn't the best way and someone has done it another way. As far as...
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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    I have a 1D sized spacer. When I use 3 cells, the light wont reach 3.5A with only 3 cells and it doesn't run regulated. I'm saying I need to add the 4th cell for the light to regulate correctly and have something burn off the excess voltage (besides the driver) to keep it in regulation.
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    Help needed: Adding resistance to a mag tailcap

    About 4 months ago, I took my parents 15 year old Maglite (pre-D serial) 4 Cell D and updated it. I had someone make me a custom heatsync and a custom driver. I installed a chopped rebel reflector and put an XM-L T6 in it. The problem with the light is, with 4 freshly charged cells NiMh...
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    Fat Boy's Copper Smoothie - IT LIVES!!

    Something tells me that light won't make it past Airport Security. "No, honestly, it's a FLASHLIGHT!!!!" LoL
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    Warm spotlight for light painting?

    You could use pretty much any Halogen spotlight. If you don't like the color temp of the halogen bulb, change it out with a lower temp halogen bulb. Two I can think of in the 100W class are the Wagan 18M and the Professionals Favorite 20M. If those lights aren't powerful enough for you...
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    Need advice on Professional's Favorite spotlight power options

    Powering through charge port: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most spotlights cannot be powered through the charge ports. Most manuals will warn that damage will result. I have one spotlight that can be powered through the DC charge port...
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    I want to make a hunting spotlight...

    There is a 40 Watt (total output if all die are on) diode that LEDEngin makes. You could use the white die and red die in it (and not use the blue/green). You could easily use that and they even have focusing optics for it. The smaller the degree of the optic, the farther it should throw...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Thank you very much for your time and thanks again for the ebay recommendation.
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Maybe for the price-range of this project and low cost of my light, it would be best to just use a piece of PVC for a shim. If i need it to be offset in one direction, I could just cut the PVC on an angle or sand it... It doesn't seem like there is anything commercially available and something...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    That's almost exactly what I need (with the exception that I would need it to fit an H4 bulb and I wanted it to have 4 point adjustments). So basically you just have two metal rings, one mounts to the reflector, you mount the bulb to the other one, and then you use the screws to adjust the...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    I was posting to see if anyone knew if there was one you could buy that was adjustable in all three axis (not just collars or spacers to adjust insertion depth). I was hoping to find something that I could not only adjust insertion depth but also be able to move the arc point around inside the...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Unfortunately I'll need one with 4 (or 3) screw points so i can move the arc gap around inside. Something is telling me that they don't actually make one...
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    Best bulb choice for 55W HID ballast (looking for throw)

    Thanks for the post BHV. I have my 55W China ballast on order so I'll give it a shot in about 3 weeks. I originally started with 4300K bulbs because everyone said they were brighter and looked nicer. I just ordered a batch of 6000K bulbs because they 4300s were way to yellow for me. I'm...
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    Best bulb choice for 55W HID ballast (looking for throw)

    So I'm working on final HID upgrade. I have a professional's favorite that I was able to find a 55W ballast for (that fits behind the reflector). I'm going for the most throw I can get... Is it better to put in a 55W (H4) bulb to match the ballast or is it better to put in a 35W (H4)and...
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    Focusable H4 (or other) light socket

    Does anyone know if anyone makes/sells a focusable headlight (H4 preferred) socket? I'm looking for something that I can drop into the spot where an H4 bulb goes into the reflector that has 4 screws so you can adjust insertion depth in and angle.

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