BigMag³ 4000 Lumen, fully dimmable

[paulr]

Make sure to look at the Data Bank 70 thread if you haven't seen it:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/178130

 

[mash.m]

Holy Cr@p!

Nice Job! I love the head, did you machine/design it? Great Job! We need more info..

the head is selfmade and designed by me. it is the same i have used for my BigMag², but much lighter and in my view more beautyfull

markus

 

[mash.m]

Make sure to look at the Data Bank 70 thread if you haven't seen it:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/178130

i have see this :huh: in the past but i think this are two different categories of "flashlight". the databank is very heavy, an bright but not very portable.

the databank is the brightest led device ever buildet and i have seen!

markus

 

[Ganp]

Excellent work markus - that head looks terrific:twothumbs

I hope you get to post some outside beamshots.



Colin.

 

[mash.m]

hello,

here some detail pictures! no beamshots today - bad weather here in germany!

head inside:

electronik first try with 4 fet´s. not very beautyfull but functional. you can see the four fets adhered at the outside of the mag. good thermal management. the fets are wired with massive copper wires - very low resistance.

rearview with the 4 flat copper wires:

inside view with the 4 wires:

 

[mash.m]

here now some beamshots, but very windy today!

selfmade automotive hid overdriven at 45 watt with 7 inch reflector:

BigMag³ at 100% but very windy at this time and my tripod waggle:

all pictures have the same exposure and f-number.

sorry for the bad second picture, but it was very windy here. today we have about 10°celcius and this in winter time! it should be -10°celsius at this moment. next weekend i make better pictures and compare with a microfire 3500.

markus

 

[dan_]

:thumbsup: awesome light!!
Is the beam that bluish in real or is it just the camera?

(Wo wohnst du denn in Deutschland wo´s heute so kalt ist??)

~Daniel

 

[criollo]

Holy Gautama Buddha !! I told you this one is gonna be impressive !!! :twothumbs

mash.m you've got talent !! Keep up the :goodjob:


Best Regards

 

[paulr]

it was very windy here. today we have about 10°celcius and this in winter time! it should be -10°celsius at this moment.

It was the BigMag³ that raised the temperature . Nice photos!

 

[mash.m]

hello,

the beam is pure white. next time i make a manual white balance!

i live between karlsruhe and heidelberg. the weather is very crazy at this moment. not good to make beamshots. after take the bigmag beamshot the cam battery was empty. i will make new shots this week.

markus

 

[07accordEX]

wow dude, that is sick
i wanted to get a HID but you just killed my quest for one lol

 

[mash.m]

hello,

today i make some beamshots again, but also very windy!
exposure time 1 second
f-number 2.8
manual white balance so you can see the diference between a 4300°k hid an my BigMag³.

BigMag³ 100%:

hid at 45 watts, a little unsharp, maybe the wind:

two absolut different flashlights - the light color and throw.

maybe anybody here in germany with a high powered flashlight to compare?

next is to make a lion or lipo battery pack. anybody idea where i can get cells that fits in the mag?
then i will search and buy a new, more beautiful black button for the pot. actualy i made a case for this light with car charger second battery pack and so on.

markus

 

[dan_]

Hi markus,

looks great. The new beamshots don´t look bluish at all.
Sorry, don´t have any light to compare in that output-range...

Cheers,
daniel

btw: I live in Herborn, weather´s going crazy here, too. About same temperatures like your place (I re-read your post, thought you wrote that it was minus 10°C, that´s why I was wondering where in Germany it could have 20 °C difference )

hello,

the beam is pure white. next time i make a manual white balance!

i live between karlsruhe and heidelberg. the weather is very crazy at this moment. not good to make beamshots. after take the bigmag beamshot the cam battery was empty. i will make new shots this week.

markus

 

[Hallis]

That thing is insane!!! I like it.

Shane

 

[rizky_p]

Plain SICK!!:twothumbs:twothumbs:twothumbs makes my 5 Cree light like a candle stick

 

[nein166]

two absolut different flashlights - the light color and throw.

maybe anybody here in germany with a high powered flashlight to compare?

Maybe RA isn't too far away
He's got a Big HID

 

[MrValiant]

It would be just too cool if you could post a link for the dimmer pot you used. Your light is just awesome I'm drooling on my keyboard.

 

[mash.m]

It would be just too cool if you could post a link for the dimmer pot you used. Your light is just awesome I'm drooling on my keyboard.

the pot is a 1mohm linear pot, but this only controlls the electronic postet on the first side. you can not dim such high currents only via a pot. you need electronic! you can dim a 20mA led directly via a pot but not these high powered leds.

markus

 

[Amonra]

A link to the electronic used then ?

 

[mash.m]

A link to the electronic used then ?

? i don´t understand what you mean!

markus