Classic Surefire E1 P7 mod...

[Pontiaker]

I milled out the inside of the head, removed the reflector and cut down the outside diam of my Nailbender P7 drop in and installed it into my little old E1. Its all flood, needs a tir or aspheric. If anyone knows where I can get one to install in this please let me know.Beamshot is like 12 inches from the wall/backround I use for pics. the head is not engauging the o-ring so I still need to shorten the drop in.
Thanks!
Matt

 

[nailbender]

That is pretty wild Matt a real pocket rocket

Dave

 

[toby_pra]

This is an very nice mod...!:wave:

 

[kz1000s1]

I love that! The E1 was my first Surefire, and at the time I thought it's 15 Lumens was bright.

 

[Kestrel]

That's georgeous, I had Milky do my retro E1 with the P7 in a similar manner:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2851643#post2851643
There are a few E1e P7's running around in that thread, but that E1 just looks perfect.:thumbsup:

Two posts after mine has a beamshot comparison between the 15 lumen E1 and the P7 E1.

 

[Illum]

thats ridiculous! how much current are you drawing from the RCR123A?

 

[xcel730]

Wow. Very nice Matt. Good job! :thumbsup:

 

[Pontiaker]

thats ridiculous! how much current are you drawing from the RCR123A?

I dont know, tell me how to measure it with my Fluke 87 and I will let you know. Iam such a newb!

Thanks guys!
Matt

 

[Zeruel]

ha, i wish. :goodjob:

 

[Illum]

I dont know, tell me how to measure it with my Fluke 87 and I will let you know. Iam such a newb!

Thanks guys!
Matt

Assuming your Fluke looks like this


Set your meter to the ma/A setting, should be the 2 o'clock position
unscrew the Tailcap of your E1e
Unplug the red chord from the V socket [as shown above] and connect it with the "A" socket for the current value
DO NOT use the ma socket being that its fused and usually under an amp
Bridge the contact probes: one to the light body the other on the negative end of the 13640 and it should give you a reading while the light lights up.
The Black probe goes to the battery and the Red to the wall

 

[Pontiaker]

Assuming your Fluke looks like this


Set your meter to the ma/A setting, should be the 2 o'clock position
unscrew the Tailcap of your E1e
Unplug the red chord from the V socket [as shown above] and connect it with the "A" socket for the current value
DO NOT use the ma socket being that its fused and usually under an amp
Bridge the contact probes: one to the light body the other on the negative end of the 13640 and it should give you a reading while the light lights up.
The Black probe goes to the battery and the Red to the wall

Thank you very much! I was an auto tech for 18 years but got out of that about 8 years ago so I have not had much practice with the meter. Great info and something i need to know for sure!
Thanks!
Matt

 

[Pontiaker]

I tried doing this but nothing happens, the light will not come on and I can not get any reading.Iam not sure whats going on.....

 

[nailbender]

You need to be using the 10 amp setting and plugged into the 10 amp port if it is like mine. If you use the other there is too much resistance.

 

[Essexman]

I tried doing this but nothing happens, the light will not come on and I can not get any reading.Iam not sure whats going on.....

Oh dear you've knackered it, did the magic smoke come out? it'll be no good now, I'll PM you my address and I'll take it for scrap metal value................no?

Oh C'mon it was worth a try. :naughty:

Nice mod, looking forward to what you come up with next.

 

[Illum]

Does your Fluke turn on?


If he knackered it the battery protection will have tripped and his battery will read 0V, if not there isn't a short, just a blown fuse.

If your Fluke is the one pictured and you plugged it into the ma plug, you've just fried a built-in 400ma fuse. If you plugged the wire into the 10A line the fuse will never go because the battery is only capable of outputting 2.5C given the protection circuit is active. 2.5x[2.2AH]= 5.5Amps given a short
If you left it on the V plug or set the dial anywhere except the ma/A setting, your fluke's probably very very confused at this point

 

[Pontiaker]

I did it just like he said but the fuse could be blown from something that happened years ago....That might be why it doesn't work.

 

[Illum]

Run the Fluke 87 through a self test mode...
According to the Fluke 87 User Manual...dee doo dee doo...





See if that works, all omitted reference available here for a complete version of the cited user manual
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8555286/Fluke-87-Multimeter-Users-Manual