HID mod for Maglites

[phyhsuts]

I came upon this mod using what seems to be Welch Allyn's 10W HID lamp with what seems to be a Japanese built ballast. (If we have some members who read Japanese, perhaps he/she can translate the article for all the rest of us? I read Chinese, English and French but sadly not Japanese.) Ther is even a beam photo with the Surefire 9AN as reference. Website: http://homepage3.nifty.com/ledsurefire/starthp/subpage12.html What is very interesting is how the battery holders are made by cutting and gluing 2 AA cells holders. Enjoy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Alan Hsu]

phyhsuts,

Though I can't really read Japanese, the key to the mod seems to be the 1,000-hr 10W HID lamp and ballast described here:
http://www.unityf.com/cgi/shops/index.html

Mod to the Mag body seems minimal.

 

[James S]

Wow, thats nice. And in the last shots it almost looks as though the beam is focusable? I had thought that I remembered reading around here that the Mag switch would melt at those power levels? If it can handle it then thats great. Or perhaps that was when running some even higher MR16 style bulbs, I can't remember.

The bulb and ballast look like the standard welch allyn "solarc" products. They also make one with the reflector as part of the bulb (like the p61 bulbs and such) which I've been eyeing myself. But the cost to entry is a bit high.

The solarc bulbs and ballasts have been around for a long time now, I'm a little confused as to why they aren't used more often in flashlights. They are expensive, but not really all that much more expensive than other things we spend our money on! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[makar]

is there another source (in a language i understand /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif )you can purchase this kit from?

great mod!
marc

 

[FNG]

babelfish.altavista.com

http://homepage3.nifty.com/ledsurefire/starthp/subpage12.html

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For some reason, the pictures dont show up after the translation.

 

[James S]

makar, sure you can get them from walamp: http://www.walamp.com/iactive/index.html

Unfortunately in small quantities they are very expensive. You can buy a kit of 5 lamps and ballasts for $500 USD!

 

[Ray_of_Light]

The lamp and the ballast ARE 100% those made from WA.

Anthony

 

[makar]

thanks for the link.
what do you think of this light? Is it like a sure fire m6 or quite brighter?
does anyone plan to buy this kit?
marc

 

[AilSnail]

check out the ongoing thread at "modified and homemade". I hope someone will create a group buy.

 

[Homebrew]

I need one of these to complete my exploits of the maglight body. WOW!

 

[ufokillerz]

Hid Lights
i have 5 of those bodies, 3 to resell to cpf'ers

 

[Catdaddy]

ufokillerz
Do you have a complete light or just the body? I really want one of the complete HIDs.
Thanks,
John

 

[Alan Hsu]

How shock-resistant is the design?

 

[ufokillerz]

i have the bodies now, the HID are supposed to ship out today. and no idea about shock proofness of the design, if anyone wants to know, please let me know after you've done a drop test
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Catdaddy said:
ufokillerz
Do you have a complete light or just the body? I really want one of the complete HIDs.
Thanks,
John

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[ufokillerz]

I have 2 bodies left, 2x b10n004, 4x b10n001
Turnkey available. Click here

 

[obeck]

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James S said:
makar, sure you can get them from walamp: http://www.walamp.com/iactive/index.html

Unfortunately in small quantities they are very expensive. You can buy a kit of 5 lamps and ballasts for $500 USD!

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Oh, man. Those are sweet... the perfect thing for bike lights. Currently, bike lights from Light and Motion or Niterider using a 10watt HID run about $300.
Too bad we cant get about 100 people on a group buy for one of these at $40 each. I have $100 to throw at a project... I'd even go in with 4 others for
a developers kit . (PM me if any of you read this and are interested). It is way beyond my ability to start a mass group-buy, so if anyone else wants to start one, I'm in....

 

[ufokillerz]

people interested should take in Solarc HIDs should take a look in the Group Buy section, thanks