Hi Everyone,
Short intro as to why i made this mod...
i live in Singapore, and hear its compulsary for all "able bodied young men" to serve in the army for two years, this is known as national service, NS, so my being the age where me and all my friends needed to start thinking about it (we all, by right , are supposed to start next year), i checked out what kind of torch is "standard issue".
The original "Angled" light here is incandecent, and WOEFULLY underpowered. We're talking MINI-MAG level, (mini mag is a classic but at stock, it just cant keep up in terms of power) . Even my younger brother, who is so used to my lumen blasting torches was incredulous that the army used these. Ergo, this mod.
By The way, sorry for the not-so-clear pictures, ill borrow my friends SLR sometime and update...
Exploded view, you can see the head, and the Reflector assembly in the top one, (batteries too) and you can see the included lenses in the bottom picture. My room was quite dark, so i used my surefire to light it up, im actually using the clear diffuser lens from this light, so thats actually missing.
- The Reflector Assembly
- The Reflector Assembly, you can see the Connection board, with a cree p4
The place i get my supplies from only has p4s on a circuit board that small, so im using that for the moment. You may wonder why Ive put the LED on the relfector itself, thats because the original construction with the incandecent, the bulb was quite foward. So,i tried to place the LED as forward as possibly to TRY and get some extra throw.
Here you can see the Circuit board, 700mA 2.5W Regulated Circuit Board 3v input. So im driving the LED at 700mA, which should be giving at least 100++ bulb lumens.
The clear stuff you can see (well, it IS there,on the board) is hot glue, ie. the kind from a glue gun. The Negative (-) connection for this torch is actually the Reflector itself, so i had to solder a piece of wire from the (-) on the circuit bard (the round circumference part) to the reflector itself. Then i insulated that with the hot glue, and soldered half a spring (from a pilot g2 pen) to the positive connection so that it would connect the the plate inside the torch head. The circuit board is also just small enough to fit into the base of the Reflector, so its glued there too. I might consider Changing the hot glue with Epoxy, or something, as per advice from my friend's dad who also watches this site.
BEAMSHOTS!!
Here is my CP4700 Angled (i think ill call it that..:naughty
beamshot and approx. i metre.
Here it is Up against my G2-Z with P61 120 lumen output
And here it is against my Photon X-light Micro
And heres with the RED lens
Im Very happy with this light, The switch is very reliable, and in order not to waste my surefire's batteries (im still using primaries..), i tend to turn to this at night when i need a torch around the house. Of course that job will be designated to me P1D-CE Q5 when it gets here, but this is good too,it uses two C batteries, and can use 2 AA, if you know how (heh).
All beamshots are from approx 1 m by the way. And that "artifect" is blu-tack. (sorry!)
Anyway, i plan to make more of these, with perhaps, the said epoxy, and either sell them or give them to my army going friends.
Also, the body of this torch is quite sturdy, considering its plastic, not even nitrolan or anything other propietry polymer or anything.
Did i mention that its even got a clip?
Bottom line is, im glad i didnt buy the humvee GI light, or the molle light, and its a spill light, its NOT a thrower, its gets outthrowed by almost everything, but im guessing in the army you need more spill then throw most of the time anyway, and its one heck of a spiller,and even if you needed throw, theres always the hellfire.....
Also, its cheaper then bringing a surefire, or any other light into the field, and if you lose it, your heart wont be mutilated.
Please Comment
suggestions for improvement are very welcome, perhaps even a way to make it completely water proof?Crenshaw
PS: this is my first mod!
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