MagLED drop-ins

[krazy89]

Hey anyone here ever mod the MagLED drop-ins??

i was thinking of putting in a SSC in there... would that be a worthwhile mod?

also... is it as easy as just swapping out the emitters?? or do i need to change the driver too?

Any info would be nice...

KraZy

 

[olrac]

I have stock 2D MagLed also. I would like to know either a good drop in or not to difficult mod to juice it up as well.

 

[jzmtl]

I thought about doing it but not changing LED, but switch the plastic retaining ring for a metal one, then put fins on there connecting to body for heat sinking, consider that's one of the biggest problems magled drop in has.

 

[sysadmn]

Newbie had a thread on this. You probably can't change the driver (it fits in the PR bulb body), but he had a mod that lowered the current without affecting brightness too much - I think he got hundreds of hours of runtime. LMK if you can't find the thread and I'll look.

 

[Marduke]

There are several threads floating around here associated with swapping the emitter in the 2AA and 3AA MagLED's. Try using the search function to find them.

 

[sysadmn]

I tried searching and couldn't find any. Blind luck, I stumbled on this:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=144141

 

[2xTrinity]

I thought about doing it but not changing LED, but switch the plastic retaining ring for a metal one, then put fins on there connecting to body for heat sinking, consider that's one of the biggest problems magled drop in has.

Download sells such a part for C-Maglites, it replaces the plastic bulb holder with an anodized aluminum. I have used one for an ROP-hi mod (to deal with heat buildup from the bulb) and a Terralux dropin, to allow extended runtime without overheating the of LED (the terralux fortunately has a Seoul emitter, but unfortunately has no temperature sensor like the MagLED, so instead of dimming over time it will start cooking).

IMHO, a really awesome light would be a 3C or 4C MagLED, with the MagCTower, PLUS swapping of the emitter from a Luxeon to a SSC emitter. Doing that would cause the light to be about doubly bright, and the fact that there would be heatsinking would mean that the light would not dim so dramatically throughout the runtime -- as that is a function of temperature. Performance of such a mod woudl be twice as bright as a stock MagLED, and it would STAY bright.

Finally, I would either stipple the reflector, or install a lens with light diffusion to make the light more useful when de-focused (eliminate the donut hole effect). This essentially produces a variable-angle flood light. I actually like the diffusion film as it softens the beam and eliminates a lot of "harsh shadows" when looking at nearby objects.

 

[NA8]

Hey anyone here ever mod the MagLED drop-ins??

i was thinking of putting in a SSC in there... would that be a worthwhile mod?

Yep

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=166999