maglite 6d rop

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you can, but alkalines suffer from voltage sag, they will not be able to handle the amount of current demanded by the bulb, so it WILL light up, but it will get dim very quickly, and thus, pointless. a 6 pack of eneloops or any other Nimh Rechargable, and some D "convertors" either eneloop brand or

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3228

will suffice. Note though, that you might want to buy a spacer of some kind, because the Negative contact on those convertors are to small for the MAG spring to contact

Crenshaw
 
I know the 6aa to 2D work well, but how would that be set up on a 6d? I wouldnt get 36AA's to run the bulb would I? I also have some 2D mags (LED) and was thinking about maybe using those as the ROP and keeping the 6d mag with maybe a malkoff drop in, still waiting for my wife to ask me what I want for Christmas....

I ordered some aa to d adapters from KD, as well as a metal reflector and I already have a UCL lense. My idea was to try out the ROP in both the 6D and the 2D, but seems to me it would be a better idea to keep the 6D as is or witha drop in from Malkoff. Too bad I cant stick the bulb that came with the 2D led mag into the 6d mag for now at least.
 
the battery adaptor i was talking about simply makes 1AA battery into a 1D size....so you can still put in only 6 into a 6D sized light...

Crenshaw
 
well, I have 4 eneloop d adapters, i can buy another 2 and ill have the 6d's. Does anyone know the answer to this:

if i leave 2 6d mags on, one with 6 aa eneloops and another with 6d alkalines, which one will run out of juice first?

Also, could I use 2 eneloops and 2 D adapters to run a stock 2D mag with the LED bulb?
 
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exodus125 said:
...My idea was to try out the ROP in both the 6D and the 2D, but seems to me it would be a better idea to keep the 6D as is or witha drop in from Malkoff...
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For me, the easiest and cheapest was to put the Malkoff in the 2D, and use my 6D in the ROP using rechargeable D's. You might as well get 2 more AA->D thingies, stick Eneloops in them, and use that for the 6D ROP.
exodus125 said:
...if i leave 2 6d mags on, one with 6 aa eneloops and another with 6d alkalines, which one will run out of juice first?...
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If you are powering an ROP, the alkys won't work. If you are powering the stock krypton bulb, the D alky will last much longer.
exodus125 said:
...Also, could I use 2 eneloops and 2 D adapters to run a stock 2D mag with the LED bulb?
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Yes. I did a similar thing last week and it worked well. I used the Malkoff 2D powered by Enerjunk D NiMH rechargeable (which is just a 2500 mAH AA in a D adapter), with a shorter runtime; Eneloops will work that much better. Note, however, that some adapters have a bottom button that won't contact the spring in a M*g.
BTW: if you are going to try 6xEneloops in a 2D, you will need a custom holder from FM or similar. Those plastic 3AA/1D thingies shipped from the Orient bought via Paypal won't work for an ROP mod. Course, those plastic thingies will work in a 2D with AA alkys & the stock krypton bulb from the 6D M*g (except for the bottom button problem).
 
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I have two 6 cell rops, they are awesome. I've run both c and d mags on alkalines in a pinch, and they still work but like stated above, drop off fast. I now have high capacity nimh's in both and they last for freakin ever on a charge and seem way higher on 7.2v nimh than 9v of alkalines did as far as light output. nimh batts are expensive, but you gotta consider you're building a monster light that'll have everlasting gobstopper runtime.

g
 
well, I bit the bullet and went and bought ANOTHER eneloop kit to get the extra 4D adpaters, now I have 8, so I can you se 6 in the 6d and 2 in the 2d.

I did this after slipping 2 of the 2d adpaters into the 2d mag and seeing how light it was. The spring didnt touch the terminal, but i fixed that fast by bending on of those smashed pennies you get at the zoo or theme parks. I figured its copper and its easy to bend. It worked fine.

So jsut to re-itterate, can I or cant I run a 6d MAg ROP on 6 eneloop AA's? Im guessing this would give me the same runtime as a 2d ROP. Let me tell you those eneloop adpaters are built quite nicely.
 
ROP running on 6aa batteries should run for about 1 hour with the low bulb and about 30 minutes for high. Also using those adapters may cause the light to be dimmer because of increased resistance between the multiple contact points. If you use the 6D mag with D sized NiMH rechargeable's you can expect about 2 hours on the high bulb and 4 on the low bulb.

Personally, using 6 aa->d adapters in a 6D mag seems a waste to me. Use a 2D with a 6aa-2d adapter for small size or D rechargeable's in the 6D for super runtimes.

Just my opinion,
Nova:candle:
 
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There are some decent ones that mdocod makes available here that aren't as expensive as the FM ones. From all reports they are very well made and work well (I haven't seen/used one).

If you have a pack type of charger, it is much easier to recharge all the batteries at once without having to take them out of the holder.

Nova
 
i just hooked up the 6d with the stock bulb to 8 AA using the C sized adapters from eneloop and its much brighter than stock. Maybe ill try to make one of those adapters using the instructions he provides too :huh::candle:
 
I just got my big d bulbs from lighthound. I stuck the low bulb in with 8aa batteries and the bulb fried. I took 2 out and put the hi bulb in and its bright as heck. NOW, does anyone know if I could safely hook up 8aa eneloops to the big D HIGH bulb without it burning up? its bright as is, but if I can run it on 8aa's I rather do it. 9.6v is what 8aa's puts out.
 
8 batteries will fry both the Big D bulbs (as you found out with the low bulb). The high is actually a bit less robust than the low bulb. I have flashed a high bulb using 6 sub-c batteries (high capacity/drain RC cells) by trying to use it only 10 minutes off the charger.

People have successfully run the low bulb on 7 AA's, but I am not sure if they did any resistance fixes though. Don't try the high on 7 batteries though, it will :poof: every time.

Check out Lux's bulb tests to see the difference between the 2 bulbs (low can take 1v more than high).

Cheers,
Nova
 
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