MatajumotorS
Enlightened
Maby someone could write? 
Most powerful MAG LED mods!
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sims2k
Enlightened
A list of stuff needed or a guide would be good.
Daekar
Enlightened
The most powerful mag LED mod list would be... messy and highly populated because of constantly changing bins. However, I would imagine Milkyspit has build a few of the most powerful ones with larger-than-stock heads. Essentially, the more space for emitters/reflectors/heatsinking you have the more powerful you can make it.
I think the 2nd-most common LED magmod (aside from Malkoff/EverLED/TerraLux drop-ins) would be a heatsink from KD or The Sandwich Shoppe for triple-stars and a trio of mini-reflectors. In that configuration you can get ~485 torch lumens if you're driving R2 emitters at approx. 1000mA (assuming your heatsinking can keep the junction temperature down, otherwise you'll get less). That would be... around (3 * 3.7V) * 1.0A = 11.1 watts, so driver losses would make drain from the batteries a bit more than that... let's say your driver is 90% efficient... that's around 12.33 watts. If your heatsinking is OK that puts you at 485TL/12.33W = 39.3 TL/W. Would be around 60.8 L/W from the emitters.
It might be of interest to note that if the Crees were pushed only a little harder we would be getting into territory that could be occupied by hotwires that use some of the new highly efficient IRC bulbs. For reference, I belive the ROP tend to be somewhere in the 1000 BL/30W = 33.33 BL/W area if the appropriate resistance fixes are done.
I think the 2nd-most common LED magmod (aside from Malkoff/EverLED/TerraLux drop-ins) would be a heatsink from KD or The Sandwich Shoppe for triple-stars and a trio of mini-reflectors. In that configuration you can get ~485 torch lumens if you're driving R2 emitters at approx. 1000mA (assuming your heatsinking can keep the junction temperature down, otherwise you'll get less). That would be... around (3 * 3.7V) * 1.0A = 11.1 watts, so driver losses would make drain from the batteries a bit more than that... let's say your driver is 90% efficient... that's around 12.33 watts. If your heatsinking is OK that puts you at 485TL/12.33W = 39.3 TL/W. Would be around 60.8 L/W from the emitters.
It might be of interest to note that if the Crees were pushed only a little harder we would be getting into territory that could be occupied by hotwires that use some of the new highly efficient IRC bulbs. For reference, I belive the ROP tend to be somewhere in the 1000 BL/30W = 33.33 BL/W area if the appropriate resistance fixes are done.
LEDninja
Flashlight Enthusiast
AuroraLite's Dummy Reference Guide to Minimag Modding(many pix)
Gunner12
Flashaholic
The most powerful LED Maglite mod with decent throw would be a 7 Cree R2 mod with each LED driven at 1 amp. My guess is a minimal of 1600 Lumen at the LED.
You could technically pack the head full of Rebel 100s with no reflector and run all of them at 1 amp, crazy bright but really short runtime and lots of heat.
You could technically pack the head full of Rebel 100s with no reflector and run all of them at 1 amp, crazy bright but really short runtime and lots of heat.
