New Mag a Mod home diyers

[roadie]

after finally completing my first mag mod, was playing with it, and realised runtime is abit shorter than expected.

i am on a 12volt 100 watts osram w/reflector

then do some readup, and begin to wonder why the Pro modders are inserting 11 to 12 batteries, some even more .... in their mods

Euraka! as i was running 9 AA in series, when the voltage of per cell drops to a normal voltage of abt 1.1 volt to 1.05 volt, due to the high amp draw, was having a very dim light. which it total abt 9.9 volt and less at its 'stable' voltage BUT was not enough total volts to power up the light.

Therefore, spending the whole morning til early afternoon, i added another 2 batteries to my battery pack.

although, the over initial voltage might kill some life out of the bulb, 11 batteries at a 'stable' voltage of abt 1.1 volt = 12.1 Or less ... will enable me to run a more effective runtime towards my light.

Do use the multimeter on and off to measure my battery pack voltage and amps left, then use a caculator, to see if i really need to charge my light and how long it should be charge .......

now i need a 4D cell maglite ........, currently on a bought wrong size of 2 D..

:touche:

 

[65535]

I'm thinking a hotdriver would make you happy, Also using a quad bored Mag, more cells in the same space.

 

[roadie]

had a fun time, showing off to my nieces and nephew, but still cant "flame" up the paper, only able to burn some holes in the paper.

is it due to my flood standard reflector, attach with the bulb, Or the paper in the US is easier to torch with

BTW, i am using a non bored mag, didnt have the tools

cheers

 

[snipinglight]

Hi Roadie, glad that u were able to show your new light to your nephew. Happy new year.

 

[Senses]

had a fun time, showing off to my nieces and nephew, but still cant "flame" up the paper, only able to burn some holes in the paper.

is it due to my flood standard reflector, attach with the bulb, Or the paper in the US is easier to torch with

BTW, i am using a non bored mag, didnt have the tools

cheers

Because Mac' torch has 12 batteries, and Mad Maxabeam's has 13 batteries :naughty:

 

[roadie]

Because Mac' torch has 12 batteries, and Mad Maxabeam's has 13 batteries :naughty:

does that 12 and 13 do really make that difference?

please help ....

 

[roadie]

damned ... i am back on 3x3 = 9 aa cells again as, due to 3 things, one the length got too long and weaken my pack, leaving a third out of the maglite, second my one and only charger can only charge to 10 cells ... lastly, got a few bad cells after this few days of tormenting them ......

 

[roadie]

i will try to locate a 12v 50 w spot flood once my spare bulb fused, and shall be running it more with longer runtime, enough for a EDC light, retired my surefire D3 ...

when got free usgae of money, i definetly build a torch light paper fire again .... !