NotBrightNuf
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Will the phillips 5761 fit in the socket of the mag charger? I don't want to force it in and make it loose for the stock bulb.
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ANDREAS FERRARI
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The Phillips 5761 is a G4 bulb( 4 mm between pins ) just like the stock bulb.It will fit in the socket just fine.But the reflector is another matter.The 5761 will not fit through the opening(too big)-you will have to use a Dremel to grind it open enough to allow the bulb to fit.Also the bulb runs hot enough to melt the base.Try pushing the bulb all the way in and then pull it out 1mm to allow air flow between the bulb and the base..In the end it will be worth!The amount of light this simple upgrade produces is really amazing.
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I found a thread posted by fivemega selling some ceramic bi pin sockets that you can put in for the mag charger but he closed the thread. Do you think he will be selling them again? Same goes for the reflectors for the mag charger.
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What about the reflectors for a mag charger?
There isn't an available MC reflector with a bulb opening large enough for the 5761. I have a vague recollection of someone posting that they remove the reflector from the bezel and carefully install the bulb with the reflector already in place (then reinstall the bezel), but I don't have a link. Other than that, you'll have to widen the bulb opening, and assume the immediate and long-term risks.
The stock reflector can apparently handle the heat from a 5761. FM made some all-aluminum LOP reflectors for the MC, but they're pretty much unobtainium at this point. There's also FM's Throw Master, but you'll need to modify the cradle if you want to charge it with the reflector installed. You still have the bulb opening issue if you go with either of the FM reflectors.
The stock reflector can apparently handle the heat from a 5761. FM made some all-aluminum LOP reflectors for the MC, but they're pretty much unobtainium at this point. There's also FM's Throw Master, but you'll need to modify the cradle if you want to charge it with the reflector installed. You still have the bulb opening issue if you go with either of the FM reflectors.
This was my post in another thread regarding the 5761 bulb and MagCharger reflector:
I am new to the board and would like to offer an alternative to enlarging the reflector hole to accomodate the 5761 bulb. I have two Mag Chargers using the 5761 bulb upgrade.
Instead of enlarging the hole, take the reflector and ring/lense assembly apart (yes I know the manual says not to),hold the reflector over the bi-pin adapter, and put the bulb prongs through the reflector hole and into the adapter and push all of the way down. Slide the head up over the reflector, holding the reflector very still as you will bend the bulb pins if you are not careful, and screw the ring/lens assembly back on to the head. That's it.
The first time you twist the head, the reflector will slightly raise the bulb so that the focusing option is maintained and the bulb is a little further from the plastic on the bi-pin adapter.
As I said earlier. I have two of these set-ups and have not had a problem with either one.
I hope this suggestion is useful.
Tuck
I am new to the board and would like to offer an alternative to enlarging the reflector hole to accomodate the 5761 bulb. I have two Mag Chargers using the 5761 bulb upgrade.
Instead of enlarging the hole, take the reflector and ring/lense assembly apart (yes I know the manual says not to),hold the reflector over the bi-pin adapter, and put the bulb prongs through the reflector hole and into the adapter and push all of the way down. Slide the head up over the reflector, holding the reflector very still as you will bend the bulb pins if you are not careful, and screw the ring/lens assembly back on to the head. That's it.
The first time you twist the head, the reflector will slightly raise the bulb so that the focusing option is maintained and the bulb is a little further from the plastic on the bi-pin adapter.
As I said earlier. I have two of these set-ups and have not had a problem with either one.
I hope this suggestion is useful.
Tuck
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Brightest Simple Mag Charger Mod, brighter than the 1160
Another M*gCharger 5761, but why
MagCharger Hot Wire hosts?
2,272 foot throw from my MagCharger!
Yes, but but you have to open the reflector some by using a dressed grinding ball from the rear.
Some insulation, nothing more than a mica piece from a transistor or a piece of fiberglass felt for automotive body repair or a piece of automotive gasket material or a piece of ceramic blanket should go between the bulb and the plastic socket. Automotive stuff works and is cheap and easy to get.
You can get fancy with making cermamic sockets, I think one of my links has that result in it to.
Yes, my mag charger 5762 on lithium D cells, which I built into a pack with a pcb from Batteryspace.com is the brightest 5761 I have built.
Another M*gCharger 5761, but why
MagCharger Hot Wire hosts?
2,272 foot throw from my MagCharger!
Yes, but but you have to open the reflector some by using a dressed grinding ball from the rear.
Some insulation, nothing more than a mica piece from a transistor or a piece of fiberglass felt for automotive body repair or a piece of automotive gasket material or a piece of ceramic blanket should go between the bulb and the plastic socket. Automotive stuff works and is cheap and easy to get.
You can get fancy with making cermamic sockets, I think one of my links has that result in it to.
Yes, my mag charger 5762 on lithium D cells, which I built into a pack with a pcb from Batteryspace.com is the brightest 5761 I have built.
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I tried taking the switch apart on my mag charger in order to put a ceramic slug in but could not get it off. My mag charger is about 9 years old and it has a white switch stem instead of a black one so maybe the black switch is the new design that can be taken off. Can someone give me a step by step process please.
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I have a 30 and a 2 year old MC around right now, they have not changed designs.
To remove the switch from the cage it is housed in, it is necessary to depress the switch while working it out.
Cant remember for sure, dont have one in front of me, (http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=790185&postcount=4)
I am thinking that if you take the two cams, "F", off the slug with an allen wrench that is moves out the front without taking the switch out of the cage, "C" . To take the whole assembly out of the head it comes out the back end with the head off and the switch must be depressed. Then you have better access to the cams.
I think I have a pictuire of it, am looking... if I find will edit this post...
Here is a series on replacing with a cermic slug, it shows what you are looking for
with the head off, depress the switch and pop out the back, remove the cams the slug comes out the front. Depress the switch and now you can take it out the cage, last photo.
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