I think it's not too late to join this party. This is my first successfully Mag mod. It's not very good but working. 
The SSC P7 was from CPFer HgRyu and the bin code is CSX0J. I use two 4x AMC7135 board (DX SKU.1886) wired in parallel. Here's the wire diagram:
I use the cutdown Mag1D from Ledean with stock plastic reflector, UCL lens and DHS heatsink from H22A.
Some pictures in progress:
I sand off the centering ridges since the P7 is larger. I only have a small model drill and couldn't drill through the pedestal. Thus, I drill two small holes apart.
I glue two aluminum pieces as heatsink for driver boards using Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive. I also put some on the surface to insulate the boards.
P7 glued on the heatsink using Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive.
What a mess with wires. :sick2: I know it's overkill using dean connector. I only have it laying around. :green:
Here's the modded switch.
Put some thermal greases and push the heatsink into Mag body.
Since the wire was apart, I must enlarge the reflector hole a lot.
(Left: modded plastic reflector, Right: stock reflector)
Reflector installed.
With 4x Eneloop in modamag 4AA holder and KD protected D li-ion.
Test the current by DMM, it's about 2.5A for 4x Eneloop in series and about 2.3A for D Li-ion. It may be higher in the Mag with tailcap. (The DMM probe is sharp and the current wasn't stable)
Here's the runtime with 4 eneloop and D li-ion.
It's done by bounce test in my closet. Since the reading is small, the difference is only 1~3 lux, thus change to % will look like big difference. The reading for 4x NiMH and D li-ion is almost the same. I think the driving current is near when in the Mag.
The regulation is flat. The NiMH is cutdown by the driver. The voltage is about 3.8x when take out, but raise to about 4.5x after rest. It's very good that the NiMH won't be over-discharged.
The beam isn't perfect but usable. Will try sputtered reflector this weekend if have time. I'm waiting for my second P7 to try the cheap multi-level driver I posted at: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2402623
Thanks for viewing.
===== 3/31 =====
I put 3x Eneloop and one dummy cell in the 4AA holder to test the runtime again. The initial bounce brightness is near but drops quickly. I think 4x NiMH are needed to stay good regulation. Or maybe AA cell is too small to keep the voltage under that load?
The SSC P7 was from CPFer HgRyu and the bin code is CSX0J. I use two 4x AMC7135 board (DX SKU.1886) wired in parallel. Here's the wire diagram:
I use the cutdown Mag1D from Ledean with stock plastic reflector, UCL lens and DHS heatsink from H22A.
Some pictures in progress:
I sand off the centering ridges since the P7 is larger. I only have a small model drill and couldn't drill through the pedestal. Thus, I drill two small holes apart.
I glue two aluminum pieces as heatsink for driver boards using Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive. I also put some on the surface to insulate the boards.
P7 glued on the heatsink using Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive.
What a mess with wires. :sick2: I know it's overkill using dean connector. I only have it laying around. :green:
Here's the modded switch.
Put some thermal greases and push the heatsink into Mag body.
Since the wire was apart, I must enlarge the reflector hole a lot.
(Left: modded plastic reflector, Right: stock reflector)
Reflector installed.
With 4x Eneloop in modamag 4AA holder and KD protected D li-ion.
Test the current by DMM, it's about 2.5A for 4x Eneloop in series and about 2.3A for D Li-ion. It may be higher in the Mag with tailcap. (The DMM probe is sharp and the current wasn't stable)
Here's the runtime with 4 eneloop and D li-ion.
It's done by bounce test in my closet. Since the reading is small, the difference is only 1~3 lux, thus change to % will look like big difference. The reading for 4x NiMH and D li-ion is almost the same. I think the driving current is near when in the Mag.
The regulation is flat. The NiMH is cutdown by the driver. The voltage is about 3.8x when take out, but raise to about 4.5x after rest. It's very good that the NiMH won't be over-discharged.
The beam isn't perfect but usable. Will try sputtered reflector this weekend if have time. I'm waiting for my second P7 to try the cheap multi-level driver I posted at: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2402623
Thanks for viewing.
===== 3/31 =====
I put 3x Eneloop and one dummy cell in the 4AA holder to test the runtime again. The initial bounce brightness is near but drops quickly. I think 4x NiMH are needed to stay good regulation. Or maybe AA cell is too small to keep the voltage under that load?
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