Thanks, I just posted a WTB ad in the Marketplace. Hopefully that gets some responses. Well, if you ever want to part with some of yours, or if you happen to find any more hiding out... please let me know! 😀
Good luck with your hunt...You want the older, no C in the serial no if you plan to get 26 diam cells in there, as the older they go the wider internally, you'd have to bore a C cerial no'd 6C to fit some cells in...my 7C's are the widest inside. the C seraild no'd ones are modable though.
I will let you know if/ when I sell one of the 6C's, I was thinking of putting up a 623 this year when I get my act together...going snowboarding soon, so maybee later in to 2010.
Yup, I like the slimmer profile over the larger D cell lights.
Yep, I have a 6D with 6 A123 cells in it,which is a great fast charging hotwire with alot of clout and a bunch of other D hotwires, but the longer the host, I prefer the C's, as they are a touch more managable, but TBH a longer D Mag is still definatly worth having, and more easily modable with more choices of parts.
Neat, sounds like they get some solid, varied use. Have you run any of them in hotwire setups pushing 10+ amps? I'd be interested to know how the switch(es) hold up in the C cell Mags.
I use Kiu sockets in the standard C switches. I have only realy used one switch set up full time, and moved it through all the main user lights as I change around the setups.
10A at +16V to +20 odd volts does eventually damage the switch, I'm sure there is some resistance in there holding back a few lumens, but when they are this bright its not something I worry about. I have loads of spare parts so can change the internals as the arking on a V-well used switch does eventually damage it, you can see discolouration and micro pitting on the switch ring, and the contacts to the ring get damaged, I do take the switch apart sometimes and clean the contacts, but the mag switch ring is good as it doesnt always hit the same spot when switching.
I have only gone through one or so set of internals on the switch...maybee two and never had one fail.
After a year or so's use, regulary swapped about into alot of different hosts the Kiu'd C switch made a high pitch whine sometimes when I turned it on, but a quick light tap stopped that. If you were worried about the switch you could save it some damage by unscrewing the tail, actuating the switch then tightening the tail, as its the switching/ arcing that hurts it. I dont concider this to be a huge issue.
There is a few tricks you could try also to upgrade the stock switch for more longevity, or build a simple high current switch/ mosfet if you realy desired. I never realy felt the need to.
Pretty much all my hotwires pull at least 10A. ( I have lower wattage lamps, but why waste high current capable cells when 10A is not even a big deal for them. Why worry about runtime...I just carry spare cells, and store them in other equally capable hotwire hosts, just incase I need more runtime.
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The 64623 in the 6C and the 64458 in the 7C, both pull 10A. Thats why I got the Emoli when they were quite new here at CPF as wanted cells that could easily handle 10A+ which they do nicely, and I wanted them in my C Mags. In fact when I run some larger lamps in them, they can pull 12A easy.
Thanks for the reply; hopefully in the future I'll have some contributions of my own for this thread. 🙂
I will keep an eye out for you, and let you know if/ when I intend to put a sale thread up!
So are there any other Rare Mags out there
). I offered what I thought was a pretty generous trade, and the rest is history.
