Alright...I've got (had) two Ryobi 18v Lithium lights. I thought..."Hey man! MR16 would be a good mod, right?"
Wrong!
I picked up a 12v 50w mr16 from WallyWorld. Took the old guts out of the lamp head, and installed the new bulb. I permanently soldered the +/- to the bulb leads.
It was flippin beautiful! Very bright, floody, tons of light!! Excellent. I took it outside to do a runtime test in 30 degree's on my sidewalk. I left it for 10min and the thing was still bright as crap!
I noticed it was smoking though.
Sure, it's plastic. It got so hot that the lamp head was melting. The solder melted. The whole dadgum thing melted...lol.
I think I'm gonna fashion some sort of copper or aluminum head for it and attach it to the Ryobi handle so I still have that nice trigger and battery interface.
Lesson learned.:thumbsup:
Phase two will commence soon.
Wrong!
I picked up a 12v 50w mr16 from WallyWorld. Took the old guts out of the lamp head, and installed the new bulb. I permanently soldered the +/- to the bulb leads.
It was flippin beautiful! Very bright, floody, tons of light!! Excellent. I took it outside to do a runtime test in 30 degree's on my sidewalk. I left it for 10min and the thing was still bright as crap!
I noticed it was smoking though.
Sure, it's plastic. It got so hot that the lamp head was melting. The solder melted. The whole dadgum thing melted...lol.
I think I'm gonna fashion some sort of copper or aluminum head for it and attach it to the Ryobi handle so I still have that nice trigger and battery interface.
Lesson learned.:thumbsup:
Phase two will commence soon.
