Aircraft800
Flashlight Enthusiast
I wanted to do a little build for my Dad for Christmas, so I grabbed one of the new 2D Mag Rebel LED, nice light, but it needed an upgrade!
It has a beautiful new DEEP reflector, I wish I was able to use it, but it would require a new heatsink that was recessed over 1/2" into the tube, so I opted for a standard Mag reflector.
First I cut a length of electrical PVC to sleve the 3 LSD NiMh cells.
Perfect fit!
Now I need to shorten the spring to fit the upgraded cells. Next, de-anodise the tailcap with a little Greassed Lighting degreaser and a little brush and cut down the spring.
I'll be using a Premium SST-50-W65S-F21-GJ102 for this build.
I'll be using a special adjustible SST-50 heatsink built by LedZep.
Little Rebel, off with it's head!
A D2Flex for PWD dimming will give me 5 levels, and temperature sensing, so I need to mod the switch for momentary action. Here how I do it.
No fancy tools here, just a drill motor and a file.
The new switches "+" contact come out so easily!
Solder on the "+" lead.
All done, not for a little testing
Time to solder up the D2Flex
It gets mounted directly to the heatsink with a double layer of Arctic Alumina so it can monitor the temperature.
SST-50 gets Arctic Alumina to the pedestal, and the snap ring gets reinstalled.
This heatsink uses a set screw to hold it in place, locate and drill the hole, and tighten it down.
It looks oh so nice in the smooth Mag reflector!
Time for a test! Wowzas!!!
This is going to make a great Christmas present for my Dad!
I had to ad some glow to top it off, and fill in the space to the reflector.
It has a beautiful new DEEP reflector, I wish I was able to use it, but it would require a new heatsink that was recessed over 1/2" into the tube, so I opted for a standard Mag reflector.
First I cut a length of electrical PVC to sleve the 3 LSD NiMh cells.
Perfect fit!
Now I need to shorten the spring to fit the upgraded cells. Next, de-anodise the tailcap with a little Greassed Lighting degreaser and a little brush and cut down the spring.
I'll be using a Premium SST-50-W65S-F21-GJ102 for this build.
I'll be using a special adjustible SST-50 heatsink built by LedZep.
Little Rebel, off with it's head!
A D2Flex for PWD dimming will give me 5 levels, and temperature sensing, so I need to mod the switch for momentary action. Here how I do it.
No fancy tools here, just a drill motor and a file.
The new switches "+" contact come out so easily!
Solder on the "+" lead.
All done, not for a little testing
Time to solder up the D2Flex
It gets mounted directly to the heatsink with a double layer of Arctic Alumina so it can monitor the temperature.
SST-50 gets Arctic Alumina to the pedestal, and the snap ring gets reinstalled.
This heatsink uses a set screw to hold it in place, locate and drill the hole, and tighten it down.
It looks oh so nice in the smooth Mag reflector!
Time for a test! Wowzas!!!
This is going to make a great Christmas present for my Dad!
I had to ad some glow to top it off, and fill in the space to the reflector.
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