Stinger bulb in a pr base?

[turbodog]

I would like to mount a stinger bulb in a regular pr base. Furthermore, I would love to find/make a pr base with a stinger socket in it so the base could be reused between bulbs.

Anyone seen one, got one, want to sell one, would make one for $, could tell me how to make one, knows where I can get parts?

 

[turbodog]

bump

 

[fivemega]

Yes, I have done that and works great with 3C or 3D NiMH M*glight. Much brighter than M*g stock bulb. I also used same type of bulb with single Li-ion cell.
http://www.carleylamps.com/sockets.htm
Carely has PR base socket but they recommend not to use with bulbs more than 1 Amp. Stinger bulb pulls about 1.8 Amps. Here is how to do:

You can also use Carely 1122 (3.5 v 2.3 Amps.) potted on PR base which is even brighter than Stinger. Let me know if you need more help.
Good luck.

 

[paulr]

See the Tigerlight upgrade thread for some info on ceramic potting compound that you can pot bulbs in. WA and Carley will also pot bulbs for you.

I'm a little confused on why you want to do this. What host are you going to put the PR-bulb in? If you want a mid-sized light (sub-c's) with that type of bulb, why not use a Stinger? If you want a smaller light, use a Strion. If you want a bigger one, use a Magcharger.

Note that a bulb this powerful may be too hot for a typical plastic reflector that you get in a random PR light.

 

[turbodog]

five...

In the picture, were you able to buy a pr base with the socket for a stinger already installed? If so, what's the part # so I can just order it direct. If this device has to be built, what parts do I need?

Paul...

This should be a really easy/clean/neat way to add some pretty good zip to a 3 cell mag/etc. Using a stinger bulb means I can do this w/o using an overdriven bulb, or a hard to find bulb, or an expensive bulb. It will also give some really good runtime.

For the record, I already have a stinger (actually had 3 of them before I sold 2) and a magcharger (with add-on bulbs/batteries/etc).

Also, on the side, I am working on a regulated drop-in mod for a 2 cell mag/etc that will work really nicely with this bulb setup.

 

[paulr]

Turbodog, I think if you run the Stinger bulb on 3 alkaline cells, you'll flash it. You can run it on three rechargeable cells, but I still don't understand why you'd want to. The same with the 2 cell drop-in mod; why mess with a mod when I can just buy a Stinger or Strion? The 2 cell mod will need a boost converter, losing some efficiency; you'll still have to use rechargeable cells to get such high current, but you'll lose the convenience of the charging terminals on the outside of the light; etc. I just don't see anything that great about the 2D Mag, that would make me want to deal with specially potted, $5+ bulbs.

Note that you can get the Reflectalite GH88 which runs on two cells and should be almost as bright as a Stinger.

 

[turbodog]

Maybe I'm looking at a AA based drop in into a 2d host.

Also... the stinger thing can still work fine in a 3 cell nimh light. Most of this comes back to runtime.

runtime:
stinger - 1 hour
magcharger - 2 hours
stinger bulb in 3d nimh - 5 hours

I'm looking for the pr base so I won't have to pot the bulbs. Having to pot bulbs is the LAST thing I am wanting to do.

 

[paulr]

Stinger bulb in 3d nimh = a light as big as a magcharger, if you're using a 3d mag. Why not just put the three d's in a magcharger? Then you get charging contacts, bi-pin socket, and metal reflector. You might have to mod the charger a little to charge three d's instead of five 1/2D's, no big deal.

Carley has a bi-pin to PR socket as someone mentioned above, not recommended for such high current, but you may as well give it a try.

Hmm, six AA's in a 2D body running a PWM regulator, that's kind of an interesting idea. Runtime might be in the 2.5 hour range. On the other hand you could put a 3000 mah NiMH pack into your Stinger and get maybe 1.8 hours in a much smaller light.

 

[turbodog]

What about EIGHT aa cells!

 

[paulr]

Have you got a source of 4aa-to-D holders? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Note that there's already a perfectly good 8AA light with a Stinger-like bulb: the Princeton Tec Surge. It's unregulated, but much smaller than a 2D Mag.

 

[turbodog]

I'm not telling.

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[fivemega]

Turbo,
As I mentioned earlier, # 912 PR base socket is recommended to use with max. 1 Amp. and I never used it. I think it will work for momentary use and not continuous use.
I used PR base bulb, broke off the glass and solder bulb pins to PR base terminals. It takes some work and I did it for my experiment and got good result. But again 1122 (8 watt) is brighter than Stinger (6 watt)
Using 3 alkaline will not flash Stinger bulb but 4 Nimh will.
I got 4 hours of run time per charge on 3D sinse my batteries are old but 5 hours will be reasonable with healthy 9000mAh
Here is another mod using shortened 2D, Stinger bulb and 2 Li-ion in parallel. Smaller and lighter than 2D with 1.5 hours run time and far shooting 2" reflector. 2 Pila also can be used. With some extra machine work possible to place 3 4/3A Nimh (3800 mAh). No need to remove batteries to recharge if you have proper charger.

 

[turbodog]

Project is on hold right now till parts come in.