Tesco torch to MCE bike light

[trout]

As the title an easy conversion of a cheap torch from tesco supermarket UK
everything just fits nice and easy with a little bit of sawing and filing





parts needed.
TORCH C Cell
1 MCE on series star
Thermal Paste
700 ma Buckpuck
small piece aluminium ( but you could use the existing sink )
wire and conector
mount

 

[TONY M]

Nice tip trout!

BTW is that the C or the D cell light?

Cheers.

 

[trout]

Nice tip trout!

BTW is that the C or the D cell light?

Cheers.

Sorry Have edited post

it is the C Cell version

 

[Essexman]

Very nice job, I like this kind of mod.

A couple of questions, what battery pack did you use and what would be the minimum voltage required to run the MCE?

I need to find a tesco's that stocks these.

 

[ash_dac]

On the tesco direct website 4w is listed as SSCP4 LED and 3w as 3w cree LED .

Would like to find a store rather than online.

Nice mod. Did you look at modding the 4w?

Happy New Year !

 

[trout]

On the tesco direct website 4w is listed as SSCP4 LED and 3w as 3w cree LED .

Would like to find a store rather than online.

Nice mod. Did you look at modding the 4w?!

No The 4 watt one is like a d cell maglite and a bit big it will be 50 mm dia
so different optic needed.


Essexman .
The battery is a 14.8 li ion pack

Full size pics here

http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa46/amticoman/TESCO TORCH/

 

[robg]

Where is it best to buy the other parts from? I've used dotlight in the past, but they don't seem to have the MCE's on the base, just the chip by itself.

Also, would a 1000mA driver work? I have some left from my previous experiments.

Thanks,

Rob.

 

[Jarl]

Also, would a 1000mA driver work? I have some left from my previous experiments.

Thanks,

Rob.

Yes and no. You're overdriving it slightly, but as long as the heatsinking is sorted it should be fine. However, you will notice reduced runtimes, but probably not much in the way of additional brightness.

 

[Essexman]

Yet another question guys -.

So what would happen if you run the above 700mA buckpuck with 6AA's i.e.7.2V and the MCE wired 2S2P making a forward voltage of about 6 to 7V?

I'm guessing you require more battery voltage than 7.2V for the buckpuck to work?

 

[Dstar]

Another nifty Trout modification I see...good work Chris

 

[Dodge]

Did you use the standard optic which came with the torch?