Tec-40

Has anyone ever done an LED mod on a Princeton-Tec Tec 40?

chiphead

I suppose you could put an SMJLED PR-base into it.. as for more drastic mods, I know of none.

I'll have to check that out. Thanks.

chiphead

go ahead and drop the prbase smjled in.. YOU WILL FRIED IT FOR SURE!!!

hello but hey, the prbase smjled is for 2 cell lights only TWO cells....

you can get those lux I replacement for it. results are good. but make sure you see a highdome one.

A good "drop-in" LED mod for a Tec-40 would be something like an EverLED, or one of the other PR base luxeon modules. One idea is that you can pick up a Craftsman 3XAAA 1W luxeon lights at Sears for only around $20.00 or so, and take the PR based luxeon module out of it and put it in your Tec-40 (just make sure you use only 3 AA cells and a dummy cell...the module is direct drive and the 6V from 4 AA cells will either make it go POOF, or make it run way too hot, seriously degrading it's life). At $20.00, the entire light costs less than most "specialty" PR base luxeon drop-ins, and generally speaking the tints of the luxeons in these Craftsman lights are VERY good. I've bought four of them and have yet to get one with a bad tint. Being a digh dome (...or Lambertian), the Tec-40's reflector should work quite well with it; and running DD off 3 AA cells it will be quite bright and have a VERY respectable run-time! Hope that helps!

PJD

I just tried the Craftsman PR base Lux in my Tec40 lastnight, with a dummy cell of course. The results were not very good. The Lux sits too high in the reflector giving a strange beam, bright spill and dimmer center. Its just not focused right. Maybe another option would give better results.