Mag Lite Conversion, 2 'D' Cell to 3 'C' Cell, with Luxeon Star

Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

I modified a 2 'D' cell Mag Lite to 3 'C' cells, and put a Luxeon Star LED in it. I am using 2 ohms resistance. I use 2 1 ohm resistors in series. These SMD resistors are rated at 1 watt, so they can handle the current.

Here is a link to my web page of this conversion.

Luxeon Star / 3 'C' Mag Lite Conversion

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

EL,
Thanks for the post. I recently purchased a 3D Maglight from ebay & ordered a 2D (I believe) Brinkman from Bass Pro Shop. I've convered the 3D to 4C & it works great. Didn't even need to do any grinding on the tail cap & have had no problem with contact. Looking forward to getting the 2D. Also have a Luxeon W/O comming from ARC. Will be interested to see what I can make of all this stuff. TX

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

ElektroLumens,

Nice mod!

That red Mag is something we don't see around here. Real nice.

You should reduce the resistance some more, you should be direct driving for that "intoxicating brightness"; (to quote Lightspeed).

Sink the heat, drive hard. Road Rules......

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lambda:
ElektroLumens,

Nice mod!

That red Mag is something we don't see around here. Real nice.

You should reduce the resistance some more, you should be direct driving for that "intoxicating brightness"; (to quote Lightspeed).

Sink the heat, drive hard. Road Rules......<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Regarding the red, they are just there, on the Walt Mart shelves. ? They also have blue 3 'D' cells. I like the blue, but it is not available in a 2 'D' cell, as far as I've read ??

I know I can go with no resistance, but I add resistance to lengthen the battery life. With 2 ohms, it is very very bright, anyhow.

The heat sink fits up snug and tight in the Mag, which has had the anodizing ground off, so it should disipate the heat just great. It doesn't even get warm!

These new Luxeon Stars with optics are great. The new optics seem to focus just a little bit tighter beam.

Wayne www.elektrolumens.com

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

The way I'm reading this Mod, I plan on running a Lexon on 3 NiCads. This would make 3.6 V. This should be right with no resister, correct? TX

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

Wayne,

I'm planning on doing the same mod with th e2D to 3C Mag, using a luxeon emitter. Is there any particular reason that you used the Luxeon W/O vs. the bare emitter/mag reflector combination?

Cheers!

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by txwest:
The way I'm reading this Mod, I plan on running a Lexon on 3 NiCads. This would make 3.6 V. This should be right with no resister, correct? TX<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

As long as the heat sink is good, you should be okay, otherwise, you'll fry it!

Wayne

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Plinko:
Wayne,

I'm planning on doing the same mod with th e2D to 3C Mag, using a luxeon emitter. Is there any particular reason that you used the Luxeon W/O vs. the bare emitter/mag reflector combination?

Cheers!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The luxeon with optics costs me about $14 right now from ARC flashlights. A bare emitter from Future Electronics costs $11.50, and the collimator costs $5, for a total of $16.50. If you plan to use a bare emitter with a reflector, or have some optics from burned up Luxeons, than the bare emitter can save you money, otherwise, if you plan to use the collimator and the emitter, you'll be spending more.

Also, so far, the bare emitters have a funny greenish color to them, which a lot of people do not like. So I have only done a few mods with the bare emitter. If you like usefull light and don't care if the color is blue or green, the bare emitter works fine.

For the Mag Lite, the Luxeon w/o works great!

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

Originally posted by ElektroLumens:
[QB]I modified a 2 'D' cell Mag Lite to 3 'C' cells, and put a Luxeon Star LED in it. I am using 2 ohms resistance. I use 2 1 ohm resistors in series. These SMD resistors are rated at 1 watt, so they can handle the current.


This Luxeon Star converted Mag Lite is on eBay:

eBay auction of Luxeon Star Modifed Mag Lite

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Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

I've done it again! Here's another one of these 2 'D' cell Mag Lite's using 3 'C' cells, and having a Luxeon Star mounted in it. I use only 1 ohm resistance, so it is super bright!

Here's the link to eBay:

Luxeon Star / Mag Lite on eBay.


Here's a link to my modified flashlight's page:

Flashlight Modifications

Wayne www.elektrolumens.com

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR> Regarding the red, they are just there, on the Walt Mart shelves. ? They also have blue 3 'D' cells. I like the blue, but it is not available in a 2 'D' cell, as far as I've read ??
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

FYI, although it is rather old, I have a blue 2D maglite sitting on my coffee table right now. It's not "rare" or something is it? ;-)

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by signals:
FYI, although it is rather old, I have a blue 2D maglite sitting on my coffee table right now. It's not "rare" or something is it? ;-)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

When looking at Mag Lite sources, the blue 2 'D' cell is never mentioned as an available color, only black or red. If you find a source of blue 2 'D' cells, let me know about it.

As far as I know, the 2 'D' cell is no longer available in blue, but I could be wrong about that.

Wayne

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

What is the beam pattern like at 15-20"?

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

Elektrolumens,

After your posting that Target had them on sale I rushed over there and bought 5 or six of them. All 2D and one 5D. I got two aluminum, one blue, one black. There was red there too, but, I already had a red one.

They are all happily modifed with the LS/O. I am putting the different colors in them and playing around with them. All the colors are awesome.

I just took one of the LS/O and removed the optics and them removed the plastic optic holder and bolted that into the Maglight and now it is a focusable version. Got a nice tight beam out of this one. Can't wait till it gets dark to go take a walk and compare the two side by side.

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

hey dat2zip,

If it turns out that your mods work well, you might have an enthusiastic (local!) customer here, should you be willing to part with one or two!

/TCP

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

dat2zip,

Ooooooooooh boy, look at all those colors.

Wayne

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!!!!
I just got your 2-D to 3-C Mag conversion and HOLY CRAP it just smokes every other LED light away!! It even blows the Trek 6000 EX60 away!

Sorry Lambda, but your Illuminator just got smoked - big time - by Elektrolumen's Mag Lite mod. And I didn't think it was even possible to get an LS to burn any brighter than the Illuminator.. boy was I wrong!!

Are you SURE you didn't sneak one of those new 5-watt Luxeons in this light saber?!?!?

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The LED Museum:
MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!!!!
I just got your 2-D to 3-C Mag conversion and HOLY CRAP it just smokes every other LED light away!! It even blows the Trek 6000 EX60 away!

Sorry Lambda, but your Illuminator just got smoked - big time - by Elektrolumen's Mag Lite mod. And I didn't think it was even possible to get an LS to burn any brighter than the Illuminator.. boy was I wrong!!

Are you SURE you didn't sneak one of those new 5-watt Luxeons in this light saber?!?!?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I need a better name for this mod. I keep calling it, 'The Luxeon Modified 2 'D' cell to 3 'C' cell Mag Lite'. Any suggestions?

Wayne www.elektrolumens.com

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

How about MAG2D3C mod?

or just R2D3, or C3PO for short. (Like star Wars R2D2).

Re: Mag Lite Conversion, 2 \'D\' Cell to 3 \'C\' Cell, with Luxeon Star

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The LED Museum:
MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!!!!
I just got your 2-D to 3-C Mag conversion and HOLY CRAP it just smokes every other LED light away!! It even blows the Trek 6000 EX60 away!

Sorry Lambda, but your Illuminator just got smoked - big time - by Elektrolumen's Mag Lite mod. And I didn't think it was even possible to get an LS to burn any brighter than the Illuminator.. boy was I wrong!!

Are you SURE you didn't sneak one of those new 5-watt Luxeons in this light saber?!?!?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


OK, The title must be defended...

That means I'm going to have to send you the Lambda Ultra Illuminator.

Better watch your mail box telephony ..........