AA Maglight conversion with 6 volt battery

I took the three N cells out of my AA Maglight and replaced it with an Energizer A544 (6 volt) battery. I just used a longer spring with a long bolt screwed into it to make up for the difference in battery length. With the 3 N cells it was drawing between 50 and 60mA. Now with the new battery it's at about 75 to 80mA. A little brighter but probably harder on the LED. I use an all white plastic reflector in this light instead of the drilled out normal one I use in my other AA Maglights. The other lights focus but have some rings. The white reflector has no rings but doesn't focus. It just gives off a nice even soft white light good for walking around at night. I'm not sure where to get more of the white reflectors though. It came with a light I bought on E-bay that was a Maglight to LED conversion. It only had a 1100mcd white in it so I swapped it out for a 5600 white. Works great now. One of my favorites.

Hi Brad,

Perhaps a light sanding and a little white spray paint applied to the original?

John

That might work. or maybe model airplane paint. The sanding probably would be necessary to get it to stick.

Here are some pics of the flashlight.

Here is a picture of the light output at 10'.
The white reflector really makes a nice smooth light.

Excellent pix, Brad
-Question, does the solitaire u
have pictured have a reflector in it?
When I get a decent camera, I'll
post some similar homebuilt conversions..(about 15 so far &
still going....)
I think one of these days this
flashaholism is gonna mandate
that I get into a good 12-STEP
program!!
thebatteryman

This light has a white plastic reflector. My other AA Maglights use a drilled out normal Maglight reflector. No focus with the white reflector but a nicer looking light output. No rings.

Well, after finding out that the N cells have a mAH rating of 1000 and the 6 volt A544 has only 150. I changed back to the 3 N cells in my AA Maglight. Longer batter life should be worth it. The A23 12 volt I use in some of my other lights is rated at only 40 mAH. I will have to see how long these batteries last with regular use.

The Solitiares don't have any reflector. The AA Mag and small Brinkman do.