Tricarus

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Bored Mag2D, Stainless Steel crenelated bezel ring, UCL lens, 3xLuxIII UX1J stars, 3x McR20 reflectors, modified PTS2-D heatsink, Fatman potted in his own heatsink, two-stage tailcap switch, running on 7AA NiMH or Alkaline batteries + 1 dummy cell in 8AA-to-2D holder.

Fatman is set to 900mA.
Resistors in the tailcap are 2x39 ohms 3W parallel resistors.

Lumens output: 262.2 – 340.6 Lumens.
Lux reading at 1m using Meterman LM631: 7990 Lux on high; 1140 Lux on low.

Runtime was 1 hour 18 mins at 7AA Energizer 2300mAh NiMH cells on high.

You can read more about the Fatman driver here.

Thanks for looking.
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:goodjob::twothumbs:twothumbs:bow::bow::bow::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Best regards

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Thomas:wave:

Freddy, is the Mag 2D bored out to fit most any nimh's? Nice setup. A lot smaller than my EL Tri-Star with D size body.

Bill

Great job. And those photo's are outstanding.

Cliff

BEEEEUTIFUL!!!

Aaaaaaand he does it again!

Typical Freddy perfection, start to finish!

Very nice Freddy

Will

:goodjob:

Please tell us more about the tailcap switch!

I know I keep on saying it in your threads, but another job well done! :goodjob:

YOu are killin' me... I convince myself I don't need another light... Then this "Icarus" fellow post another picture of some "unobtainium" photon projector...


I can not find the checkbook and somebody has changed the Paypal password..


Gordon aka:enviousskillet

Thanks to everyone for the kind words…

Bullzeyebill said:

Freddy, is the Mag 2D bored out to fit most any nimh's? Nice setup. A lot smaller than my EL Tri-Star with D size body.

Bill

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Yes Bill, bored to accept the fatest AA's. For example the new Sanyo's 2700mAh are a loose fit.

skillet said:

YOu are killin' me... I convince myself I don't need another light... Then this "Icarus" fellow post another picture of some "unobtainium" photon projector...

I can not find the checkbook and somebody has changed the Paypal password..

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... you lucky :devil:

Awesome Freddy! Now how did you come up with that two stage tailcap?

MM

I like the switch,
Great Job.
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Freddy how does the two stage work when you have a Fatman in the loop? I don't understand.

MM

Mirage_Man said:

Freddy how does the two stage work when you have a Fatman in the loop? I don't understand.

MM

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Brian,

The resistors in the tailcap reduce input voltage. This drops the Fatman out of regulation and limit output current. The resistors are wired in parallel with the tailcap switch. Switch open means the resistors are in series with the batteries (low). Switch closed will short the resistors (high).

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Freddy

I see you have been busy......

Very nice:twothumbs

TB

Damn you do fine work. :thumbsup:

I can remember back, seeing one of your first mods,
the care taken in the wires, heatshrinking, potting, etc. really stands out.
Top Notch Work.

~John

I love the attention to detail. I see you used thermal epoxy to help disapate the heat the burned up in the resistors! You made a nice groove for the e-clip to hold it all in the tail cap too. You must have some nice tools!

Freddy, are you going to sell these?

Bill