I hate to start a new thread, but for the life of me I can not find an answer to my questions by searching the forums.
I received a few Diamond K2 Mag-Lite conversions a couple weeks ago for which I waited a couple months. I have been only mildly impressed by their performance so far. In a 2D Mag it didn't seem any better than a bone stock 3D MagLED. In my 4D Mag with a dummy cell and alkalines, a little better, but still ho-hum.
Today I bought a 4C Mag which had form factor I really like. I also bought some "battery converters" that allow you to use AA NiMH cells in a "C" device. I put some Energizer (Sanyo) 2500 maH AA NiMH cells in them and filled up the light. Incandescant output? Blehhh...
Then I screwed in the Diamond conversion. I turned it on and it started to smoke a little in the light. (!) The output was about equal to another K2 conversion running on 3 D Alkalines.
What i'm wondering is if it is safe to run the Diamond K2 on 4x AA NiMH cells??? This question was asked in other threads, but I was not able to find any sort of response.
I'm also wondering if others have experienced poor beam patterns with the Diamond K2? I found that the little metal tabs on the PR bulb housing seem to have been bent outward to presumably create a better electrical contact. This prevents the assembly from being screwed on far enough to properly focus the LED at full spot. By bending these tabs flat, the conversion screws further inwards and produces a much nicer spot beam.
Anyone else out have experiences or thoughts to share about the Diamond K2 conversion???
What about heatsinks compatible with this conversion? It seems anything would help.
Cheers!
Greg
I received a few Diamond K2 Mag-Lite conversions a couple weeks ago for which I waited a couple months. I have been only mildly impressed by their performance so far. In a 2D Mag it didn't seem any better than a bone stock 3D MagLED. In my 4D Mag with a dummy cell and alkalines, a little better, but still ho-hum.
Today I bought a 4C Mag which had form factor I really like. I also bought some "battery converters" that allow you to use AA NiMH cells in a "C" device. I put some Energizer (Sanyo) 2500 maH AA NiMH cells in them and filled up the light. Incandescant output? Blehhh...
Then I screwed in the Diamond conversion. I turned it on and it started to smoke a little in the light. (!) The output was about equal to another K2 conversion running on 3 D Alkalines.
What i'm wondering is if it is safe to run the Diamond K2 on 4x AA NiMH cells??? This question was asked in other threads, but I was not able to find any sort of response.
I'm also wondering if others have experienced poor beam patterns with the Diamond K2? I found that the little metal tabs on the PR bulb housing seem to have been bent outward to presumably create a better electrical contact. This prevents the assembly from being screwed on far enough to properly focus the LED at full spot. By bending these tabs flat, the conversion screws further inwards and produces a much nicer spot beam.
Anyone else out have experiences or thoughts to share about the Diamond K2 conversion???
What about heatsinks compatible with this conversion? It seems anything would help.
Cheers!
Greg
