Mag Lux V mod

This is my first mod, I'm mostly just pleased that it works! Its a...

Mag 2D body and head
Lux V WW0T
McR-45 Reflector
Downboy 750mA converter
6 x NiMH AA Eneloops ~8V
H22a Heatsink (very simlar to Hotlips)

The main motivation of all things was seeing H22a selling lux V heatsinks! I had a Mag 2D I had bought as a PR based SMJ LED host( good excuse ) and thought, 'why not?' I like Lux V lights (my first light I really saved for was a Surefire L6 and I have had good associations since ).

The first problem I came across while making it was I had to move the heatsink inside the body because of the length of the McR-45(used because I love my HD45). So instead of the heatsink sitting with a lip around there edge at the top I had to sand and file this off so it would move about 15mm inside the body.

Next I received the reflector, is was a fairly good fit into the Mag head, only requiring gentle sanding.

The next part of the adventure was learning to solder , with the aid of a new soldering iron(Weller WTCP51) I got to practising. I was sure at one point I'd screwed the tiny little converter board, but they are obviously made to put up with newb's like me . **As an aside, I was a little stupid maybe, but you should have seen my face when I opened the bag holding the converter :huh: , how small they were!. I thought they were about twice the diameter**

Another problem was that as I was lowering the heatsink I had to cut down the switch and original bulb holder, removing the spring loaded mechanism and cutting down the plastic tower to leave room for the converter and heatsink.

I kept the switch and soldered from this to the downboy and through the heatsink to the WW0T.

I had a wait for a couple of days for epoxy and was keen to see if it worked, it did nicely, but I left it out and I think my daughter must have played with it for quite a while as next time I wanted a quick peek :thinking: nothing? Sadly that was the end of the lux , luckily I'd bought 2

Today the epoxy came and now I have a complete light, the plan was this to be a glovebox and possibly infrequetly used light so I got some Eneloop as they hold their charge well. I got an 8 x AA holder as there wasn't a 6 x AA for sale at the time, so I soldered a wire across 2 to allow use with only 6.

The head showing McR-45 and WW0T


The heatsink lowered into the body


This shows very roughly the beam, ceiling shot from about 2 feet


The battery pack



I had originally wanted to do a Royal Blue lux 5, I got that together and it was really impressive, but I swopped out for the WW0T as that would be more useful. I am going to get some more hosts and plan some more colour Lux V mod's(Royal Blue, Cyan, Green)

Thanks for looking, I'll try and get some beamshots tonight,

Ian

Ain't life grand.
Good job looks like you will be spending some time and money here just like the rest of us.
C:thumbsup:

Great work Ian:goodjob:...:twothumbs...

I'm anxious for outdoor beamshoots.


Best regards

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Tom

Great job on your LuxV Mag!
I have one that uses the WX1S, hotlips and nFlex board but I use the stock cut-down Mag reflector. The McR 45 looks great! Now to see those beamshots with the McR to see if I should try to keep up with you.

Nice! Think that would work in a MagC?

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Nice pictures too Ian:goodjob:

At the pic with your HID, everybody can see, how usefull 2 brightness levels are

(About the specs: The batts in series with about 8V should have only 2ah)

Best regards

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Tom

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Nice mod. I should try that McR-45 Reflector.

one question
why would you want to only use 6AA instead of 8AA? I thought DB can handle up to 16V input voltage, so you can safely use 8AA, and get more runtime at that. I understand the reason if you cannot fit more than 6AA in the mag, but other than that, why?

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shiftd said:

one question
why would you want to only use 6AA instead of 8AA?

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When I was ordering my downboy, I was told from the shoppe not to use over 9v, was this right?

Also long John, so what would the A's be? (6 x 2A Eneloops, 2S3P? so 4Ah?)
Interested and happy to be told I'm wrong, I just don't have a full understanding,

BentHeadTX said:

...that uses the WX1S, hotlips and nFlex board but...

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where can I find out about these?

thanks, Ian

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Hmm, according to this page:

http://theledguy.chainreactionweb.com/product_info.php?cPath=48_49_61&products_id=495

Maximum Input Voltage 16V

There you have it. 8 eneloops would give about 10-11V, so you still safe

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stupid me, I meant to edit my last post...