sed6
Enlightened
Hi all-
Been a lurker for awhile now and love this place. This is my 1st post. I've been insipred to create my very first flashlight mod, a Maglite Solitaire cut down to accept one button cell powering an MJLED. Enjoy.
As you can see it's smaller than the AAA battery used to power the Solitaire!
It's powered by an LR932 button cell putting out 1.5v and 5mAh, yep 5mAh! The cells were scavanged from an A23 (MN 23) 12v battery. I bought 2 for $4 at Walgreens so 16 button cells for $.25 each, not bad.
I used a generic fine-tooth hobby saw for the gory part.
Here's the guts. I threaded the tube and re-threaded the cap with a 12x1.25 metric tap, the closest I could find to the non-standard threads of the tail cap. It's not pretty, but it works. A Sharpie or some Alumnium Black will get rid of the shine.
I removed the lens plus ground the 'nub' on the reflector flat with the 'prongs' on its side. This eliminates the gap where the bodies halves meet.
Yep, it works! What, you think I wasn't going to post a beam shot? Picture is accurate, the MJLED is normally WAY brighter than the incan- when driven by a AAA cell. The button cell doesn't have the umph to get it much brighter than the stock bulb. But who cares!
Runtime? Forget it. 90 seconds before the bulb drops to a tiny glow. Turn it off for a few seconds then back on and it'll give you a few more seconds of light. Hope you enjoyed!
-Scott
OKC, OK
Been a lurker for awhile now and love this place. This is my 1st post. I've been insipred to create my very first flashlight mod, a Maglite Solitaire cut down to accept one button cell powering an MJLED. Enjoy.
As you can see it's smaller than the AAA battery used to power the Solitaire!
It's powered by an LR932 button cell putting out 1.5v and 5mAh, yep 5mAh! The cells were scavanged from an A23 (MN 23) 12v battery. I bought 2 for $4 at Walgreens so 16 button cells for $.25 each, not bad.
I used a generic fine-tooth hobby saw for the gory part.
Here's the guts. I threaded the tube and re-threaded the cap with a 12x1.25 metric tap, the closest I could find to the non-standard threads of the tail cap. It's not pretty, but it works. A Sharpie or some Alumnium Black will get rid of the shine.
I removed the lens plus ground the 'nub' on the reflector flat with the 'prongs' on its side. This eliminates the gap where the bodies halves meet.
Yep, it works! What, you think I wasn't going to post a beam shot? Picture is accurate, the MJLED is normally WAY brighter than the incan- when driven by a AAA cell. The button cell doesn't have the umph to get it much brighter than the stock bulb. But who cares!
Runtime? Forget it. 90 seconds before the bulb drops to a tiny glow. Turn it off for a few seconds then back on and it'll give you a few more seconds of light. Hope you enjoyed!
-Scott
OKC, OK
pity no low setting
just for fun,would a match have a longer run time,and be brighter.
