Super AAA MiniMag?

Juggernaut · Feb 19, 2008

What would happen if you put a TLE-20 LED bulb in a AAA MiniMag and then ran it on two 10440 rechargeable 500 mAh, 3.6 volt lithium AAA batteries. The bulb is designed to be a drop in for AAA, AA, and 2-4 D Maglites so it would be running at 7.4 volts instead of it's specified 6 volts. Would it work? How long would it run? Could the bulb take it and for how long? Any help would be appreciated.

Gunner12 · Feb 19, 2008

That would probably fry the circuit in the drop-in.

Also, that drop-in isn't really bright. For max output, I'd recommend running a current gen LED(Cree XR-E P4-R2 bin, Seoul P4 U-bin, Rebel 80 or 100) in direct drive from one 10440 battery with a good thermal connection from the LED to the body of the light so the LED doesn't fry.

Presuming good batteries, you should be able to get 100+ lumen out the front.

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gunga · Feb 19, 2008

There is no powerful drop-in for the AAA minimag. Just the TLE-10/20.

The TLE-20/10 can only handle about 3 volts or so (2 batteries). The kit says it can handle more cells because the bulb adapter has a small resister soldered into it.

BTW, using the TLE-20 with bulb adapter in a 2 cell light is awful and dim because the resistor drops a bunch of voltage.

I have one. It's decent in a AA/AAA minimag, but sucks for all other applications.

Russianesq · Feb 19, 2008

what is the lumen output on AAA minimag with TLE-10/20

was this a popular "mod" at any time

Burgess · Feb 20, 2008

Well, using the TerraLux TLE-10 in a 2-AA Mini-Mag

seems to give about the same light as the standard incand. bulb.

Hope this is of some help.

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Upplyst · Feb 20, 2008

A rebel version of this module should not be that impossible to do.

LEDninja · Feb 20, 2008

Russianesq said:
what is the lumen output on AAA minimag with TLE-10/20

was this a popular "mod" at any time

11 lumens
http://flashlightreviews.com/reviews/terralux_tle-10.htm

It is the only mod. The yellow corona around the white hotspot was very annoying. I blackened the sides of the LED case with a Sharpie and the yellow was reduced in intensity but overall output dropped a bit.

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