7xAA Flashlight Mod?

Roy · Jul 11, 2003

Our local Sheriff likes his AA MiniMag with the Ill Pill that I gave him so much , he asked me if there was any way that this one could be fixed up with a LED. It's a 7 cell AA flashlight with NO markings.

Anyone have any ideas on how to put a LED in this thing?
It has a clickie tail switch. Beam pattern really sucks. I would guess that that might be the wrong bulb that's in there.

Rothrandir · Jul 11, 2003

wow!!!!!

i'm sure it would be possible to do a 5w mod with a dummy cell...

hotbeam · Jul 11, 2003

Or using 7 NiMh with a resistor /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Roy · Jul 11, 2003

Do you think the EverLED would work? Trying to stay away from cutting on this light since it seem to be a rather rare beaste,

Any idea what incadesent bulb would work?

Rothrandir · Jul 11, 2003

possibly...was the everled for 2-6 or 2-8? i can't rememver...

the head of this light looks small...i doubt a se would work well in it.

Roy · Jul 11, 2003

I tried sliding a MadMax in it but the MadMax is just a hair to large in diameter to fit into the head of the light.

hotbeam · Jul 11, 2003

Dang Roth, you're right. The head is tiny compared to the body size. Perhaps the 30mm?

Roy, what is the ID of the light where the bulb is...

Roy · Jul 11, 2003

The lens appears to be about one inch in diameter.

**DONOTDELETE** · Jul 12, 2003

<font color="red"> "It's a 7 cell AA flashlight with NO markings." </font>

That's the "watermelon Torch;" aka the Cold Steel Brute.

Empath · Jul 12, 2003

The EverLED has a 9 volt limit. A seven AA will give you 10.5 volts.

B@rt · Jul 12, 2003

Click pic for larger version. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

hotbeam · Jul 12, 2003

Very good find Bart /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif How do you do it??? Loooks like a good candidate for a 5-watter /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

B@rt · Jul 12, 2003

Well the light has been discussed before here . Finding the pic was x-ray's doing. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

hotbeam · Jul 12, 2003

oh, it is the first i've seen of it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

JonSidneyB · Jul 12, 2003

The Brute is long out of print...it was a light of the middle 80's

DSpeck · Jul 12, 2003

I'm thinking of doing a design something like this with a head designed for the 5W emitter. It would maintain the 1" OD for use with AA batteries. Not a flimsy design by any means... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

Roy · Jul 12, 2003

This thing has an OD of 1" and a ID of a AA battery. the ends of the tube are milled out to a fairely thin wall and threaded on the inside. The Sheriff says it makes a dandy club!

trailstoride · Jul 12, 2003

Looks a bit like Mr. Bulk's 6AA Photo Baton /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

FalconFX · Jul 13, 2003

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I can "almost" see nunchucks for a bashing flashlight...
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

Roy · Jan 3, 2004

Here's an update on this project.

I put an EverLED in to replace the incadesent bulb. I also put in a AA dummy cell to keep the voltage down to 9v. The Sheriff seems to like this combination.

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