What to do with old parts?

I have Four D Mags. 2 Modded and 2 Unmodded (as of yet).

Most you all here have way more than that which are modded. So what creative uses (if any) are there for the old metal bulb holder, bulbs, and the foam in the tail cap.

420light said:

I have Four D Mags. 2 Modded and 2 Unmodded (as of yet).

Most you all here have way more than that which are modded. So what creative uses (if any) are there for the old metal bulb holder, bulbs, and the foam in the tail cap.

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The foam in the tailcap might still be useful for future incandescent mods, I carry a spare 1185 in one of mine for instance.

Extra bulbs are appreciated by folks who use the mag's stock which alot still do.

Extra bulb holders, if you mean switches they can be useful for alot of mods for LED's and Incandescent if cut down and resistance fixed (depending on need).

Trust me if you offered them up as spare parts interested pays shipping I'd be willing to bet someone would bite.

Databyter said:

The foam in the tailcap might still be useful for future incandescent mods, I carry a spare 1185 in one of mine for instance.

Extra bulbs are appreciated by folks who use the mag's stock which alot still do.

Extra bulb holders, if you mean switches they can be useful for alot of mods for LED's and Incandescent if cut down and resistance fixed (depending on need).

Trust me if you offered them up as spare parts interested pays shipping I'd be willing to bet someone would bite.

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And then again maybe not :shrug:
Tried but no takers:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/260286

The Dane said:

And then again maybe not :shrug:
Tried but no takers:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/260286

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Maybe CPF is not the place to sell this stuff. I bet if you had put up LED parts (P7s or SST 50/90s etc.) up there they last about 2 weeks, or less.

Stock reflectors and lens' get trashed :hahaha:

I do keep the spare bulb holders, springs and spring caps incase i need them for my ROP later on down the road. I do keep the foam in a couple of my lights for storing a extra bulb, like the 1185 and 1111.

The springs can be used for center springs on P60 drop-ins and SF TH lamp towers.

Maybe we could expand the question on old parts in general . I have many old Crees lying around and don't know what to do with it.

rayman

You can use one as a testing LED. Mount it on a chunk of metal and solder leads to it. Now you can test things like drivers for go/no-go function, drive current, etc before expending the effort to install parts in an actual build. Just make sure that the connections are secure so that the driver doesn't suddenly see an open load and fry itself because a connection popped loose.

Need to get my eyes checked - I though this was a thread about "What to do with old Farts".

rayman said:

Maybe we could expand the question on old parts in general . I have many old Crees lying around and don't know what to do with it.

rayman

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Make a worklight/desklight out of them. No need for optics, pure flood is fine, the more LEDs you have the more efficient the array will be... (at least, until you get down to approx. 50mA or so to each LED, efficiency might drop at some point). Use a cheap single mode driver if you want this to be portable and used with batteries. Not sure what to do for a driver if you want to be able to plug it into an outlet though... let me know if you figure that part out. :wave:

bobo383 said:

Need to get my eyes checked - I though this was a thread about "What to do with old Farts".

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Maybe I could go back and rename it?:nana: