17,000 lumens of incan domination! Mag 6D 64656/64657 *Beamshots added*

Well I finally got my 6 D complete after a couple months of compiling parts. Man was it ever worth the wait! Words honestly cannot describe this thing at night and the pictures don't really do it justice, but I thought I would share my fun with everyone else. :devil: The 64656 and 64657 compare pretty close in way of brightness as far as I could tell, although i prefer the 64656, the light is just a little whiter at 28v, however the 12.5 amps pull it down rather quickly.

The shear size of this thing is just massive with the FM3-X installed, here's how it compares to my 2D 5761.


Isn't it lovely! :thumbsup:


The FM3-X and the rocker switch mod to handle the amperage!


The 7 IMR 26500's used to power up this beast


I had a little left over space in between the tail spring and the batteries and needed something to add some pressure to the batteries so they could make good contact. So I had an old tailcap from a MiniMag lying around and it fit perfectly in the spring, so I ground the ano off and presto, I had a plug to add pressure to the batteries!


Looking down the throat of the beast!


To put things into perspective, here is the Osram 64656 up next to everyone's favorite, the infamous 1185.

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Based on Lux's testing the 64656 puts out around 17,000 bulb lumens when over driven to 28v. It truly is a sight to behold, it makes my 64458 look like a toy! Sorry for the quality of a couple of the shots, the light heats up really quick, only 15-20 seconds bursts due to the fact it gets to hot to hold! I was trying to hurry and the get the pictures taken before I went into meltdown.

So here's the control shot of my barn.


And the barn all lite up :devil: BTW the barn is at about 50 yards away


Didn't see the need to do a control shot of my front yard, it'd just be another black picture so here you go. (Beam was pointing more toward the ground in this pic)


I adjusted slightly the beam direction more toward the power pole, oh and the power pole is about 200 yards away. Notice how it lights up the trees beyond the pole which is roughly another 20-30 yards. (again sorry for the shakiness)

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+1 beamshots ,preferably in an open area

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Woooaaaah!!! :bow: :bow: :bow:

That's glorious!

But do you really think that the IMR26500s will hold 4V per cell at 12.5A draw?

When I did a discharge test, the IMR26500s held just over 4V at 3.6A draw (I was testing for 1185 performance) for multiple minutes.

Also interesting that seven IMR26500s was too short and you needed a spring spacer. I would have thought that the fit would have been just about perfect, with the nominally ~1cm shorter length relieving the typically high tail spring pressure in the stock Mags.

Nice beast..Can you make an estimation of it's total cost?

Justin Case said:

That's glorious!

But do you really think that the IMR26500s will hold 4V per cell at 12.5A draw?

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Oh no, I know that they drain down rather quickly under that kind of load, either way its 10,000 bulb lumens by design, so the figure at 28v is purely theatrical, but none the less incredible.

daf3m said:

Nice beast..Can you make an estimation of it's total cost?

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About $350

This needs to go into that "The Big Lights" thread!

Explains what's been light the sky up at night :goodjob:

That's a real great example of your Rocker switch mod .

rayman

Now this light really needs 300+ yards to stretch it's legs to see what it is capable of !!! Love to see some distance shots, Wow gets hot in 15-20 secs thats cranking out the lumens. You need a water cooled jacket surrounding it like they used on machine gun barrels!

garilla said:

Now this light really needs 300+ yards to stretch it's legs to see what it is capable of !!! Love to see some distance shots, Wow gets hot in 15-20 secs thats cranking out the lumens. You need a water cooled jacket surrounding it like they used on machine gun barrels!

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Nothing left to say..!!!:thumbsup:

Very impressive! Congrats!

mrartillery said:

The 7 IMR 26500's used to power up this beast
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To put things into perspective, here is the Osram 64656 up next to everyone's favorite, the infamous 1185.

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I liked the above pics particularly. :thumbsup:

Don't incans just make you feel all warm inside? Or in this case blazing hot on the outside?

What a wonderful way to make use of your awesome switch mod.

I just remembered where I saw that build before.

Holy-shnikes! thats AWESOME!!! Nice work!

SOLID build- thanks for the pics!!

I can't really even comprehend how bright that must be. I was looking foreward to getting my new mag back modded with an SST-90, but now... :shakehead Absolutely incredible!

This is really a WOW flashlight!!
Did you use a sofstart or just a kiu socket ad direct drive?