Just take a stock 2D Mag and mod it like this:
- remove bulb, add a Tad Customs PR to bi-pin adapter and a WA1274 bulb (7.2V / 2.77A)
- add a 6AA to 2D adapter, load 6 freshly charged NEW Eneloop 2450mAh cell and switch it on.
The results:
- after around 30 seconds(!) a brownish spot exactly in the middle of the standard Lexan lens starts to develop.
Oops! No good, so I replaced that one with a glass one from a MagCharger. I resumed testing. The results:
- after around 5 minutes, a kind of fog came into the reflector, settling on the edges of the glass lens in a kind of ring shape. It turned out to come from the cam of the reflector: the part of the switch that is actuated by the cam had become SO hot, it burnt itself into the cam of the reflector. OK... this is clearly the next weak spot that should be exchanged.
Now it was time to do a longer test run, so I took the 2.5D Mag that I bought from Fivemega years ago. It has the following mods in it: glass lens from a Magcharger and a camless metal reflector, I think I bought this one from either Mdocod or LuxLuthor. Stock uncut switch is still in. This light takes 4 pieces 18650 in a 2S/2P configuration. I loaded 4 fully charged LG unprotected 3500mAh cells and switched it on. One HOUR later, I could barely touch the head but no smoke, no fog, no broken switch, everything just worked flawlessly after this test.
So, bottom line: just FOUR easy mods are needed to turn your standard 2D Mag into something REALLY nice:
1. Replace the standard bulb with a PR to bi-pin adapter (in this case I prefer the ones by Tad Customs as the bulb sits deeper, better focus) plus WA1274 bulb, or the bulb you can buy from Tad Customs (wait for his ebay-shop to come online, filled with what he still has in stock)
2. Replace the standard lens with a glass lens (Kaidomain or Fivemega)
3. replace the standard reflector with a metal one (Kaidomain or Fivemega)
4. take a 6AA to 2D adapter as a power source instead of 2 D cells. (May be difficult to source at the moment)
You still have a 6D Mag around? Congrats! You can skip the 6AA to 2D adapter and load six NiMH D cells of high quality (for example the 10Ah ones by Ansmann).
There you have it: the recipe for a very bright Mag, as requested by someone here.
What it CAN take completely unmodified is the PR7212 (7.2V / 1.2A) from Tad Customs. More light and a 50 hours life span! The PR7218, drawing 1.8 Amps is JUST too much. After half an hour or so, slight bubbles start to develop in the metallic layer of the standard reflector.
- remove bulb, add a Tad Customs PR to bi-pin adapter and a WA1274 bulb (7.2V / 2.77A)
- add a 6AA to 2D adapter, load 6 freshly charged NEW Eneloop 2450mAh cell and switch it on.
The results:
- after around 30 seconds(!) a brownish spot exactly in the middle of the standard Lexan lens starts to develop.
Oops! No good, so I replaced that one with a glass one from a MagCharger. I resumed testing. The results:
- after around 5 minutes, a kind of fog came into the reflector, settling on the edges of the glass lens in a kind of ring shape. It turned out to come from the cam of the reflector: the part of the switch that is actuated by the cam had become SO hot, it burnt itself into the cam of the reflector. OK... this is clearly the next weak spot that should be exchanged.
Now it was time to do a longer test run, so I took the 2.5D Mag that I bought from Fivemega years ago. It has the following mods in it: glass lens from a Magcharger and a camless metal reflector, I think I bought this one from either Mdocod or LuxLuthor. Stock uncut switch is still in. This light takes 4 pieces 18650 in a 2S/2P configuration. I loaded 4 fully charged LG unprotected 3500mAh cells and switched it on. One HOUR later, I could barely touch the head but no smoke, no fog, no broken switch, everything just worked flawlessly after this test.
So, bottom line: just FOUR easy mods are needed to turn your standard 2D Mag into something REALLY nice:
1. Replace the standard bulb with a PR to bi-pin adapter (in this case I prefer the ones by Tad Customs as the bulb sits deeper, better focus) plus WA1274 bulb, or the bulb you can buy from Tad Customs (wait for his ebay-shop to come online, filled with what he still has in stock)
2. Replace the standard lens with a glass lens (Kaidomain or Fivemega)
3. replace the standard reflector with a metal one (Kaidomain or Fivemega)
4. take a 6AA to 2D adapter as a power source instead of 2 D cells. (May be difficult to source at the moment)
You still have a 6D Mag around? Congrats! You can skip the 6AA to 2D adapter and load six NiMH D cells of high quality (for example the 10Ah ones by Ansmann).
There you have it: the recipe for a very bright Mag, as requested by someone here.
What it CAN take completely unmodified is the PR7212 (7.2V / 1.2A) from Tad Customs. More light and a 50 hours life span! The PR7218, drawing 1.8 Amps is JUST too much. After half an hour or so, slight bubbles start to develop in the metallic layer of the standard reflector.
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