how to build mag-spot

270winchester

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So i joined the cPf and now officially addicted. I was inspired by a member that posted the maglite thread that said something about a mag-sized spotlight

so

I want to find out what kind of battery coverter i need for 123's, bulbs, reflector and such, any material that i may need. I want to cram the meg body with 123's and let it burn like there is no tomorrow. but i seem to be having a litle problem with the search engine in Cpf, so if anyone has a link or even better, experience with a similar project, it would be awsome.

thanks in advance
nick
 

Ginseng

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Unless you've got bucks to spend running parallel stacks of 123 cells, your best bet would be to go to nimh rechargeables. That is, if you want a light that you will actually want to use and frequently. The most potent bulbs demand amps that a single stack of 123's just cannot provide.

Fivemega has done some really nice work with lithium ion rechargeables in his lights and he focuses on a broader performance envelope in terms of runtime. Me, I go for the brightest that can be done.

You might want to start by doing a search in the "Homemade and Modified" forum for main threads started by CPF member "Ginseng" I've pulled a lot of information together and reference some good threads as well. Udaman, js and bwaites would also be good resources to tap.

Wilkey
 
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