LED replacement for Magcharger

Couldn't find it on a search but it must have been asked before.

Is there an LED repacement for the Magcharger?

Thanks /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

For better color, perhaps, but the stock bulb is still kicking out 175 lumens with great throw. Only the most elusive binned luxes can even think of approaching. And with a more powerful bulb, it's unreachable by leds (400+ lumens). What I'm saying is: Why?

Electrolumens has some three III Lux lights. Also Barbarian is working on one. Those should be close in flood and throw. But I don't have either to say for sure.

If you just want flood or just want throw, then there are other options. I would also ask why, or what you are trying to do?

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Phaserburn said:
And with a more powerful bulb, it's unreachable by leds (400+ lumens).

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Where can you get a replacement bulb that will do that?

Get a WA01160 from flashlightlens.com to change your mc into a 500lm light. You'll also want to upgrade your battery if you want to keep the 1hr runtime on a charge...

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kongfuchicken said:
Get a WA01160 from flashlightlens.com to change your mc into a 500lm light. You'll also want to upgrade your battery if you want to keep the 1hr runtime on a charge...

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Can I get the battery and lamp from this site?

Just the lamp.
Good luck finding the battery...

Here's WA's specs on the lamp:

Part Number: 01160-U
MINIATURE HALOGEN TWO-PIN LAMP

Technical Data and Product Specifications
Voltage: 5.0

Wattage: 17.25

Current (amps): 3.45

Filament Diameter (mm): 0.813

Filament Length (mm): 2.184

Bulb Diameter (mm): 7.11

Lamp Fill: Halogen-Krypton

Wire Terminal: 01160

Lamp Size: T2-1/4

Opaque Tip: No

Spot Diameter:

Minimum Distance:

Lux Distance:
Re-Rate Lamp

MSCP: 26.0

Correlated Color Temp.: 3,240

Envelope Type: Hemispherical

Life (Hours): 550

Lumens: 326.72

Aperture Lumens:

Aperture Size:

Lamp Configuration: S

Efficacy: 18.94

Focal Length:

Beam Degree:

Lux:

Cross Reference:

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PocketBeam said:

If you just want flood or just want throw, then there are other options. I would also ask why, or what you are trying to do?

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Longer run time and longer bulb life as well as better shock absorption.

Who pots it? (the light)

tadbik, I asked this same question a while ago. As far as I know there is nothing available as a drop-in.
I got the friend who was looking a new lens and bulbs from Flashlightlens.com . He said it was better, but the bulbs still burn out /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Actually, I think there IS a point in converting a MagCharger to LED - for the benefits of LED, that is, including longer runtime, no bulb burnout and shockproofing if everything is properly mounted and secured.

Of course, today's best bulbs still lay the smack down on today's best Luxeons, so don't expect a brightness upgrade, if anything expect to lose a little. If you want brightness, the Welch Allyn (WA) bulbs are the way to fly.

Still waiting on my Mag85.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I was thinking that an even better option would be to replace the back screw cap with a head + LED that can be used independantly of the halogen. Not as bright, but as a back up if (when) the halogen blows.

ven't seen any combo heads for the Magcharger. Of course there are many other lights that have incandescent and LED together. Fro example the twintasks seem popular.

Normally people carry extra bulbs as backup.

Leds, will give you better shock protection and longer runtime, but as KevinL said, at the cost of less light output.

If you are looking for a drop in replacement, I haven't hard of any. But maybe something like the twintask is what you are looking for. They have good throw on incandescent and good flood on leds. The leds have long life and long run time.

So many lights, so little time...