Whoever started modding M*g lights should be shot

Just had to vent some /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Christo_pull_hair.gif. Since I got hooked on modding M*g lites, my M*g collection is expanding faster than a room full of rabits. I even stopped off at Fry's on the way home to pick up a couple.

Please /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gif Somebody refer me to a good therapist.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thanks.gif I feel better now, but it will start all over again in the morning.

shhh... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sssh.gif don't tell them that I told you.

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I think someone should be able to help you.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

Keven,

Very creative . I think I'm not the only one that thinks there should be such a forum. Maybe we can entice some closet flashaholic shrinks to come out of the closet and offer a group buy on therapy.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

Group buy! Group buy!

(isn't that one of the signs you're hooked? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Besides, I think I have the unofficial motto figured out:

"CPF: Where we not only condone your addiction, WE FUEL IT!"

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crackup.gif

That's great, Kevin. That image would be a good candidate for the CPF calendar.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

LOL Kevin /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

and whoever shipped Sears their Maglite's should be shot too. i got an EverLED for Christmas and went there to get a 2D Mag. 1st one didn't work. 2nd one didn't work. 3rd one didn't work. so now i've gotta go back after Christmas and return it!

i'd rather be modding. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

Blinded,

You've got the worst flashlight karma I've heard of. Obviously, you have mistreated flashlights in a previous life. With my current addiction of modding M*g lites, I've got them comming out of my ears and have yet to get one that didn't work out of the box.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

LOL.
it's been hell since i got this EverLED. it made crappola beams in two lights, didn't work in a headlamp i hoped it'd work in, then didn't work in any of the Mags i figured i could use it in (and it was the Mags that didn't work, not the EverLED), and now i wait. *sigh*

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

Time to switch back to hot wire for those M*g mods. I just put a WA 1185 in a M*g 4C with 3 Pila 168A's, and /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wow.gif, 1100 lumens.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

Ryan
you ARE putting batteries in these Mag Lites, Right?? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleye11.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/santa.gif
Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

Jim, I have the exact problem. I now have two 3D maglites(bought them only a few weeks ago), a 2AA minimag, 2AAA mini and I had a solitaire.

Blind, are you sure it's not the everled bulb? The first bulb I got came in the wrong package. I got the diamond bulb(reverse polarity) that was packaged in the regular hd packaging. Fortunately, ledsupply.com was really cool about letting me return it for the correct version.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

Do you have the reverse polarity EverLED by chance (positive tip)?

I mean I know Mags aren't the world's greatest quality lights, but I find it very difficult to believe that you got 3 in a row that were bad. Something else must be going on here. I've modded loads of C & D Mags and haven't ever had a defective one. (Now the crappy Mini-Mag is another story...)

If your EverLED has a little diamond mark on it, it is tip positive and won't work in a Mag.

Re: Whoever started modding M*g lights should be s

the Maglites themselves didn't work. with the stock bulbs. it's not the EverLED.

i seriously got back to back to back non-working 2D Maglites, LOL.

but the EverLED might also be reverse polarity. i see the instructions that came with it are titled "LED Dynamics EverLED Bulb Replacement: Installation and Use Instructions V1.6 (positive tip)" but i know i didn't send my granma the link to the reverse polarity EverLED, i sent her the link to the Lambertian model. maybe they mixed it up @ LED Supply. altho upon checking the package it came in there's no indication of it being reverse polarity.

as far as the mark on the actual EverLED, i can't tell if it's a dot or a diamond. it looks pretty sloppy. the left half looks like it COULD be diamond-shaped, but the right side doesn't look diamond-shaped @ all. LOL.

this is way harder than it should be. *sigh*

Edit:
actually, does the Diamond version come in a Lambertian model, or only a SE? 'cause i've got a Lambertian right here. so if the Diamond version is only available as a SE then i guess i can rule out reverse polarity.