4X5watt WX1T bin Led 2c 600+ lumens, pics

Most people know what this is.


Here is what sets this one apart.
4 WX1T 150-190 lumen rated 5 watt leds!!
The Mini Monster Quad.


Versus 3 "60 watt" equivalent flouros.


Versus 4 100 watt 1600 lumen equivalent 26 watt flouros.


Versus an older 4x TV1L miniquad at 1.65 amps.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DSC00999.jpg


Here's some more this versus that pics with the MMQ on freshly charged batts at 4.5-4.8 amps this time. 8)

Mag85 8 cell nimh versus MMQ.


Business ends of the two lights.


MMQ "under the hood"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DSC01002.jpg


Mag85's "engine"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DSC01003.jpg


A beamshot of the 2.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DSC01004.jpg

Allrighty, time to find some better competition............


MMQ versus the 60 watt vanity bulb.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DSC01005.jpg


MMQ versus the 75 watt, 5000 hour rated, 130 volt flood.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DSC01006.jpg

MMQ finally meets it's match with the 100 watt, 120 volt, 2000 hour rated halogen.

Beautiful!


May I ask what you are using do drive those LuxVs?

TomBrown said:

Beautiful!


May I ask what you are using do drive those LuxVs?

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Same here - please tell us more about the heatsink and drivers

Will

Direct drive off of 2 "AW" 2200mah unprotected 18650 lithium ion batteries.
4.8 amps hot off the charger.
Settles down to 3-4 amps as the batteries wind down.
The leds do get quite dim before either battery gets too drained, unlike a hotwire bulb using these kind of batteries.
The protected AW 2200mah batteries only yield a flash of light at most.

1800mah unprotecteds from DAE are starting off at 4 amps, settling down to 2.5-3.3 amps as they wind down.
This light is proving to be a good way to test 18650's discharge strength.

The heatsink is a spare b2eze that was predrilled and tapped for 3 stars.
I just simply arctic Alumina'ed 4 custom ground and fitted stars in there.
The head also had to be ground out a little to let the so20's sit right in on top of the stars perfectly.
4 so20's don't actually fit in a mag head without a little grinding of either the them and/or the mag head.

Neat and simple

So the 4 5W LED's are simply wired in parallel?

Will

I had always wanted to build a light like this, but my wallet kept saying "NO!" :ironic:

...so, instead of spending all my money on one flashlight, I've spent it all on several .

At any rate, you've built a beauty :rock: .

wquiles said:

Neat and simple

So the 4 5W LED's are simply wired in parallel?

Will

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All 4 are in parallel.

We need to do another DFW get-together so that we can admire this beauty in person

Will

Wow, that's a great mod. Smokin' goodness.

:thumbsup: :rock:

wquiles said:

We need to do another DFW get-together so that we can admire this beauty in person

Will

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I agree except this light is about to be shipped to it's new owner any day now.

But, I'll make another one soon enough.

I once did a 3x5W (w-bin mods) - however even with a built in cpu fan it would still get really hot. I'd be surprised if 4 w-bins without a fan have enough heatsink area with the Mag Lite?
Did you ever try to run it for more then a couple of minutes?

Other then that - that's a really neat mod. Congratulations

I think it will be ok as long as it is used outside to play in the snow.
This light will be too much fun when the 1st snowfall comes. :santa: