Flashlight hack Maglite upgrade

[kertcobainSA]

if i had 1 dollar for every pixel in this video, i would have one dollar

[OfficerThompson8588]

@kertcobainSA LOL ya the video sucks I did it a few years ago on a crappy cell phone I had.

[projecktchaos]

Dude that's awesome! I have some maglites going under the knife now. Thanks

[cobolt13]

Shotgun shells bro XD

[MrFrankwilliamson]

I am attempting a similar Mag 2D project. How did you get the C batteries to fit well in the D Maglite?

[92HondaEX]

@MrFrankwilliamson

Look at tenergy 10100 batteries

[palonejr]

I have had a 4 cell D maglite for about 10 years.

I bought the LED upgrade bulb.

It does not have the range of the old lamp.

But the brightness of the LED makes it better for me.

I work at night as a Security Guard and it is my old friend to carry with me by myself in the dark.

Bobby...

PS. I use NIMH rechargeable batteries and they work fine.

It would be to expensive to keep changing out the alkaline.

[CleverDjembe]

Total upgrade cost ?

[NFS13EPIC]

help me cAn i use rechargeable batteries on my mini maglite the paper says to use alkaline batteries the rechargeable batteries are 1.2 nd there the bunny lol the alkaline are 1.5 also i have a mini maglite w the old bulb today at walmart i got a new one w the new xenon bulb nd a solitare also has the new xenon bulb so yea ^_^

[zacktman]

i turned my maglite into a 3500 lumen beast

[dithbmine1]

cant hear

[teh12man]

how much does this usually go for?

[moisabamf]

whats the battery life on one of these?

[jayandersons]

nice flashlight i just made a ssr 50 & 90 , im trying a mag mod next.

[apocolapse]

What did you use as a sleeve for the battery?

[phin3s]

I didn't read through the comments, so this may have already been mentioned. It is actually ARCTIC SILVER 5 ;-)

[alan19861]

where can i find that driver at? link please

[vectraB97]

I had a maglite 3D.. only trouble with it from day one.. need to hit it to make full power.. not any thing a can do to make it work.. tried all.. gave all my maglites away.. last year.1 AAA, mini,3D.. have a led lenser david and chinese tiger 32led flashlight that I trust more than my old maglites... also bought som fenix l2t for 6dollar...

[hugo2x]

cool mod

[sk8rlego]

just get a fenix, then you dont have to upgrade...

[OfficerThompson8588]

you could, this is more for the people that have maglites or like maglites and want to upgrade them

[shnazzy97]

thanks!

i bought all the pieces exept the batteries.

I cant find the batteries on ebay.

where can i find them??!!??!!?!?!?!?

[joseflobby]

i bought that batteries in wall mart

[OfficerThompson8588]

Well i bought them on ebay they are the tenergy 4500 sub-C batteries. I didn't know walmart sold sub-C's but maybe.

[OfficerThompson8588]

Just type: Sub C batteries in the ebay search and they should come up, also I would recommend only getting rechargeables.

[karrar55]

thanks!!! will do

[karrar55]

cool man thanks for the advice!!! appreciate it!

[OfficerThompson8588]

hey no problem if you are thinking about building one and have any questions just let me know.

[karrar55]

how can i make the beam spread out instead of a straight beam like the one on this vid?

[OfficerThompson8588]

You want it to be a flood beam instead of spot? For flood all you have to do is losen the maglite head a little and it goes from spot to flood.

[karrar55]

that feature would still work after u modify it to this led?

[OfficerThompson8588]

yes it still works but it is different instead of a half of turn to make it change you might have to go 3 full turns because there is no cam. so it uses the threads on the maglite to adjust from spot to flood.

[karrar55]

o cool but i seen in a forum that u need a hotsink for the light. where can i get that? Thanks!

[OfficerThompson8588]

You need a "HeatSink", be sure to get one for the SSC P7 and for a D or C maglite depending on which one you have. Kaidomain sells them I think but if they don't there are people on candlepowerforums that do. the heatsinks run about 15 to 20 dollars.