Minimoog
Enlightened
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- Jan 13, 2005
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One of the nicer (in my opinion) facets of using higher voltage lights is the fatter, more solid hotspot - which unless you are spotting at a distance is more useful in lighting things up. This is caused by the longer length of wire actually burning.
So as an experiment I got my Mag 3D (which was practically unused) and kitted it out with the following:
3x3 AA holders
8 AA Eneloop Pro cells (plus one dummy AA)
7D Maglite bulb (8.63V, 0.5A)
Usual Mag resistance fixes (braid in spring and switch)
Glass lens
Well I am really impressed at the light from this light - perfect for walk around and general use and will run for over 4 hours on a charge. Its not as bright as my ROP, but its bright enough to be in my 'bright torch' class and to know that I am getting the same light as from a whopping 7D Mag in a much smaller package is cool I think.
The 6D bulb is brighter, but the hotspot is smaller and the current draw nearly 0.9 Amps - so less runtime.
I was inspired by an old hardware shop in a nearby town selling Mag bulbs at £1.50 for a pack of 2 and the faded old 7D packaging gave me this idea. Glad I did it now!
Sad to say that they had sold off all the actual Maglites early this year at £20 each - including the 7D model. Boo!
So as an experiment I got my Mag 3D (which was practically unused) and kitted it out with the following:
3x3 AA holders
8 AA Eneloop Pro cells (plus one dummy AA)
7D Maglite bulb (8.63V, 0.5A)
Usual Mag resistance fixes (braid in spring and switch)
Glass lens
Well I am really impressed at the light from this light - perfect for walk around and general use and will run for over 4 hours on a charge. Its not as bright as my ROP, but its bright enough to be in my 'bright torch' class and to know that I am getting the same light as from a whopping 7D Mag in a much smaller package is cool I think.
The 6D bulb is brighter, but the hotspot is smaller and the current draw nearly 0.9 Amps - so less runtime.
I was inspired by an old hardware shop in a nearby town selling Mag bulbs at £1.50 for a pack of 2 and the faded old 7D packaging gave me this idea. Glad I did it now!
Sad to say that they had sold off all the actual Maglites early this year at £20 each - including the 7D model. Boo!
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