4C Maglite mod, for a light, for me to carry at work. Done, with beam shots

Very innovative, like what you’re doing here.

Panasonic NCR18650PD’s will give you the amps you need while also having nearly 50% more runtime as compared to the Samsung 20R, 2900mAh vs 2000mAh. Kind of a no-brainer there.

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Does not have to be a Mag switch. Any clicky (on/off) switch would work.

Also, this post describes a shortcut and this one decsribes it better.

I got mine from tearing down other triples, but I believe you can get them here or here, OP here, or here, but the last one is deeper than the others, I believe. I think all of mine came out of SRks.

Maybe you should get him to move closer, Laughing

I don't have a torch, I never keep 'em long enough. Actually, it's just a different posting with the old job, but it's quiet at night and it gives me time to mod, errrr.... I mean time to do my job correctly.Innocent

Have I understand this right that a C maglite has the same head as a D one?

Some dimensions are the same. The OD at the bezel end is the same. It will take the same bezel, lens, reflector, but of course, the bodies are different, so there are different ID and thread measurements. Also the outer taper profile it different because of the smaller body as well, so, put the two next to each other and they do look different.

Thanks for the clarification. I am absolutely unfamiliar with maglites because they are to expensive here.

Would a par16 spotlight mod work for a c mag as well?

I do not know for sure, since the threaded area inside the head is so much smaller due to the C sized body.

Yes it does, I did it.

Check that $2.24 Triple emitter mag mod for pics

click on: My $2.24 triple emitter Mag Mod

Sorry for the off topic, now I have found it…

Ain’t that the truth? :bigsmile:

Always good to see a C Mag mod. The 4C is ergonomically my favorite medium-large size light. I’m fond of the “pre-C” versions particularly because the head/body have quite a few (and tighter) threads, which eliminates any of that very slight wobble that a lot of newer C Mags have.

Mod on, OL!

Especially interested in the battery holder.

Well, there’s a couple more photos of it in the OP now.

Because of the price of copper, anything made with it now, becomes jewelery!

Subscribed, bookmarked and taking notes.

I've been wondering about something while watching the mods that use high currents, and threads looking for ways to reduce resistance in the switch and replacing the switch with a higher rated one. Couldn't you just bypass the switch and hard wire batt- to the drivers ground? Especially in a mod like this where you're already using a master-slave configuration, couldn't you connect all three emitters to a slave, then strip the 7135's off the master? Then, you would only run enough current through the switch to power the master board, basically just the MCU. Or would the 3 slaves cause too much parasitic drain while the flashlight is off?

Anyway, the idea keeps rattling around in my head. If it won't work tell me so I can evict it and think about something useful. Or women. Or cookies. Something.

Absolutely! It’s to the point where I don’t want to even use it any more. 3/4" pipe isn’t cheap. I ended up at Home Depot and bought a 2’ section for seven something and even the copper slip fittings are getting untouchable.

+1

Just can’t believe it’s not an MTG2 …

I’m probably not the one to answer. Are you saying no switch, or just using a switch in the control circuit, so that it only sees very low amperage? I use many of the DrJones programmed NANJG drivers where a momentary switch is used to fire the driver and yes, it does have parasitic drain. I believe that’s one of the problems with doing that style switch, like an SRK or Rook and others. There’s parasitic drain to contend with. I don’t worry about switches much until I get over 10 amps. The Judco switches work well for up to ten amps. I worry more about springs getting brittle from the current thru them.

Awesome, keep up the good work!

Tofty is building a 10A switch, Matt a 20A