Converted my neighbor’s old duty light, a Streamlight Stinger, to LED. He is a retired cop and this was his beater EDC, a 6V tungsten on/off rechargeable. He wanted to keep the NiCad battery system so he could continue to use it on the wall charger as usual, so I put an XHP-70 in it in direct drive. The NiCad pack is old, low, and barely runs the big emitter now but he’s supposed to get me the charger so I can further test it. (will probably order him a 3500mAh NiMH pack, this old one is 2400mAh NiCad)
Anyone know if the NiMH pack will deliver more direct drive current to the big XHP-70?
I found a stippled reflector in Justin’s kit that fit the Streamlight (well, after some modification) and it works pretty well. I still need to trim it back a couple mm for the bezel to screw down all the way.
I made a 5mm thick spacer for the 26mm MaxToch copper mcpcb to center in, cut an emitter pocket in the surface so it’s flush on top, this is screwed down with a 1” long ground screw that was already present in the light for the tungsten bulb. This allows the set-up to pretty easily be reversed if he ever decides to retro it back to OEM. This spacer isn’t a press fit, but it’s snug enough that it is a bit of a bugger to push down into the head… it’ll go if perfectly straight and true otherwise it binds. Getting it back out is one of those deals where you have to squint-just-right-and-hold-the-tip-of-your-tongue-out-the-left-side-of-your-mouth-while-holding-your-head-tilted-slightly-right kind of things.
I’ll get a couple of pics when I do final fitment later today.