Maglite

Fevric J. Glandules · 2012-12-06T23:02:58+00:00

Found a 2 x D cell Maglite in the understairs cupboard. Needs, AFAICWO,a new spring in the base to make it work, and a new switch cover to makeit complete. seems like an excellentsource of spares. Got wondering whether to splash out on a shiny new bulb at the same time, figuring that a Xenon bulb is bound to be veryshiny, and an LED super-shiny. Surprisingly, according to this: Xenon only gives 40.6 lumens over the base Krypton 36.5 lumens.And other posts on the same torch-obsessive forum indicate that theLED only does much the same - but with much longer battery life.Which is not an issue for me.But what's wierd to me is the non-linear relationship between voltage and brightness. E.g. for Xenon bulbs:2 cell - (40.6 lumens @ 3 volts)3 cell - (82.5 lumens @ 4.5 volts)4 cell - (124.3 lumens @ 6 volts)5 cell - (181.0 lumens @ 7.5 volts)6 cell - (233.5 lumens @ 9 volts) How's that work then?

Maglite

Dec 06, 2012 47 Replies

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dennis 13 years ago

I have one that is still in its packaging along with a glove and a ball. Its a present for someone (I just don't recall who).

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Adam Aglionby 13 years ago

As one Chinese vendor told be about another one, `they lie like dogs in the sun` ;-)

It`s not a real torch unless it costs at least as much as a reasonable secondhand car

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suitably irreverent :-)

Cheers Adam

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<me9 13 years ago

The led will suffer the shock much better than incandescent.

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<me9 13 years ago

A friend (an electrician) just kept an odd offcut of armoured cable behind the driver's seat, but within reach.

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Huge 13 years ago

I keep a Krooklock in the car.

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Grimly Curmudgeon 13 years ago

Or a length of pex pipe. Very handy stuff.

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Steve Terry 13 years ago

What conspiracy? I made it all up, everyone knows i don't have any friends

Steve Terry

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Graham. 13 years ago

I have a 3 ft length of PILC in the garage, left over from when my meter and cutout was moved.

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