Another flashlight question?

[rcmodel]

I have a Ryobi P700 work light, other Ryobi tools, and 4 18v battery's.
http://www.homedepot.com/buy/featur...t-battery-incandescent-flashlight-135872.html

I have a hankering to make the work light a real fire-breather!

First I found this, but doubt it will do what I want, which is breath fire when I turn it on.
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/Produc...81-0090&CategoryName=SC:+Work+Light+Bulbs

Then I found the Fusion 48 with built-in heat-sinks, in Hong Kong, but I doubt it will fit my Ryobi light.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/800-LUMENS-LED-POWER-MODULE-DeWALT-6V-18V-/120719050599

Anyone had any experience with either the Milwaukee Tools LED bulb, or something like the Fusion 48 LED assembly?

rc

 

[OregonJohnny]

Hmmm, making a thin-walled, plastic body meant for a low-powered incandescent bulb into a fire-breathing 800 lumen LED monster would be tough, and HOT! I'm thinking heat would be excessive within a few seconds.

Some people even shy away from putting high-powered LED or incandescent drop-ins into the nitrolon Surefire bodies due to excessive heat, or rather, poor heat dissipation.

If an aluminum body Surefire 6P gets warm from a 150-lumen incandescent bulb, I'm sure a thin plastic work light would fare MUCH worse from a similar setup. Think of the giant solid copper body of your Malkoff drop-in.

But I am far from an expert in flashlight heat management. And frankly, I'm wondering why you'd want such a light, rather than a purpose-built fire-breathing flashlight. Is it the rechargeable aspect? Is it the form factor of an angle light? Do you have some kind of sentimental attachment to this work light?

 

[rcmodel]

Yea! The excess heat dissipation and how that could be done was what I was thinking too.

why you'd want such a light, Is it the rechargeable aspect?

That right there is why I want it!
Yea, I have four rechargeable 18v batteries setting around drawing dust & running themselves down most of the time when I ain't using the power tools. I thought maybe I could get some use out of them.

Maybe I will try the Milwaukee LED bulb, although I have no idea what lumen rating it might be.
I suppose it can't be any worse then the feeble yellow incandescent bulb it has in it now.
It's fine for an area worklight with a central beam, but you can't see much further then the back fence with it.

rc

 

[OregonJohnny]

I have four rechargeable 18v batteries setting around drawing dust & running themselves down most of the time when I ain't using the power tools.

Sounds like you need more projects!

Maybe I will try the Milwaukee LED bulb, although I have no idea what lumen rating it might be.
I suppose it can't be any worse then the feeble yellow incandescent bulb it has in it now.

I'm guessing it will be worlds better than the stock bulb.

If you like a rechargeable setup, and want to explore some addictive flashlight goodness, get setup with a Pila IBC charger and some 17670 batteries for your Surefire 6P. A 17670 (3.7v) will run the Malkoff drop-in, plus about a hundred other inexpensive drop-ins (both incandescent and LED) for hours and hours of guilt-free lumens. I have 3 Surefire P series lights, all running on 17670 batteries. One has a Malkoff, one has a Thrunite XM-L 450-lumen 3-mode LED, and one has a sweet Lumens Factory 150-lumen incandescent bulb. I can save my expensive CR123 batteries as backups, and I don't feel guilty running the lights constantly on high like a mad man.

 

[hso]

I hate to be a wet blanket, but this is just a little too out of scope for THR and too appropriate for CPF.