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I just hooked up my kpr112 bulb to the white wire. The engine does have a tendency to die when at idle (with the light on). Can anyone specifically tell me what company sells an led that should operate from the 48 cc ht motor? I hope a led might be brighter and not kill the engine. Does anyone believe the following would work:

http://www.maglite.com/LED_Mod.asp

Thanks in advance.
 
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I won't be specific about companies that sell them cos any half-descent electrical/electronics store will sell them.....shop around man but the internet isn't absolutely necessary in this case.
LED's are VERY forgiving about the voltage used to power them so anything ranging from 3 volts to 24 volts should work fine.One big thing against them is that their not focused so if u don't have some system to focus them correctly the light will SPREAD-OUT & diffuse rapidly.
I'm sure that Maglite would work good...6V & focused.Their expensive bulbs but u are getting a great deal of illumination.
My front headlight is from a 6V/$10 torch(flashlight) & has a tight beam for 1Km.........amazingly powerful. :cool:
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I went there and asked them about the best LED flashlights to use with the TwoFish Lockblocks mount... and everybody consistently said the Fenix L2D Q5 was the best around... they said two of them for a low and high beam are unbeatable, and I believe them... but one flashlight is good enough for me. It doesn't have focus capabilities, but the beam is a bright white, and the spill is very wide and still pretty bright.

For running 2+ hrs at consistently the same regulated output on only 2-AAs, being waterproof, so compact, no wiring necessary, not degrading the quality of the spark or robbing the engine of power, being able to detach and reattach the flashlight within a second or two, etc... I don't see why people still try to run a light off the white wire.

If you understand optics and figure out how to control the beam to your liking, I'm sure we'd all love to hear your solution. But if you wanna try the L2D Q5 light with the Lockblocks mount... www.4sevens.com has an 8% discount if you use the CPF8 code at checkout. They also have free shipping to anywhere in the world.

I tried the Coast P7, and did love it's ability to easily focus and the SUPER long battery life off of 4-AAAs... but you could nearly buy two L2D Q5s for the same price, and the Coast P7 isn't regulated, so the output consistently diminishes over time. The beam pattern is what was coolest on the P7... it was pretty large & solid all around, but there wasn't really "spill", nor was it as wide of an overall beam as the L2D Q5. You can clearly choose either one and be happy with them as flashlights and MB headlights... but two L2D Q5s would be better than just one P7 any day, and one L2D Q5 should be good enough for anybody.
 
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I went there and asked them about the best LED flashlights to use with the TwoFish Lockblocks mount... and everybody consistently said the Fenix L2D Q5 was the best around... they said two of them for a low and high beam are unbeatable, and I believe them... but one flashlight is good enough for me. It doesn't have focus capabilities, but the beam is a bright white, and the spill is very wide and still pretty bright.

For running 2+ hrs at consistently the same regulated output on only 2-AAs, being waterproof, so compact, no wiring necessary, not degrading the quality of the spark or robbing the engine of power, being able to detach and reattach the flashlight within a second or two, etc... I don't see why people still try to run a light off the white wire.

If you understand optics and figure out how to control the beam to your liking, I'm sure we'd all love to hear your solution. But if you wanna try the L2D Q5 light with the Lockblocks mount... www.4sevens.com has an 8% discount if you use the CPF8 code at checkout. They also have free shipping to anywhere in the world.

I tried the Coast P7, and did love it's ability to easily focus and the SUPER long battery life off of 4-AAAs... but you could nearly buy two L2D Q5s for the same price, and the Coast P7 isn't regulated, so the output consistently diminishes over time. The beam pattern is what was coolest on the P7... it was pretty large & solid all around, but there wasn't really "spill", nor was it as wide of an overall beam as the L2D Q5. You can clearly choose either one and be happy with them as flashlights and MB headlights... but two L2D Q5s would be better than just one P7 any day, and one L2D Q5 should be good enough for anybody.

Thanks for your response but my question specifically is about "bulbs" not flashlights. I'm looking for a led to replace the KPR112 running off of the white wire. I can buy a led bicycle light anywhere. I have an extra one sitting here. I think I'll try the 4 cell maglite upgrade led. I hope that works and that I'm not wasting my time. The KPR112 seems to tax the mag too much and the motor tends to die at idle with the light on.
 
I just hooked up my kpr112 bulb to the white wire. The engine does have a tendency to die when at idle (with the light on). Can anyone specifically tell me what company sells an led that should operate from the 48 cc ht motor? I hope a led might be brighter and not kill the engine. Does anyone believe the following would work:

http://www.maglite.com/LED_Mod.asp

Thanks in advance.
The two common LED drop-in flashlight bulbs I know of are the one from EverLED and the one from Mag-Lite. Between these two, the Ever-LED puts out a tiny bit more light, but used a bit more power as well. These cost some money, but then again, you're probably not never going to burn them out either--and even if you stop biking (during winter or whatever) you can use the bulb in any other flashlight you have.

I don't know what current these draw but it is much less than the comparable incandescent bulb does.

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If you want to experiment with building your own LED light setup, I'd strongly suggest going somewhere that sells the LEDs and the drivers for them. You can't hook a LED right up to batteries, it has to have a regulator to keep it from oveheating and burning out (the LED drop-in bulbs have this circuit built into the base).

Here is one such place that sells CREEs & drivers:
http://www.theledlight.com/Cree-LED.html
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I just got home from looking at the maglite led's. The base it too big (bigger than the KPR112 diameter), so that's out of the question.
 
I just got home from looking at the maglite led's. The base it too big (bigger than the KPR112 diameter), so that's out of the question.
I do not understand what you are saying here.... The Mag-LEDs and Ever-LEDs are drop-in replacements, they fit right in to any regular miniature-flanged flashlight bulb socket. And the front end of the LEDs is smaller than the globe of the light bulb.

Maybe you were looking at the triple-led bulb for the mini mag-lite? (which is different)
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If you want to experiment with building your own LED light setup, I'd strongly suggest going somewhere that sells the LEDs and the drivers for them. You can't hook a LED right up to batteries, it has to have a regulator to keep it from oveheating and burning out (the LED drop-in bulbs have this circuit built into the base).

Here is one such place that sells CREEs & drivers:
http://www.theledlight.com/Cree-LED.html
Cree LEDs are apparently the best. Seoul P7 was another commonly mentioned LED.

As for the part about not hooking an LED right up to batteries, I think that's incorrect. The Coast P7 flashlight I had was supposedly "unregulated", which meant that as the batteries slowly die, the output constantly decreases over tens of hours, and as the light output decreases... the cooler the bulb. On my regulated Fenix L2D Q5, the bulb stays hot if left on for a few minutes... and supposedly it will overheat if you leave it on for 10 minutes or more, if it's not air cooled by being mounted to the front of a MB. But I'm guessing if you're hooking this up directly to the white wire, it prolly should be regulated.
 
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