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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by TCB13 to c/diy
 

Some years ago, before LEDs were a thing, I bought an Ultrafire WF-500 Flashlight that features a Xeon light bulb. As you might imagine the bulb reached its lifetime and burned away.

Now a replacement bulb is available here https://www.ebay.com/itm/321916301663 the thing is that it will cost me 35€ and for that price I could just buy a new LED flashlight.

Now I was considering trying to adapt a generic LED bulb like this one here https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002419159094.html?mp=1.

Anyone else with this model of flashlight succeed at a similar mod? Any LED bulb recommendations? Or... is there any other source for the original bulb at a lower cost?

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Thank you.

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[–] TCB13 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Well I emailed UltraFire and they will ship me a replacement bulb that is LED. They also say it is 600lm. I'll report on how it goes.

[–] videogamesandbeer 2 points 9 months ago

This is the best possible outcome. That's awesome!

[–] TCB13 1 points 8 months ago

Finally got a replacement head from them with a LED, works great, way less heat than before and most likely the light.