Review on 💡 Enhance Your Maglite Flashlight with LudoPam Conversion Upgrade: A Perfect Lighting Solution by Russ Mashlan

About a dozen years later, the 18 volt bulb in my Ryobi P700 flashlight burned out. For the extra few dollars to replace the incandescent bulb, I decided to give the LED bulb a try. This is to replace a piece of cake. When you turn on the flashlight, it shines brilliantly. I read with interest Paul's review showing how he streamlined the pattern by adding a .065" shim. The pattern I get like this is very good at about 3 feet and then there is a slight blackout. I tried Paul's trick with some pucks I had. I didn't have a .065 but I did have a few on either side of this thickness. This improved the definition at a distance, but made it worse at close-up work. Eventually I decided I'd leave it without the washer as I usually use it to light up parts I'm working on a few feet away. Out of curiosity I connected an ammeter in series with the LED bulb to measure the draw current to measure. With a P103 battery on the flashlight I see 150mA. The original bulb is stamped at 0.6A (600mA). The LED therefore consumes a quarter of the power of the old incandescent lamp. So I expect the flashlight to last about 4 times as long before needing to be recharged - cool! The option on the Revain page tells you that your device is positive (LEDs are polarity sensitive). If you use it on a Ryobi P700 flashlight like I did, you can be sure that it will be positive and the LED will work.