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Old 12-17-13 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 01 CAt Man Do
Now if you're going to use a self-contained lamp none of this will help but I thought it worth mentioning in case you have a way to attach an external battery with your Phillips SR. BatterySpace sells a Li-ion battery pack that would work with a Phillips SR but you would have to do some light custom wiring to the lamp to make it work.
I would have to hack into the Philips circuitry. I tried and you can't just hook power to the light when running - the instant you plug in, the light shuts off, and it won't come back on again until you unplug.

I'm not thrilled about the idea of buying a brand new light and immediately throwing out the power system and hacking it.

I may decide to buy a B&M Ixon IQ Speed (perhaps the Premium version) extra lamp head - they sell that separately - then attach a LiIon pack, with regulator if necessary. But right now I'm just using my $30 ebay light and decided it's good enough.
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